Though the exhibition certainly leans towards a nostalgic war era’s formal sculptural bias; the artist has successfully put together a show that does not feel out of place in 2017.
Everyone – artist members new and old, visitors and long-time patrons, and foremost members of the Toronto art scene – agrees that Gallery 1313 is an important cornerstone of the communal identity and the city’s art culture.
Howlett’s painting are layered with intellectual meaning. His symbols are sophisticated. His compositions are unique and a product of a long meditation as well as compositional experimentation.
Noguchi strives to protect against the passage of time that entangles the tumbleweed or will inevitably destroy the marshmallow structures, while Stewart is concerned with preserving and/or reconstructing fading memories.
I am creating these humorous human/animal hybrids or incorporating animals in some way, whether that it is through printmaking, drawing, painting or sculpture.
Sciarrino’s most recent body of work combines digital animation, floor drawing, and hand-blown glass sculpture to examine the dynamic between technology and the material world.
The brilliance of Pattern Recognition is its offering of the chance experience that cannot be replicated anywhere else. It makes us stop, look and, above all, play in the instant we inhabit.