More than 50 objects are currently dangling from the ceiling of the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum’s Gallery II as part of “Drift,” a sculpture and installation exhibit created by Ontario artist Danielle Margaret Davies.

Davies explained the concept behind “Drift” during a reception at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum on August 27. Hair, marine life and dance – areas of keen interest to Davies – are all entwined into the exhibit.

“For about the last five years, I've been working with hair, but in very different ways,” said Davies. “In a lot of ways, I would represent the actual body within the space, and then have the hair as an extended version of the body.”

Synthetic hair is attached to white fabrics that resemble cushions. The combination resembles a jellyfish.

The cushion-like objects come in varying heights and sizes, Davies said, and the hair comes in different colours as well.

“I was working with hair in a way that people had to be confronted with it,” said Davies. “I wanted to take it off the ground, off the walls and more into the space so that people had to move amongst the hair.”

Davies is also a dancer and a performer, and she said she wanted “Drift” to examine choreography, as well as people’s movement through space and around objects.

She hopes that people will take the time to weave their way through “Drift.” She wants art to be viewed as something that is accessible to the public, and not an elitist pursuit.