John Haney

Received Wisdom

Saturday, October 8 - Sunday, October 30, 2022

Opening reception Saturday, October 8, 3pm.

Gathering and revisiting found and clichéd words and images, Haney irreverently pokes at the lines between dread, ennui, and remorse. After two years of pandemic tailspin, we are pushing hard to get back to business-as-usual. What residue is left in the wake of willful amnesia? With materials as disparate as plant spores and pure gold, the trivial gets lionized and the eternal becomes dust.

John Haney lives in an old farmhouse on the Bay of Fundy in Wood Point, NB. He plants trees, cuts down trees, splits and stacks wood, then burns it. The wind is fierce, the stars are bright. Lots of ideas fly by, some get turned into something.


Image: Left: Untitled (fern spore print), 2020. 20" x 26".
Right: Illumination 24, 2021. Pencil, ink, and 24k gold on paper, 13.5" x 20"