sacha kopelow

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Sacha Kathleen Kopelow grew up in rural Manitoba, Canada, spent a career in social justice and environmentalism, and earned a BFA from NSCAD University.

A translucent cast glass couple sits in the curve of a florescent crescent moon. The woman is fat, wearing a figure-hugging dress, and she has a prosthetic leg. She holds her hand up to her mouth in anguish, her head thrown back to look up at the heavens. The man is thin. His sleeves are rolled up to the elbow. He holds one hand behind the woman’s back, the other above his lap.

These Are My Disasters

Girl

Contradictory Veracity

Title: “Dog” Materials: Cast glass Size: 17” tip to tail Year: 2021 Descriptive Text: This is a cast glass figure of a dog. The glass is light steel blue coloured, and translucent. The dog is balanced on two feet, ready to flee. It glances up with anxious eyes, holding one paw up as if beseeching someone to treat it kindly, ears down in uncertain apprehension. The dog’s tail is down, between its legs. The figure is 17” nose to tail.

Contradictory Veracity

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Hence the Earth’s surface curves approximately 8” in one mile

Title: “Dog” Materials: Cast glass Size: 2” tip to tail Year: 2021 Descriptive Text: This is a cast glass figure of a dog. The glass is light steel blue coloured, and translucent. The dog is balanced on two feet, ready to flee. It glances up with anxious eyes, holding one paw up as if beseeching someone to treat it kindly, ears down in uncertain apprehension. The dog’s tail is down, between its legs. The figure is 2” nose to tail.

There Is So Much I Can’t Understand

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There is so much I can’t understand

This Terrible Absentmindedness About The Things That Make Me Happy

How Sweet The Night When Sleeping Safe

How Sweet The Night When Sleeping Safe (detail)