Saturday May 29th, 2010 marked the date of a citywide gallery hop put on by the Canadian Art Foundation, with organized tours and talks with an emphasis on getting the city excited about art in our community.
Although Gastown is THE upcoming place to be in terms of art, culture, fashion and gastronomy, it still shows its less polished side, which deters many from exploring it. This grittier side however is what artist Andrew Owen portrays in his solo exhibition “As it is, and/or/neither/nor” on now at the Marion Scott Gallery. The gallery, usually laden with Inuit art, took a leap of faith to display the photo realist work by Owen and hosted a few dozen of us for a talk on his work by novelist Timothy Taylor.
What caught my attention upon entering the gallery was the sequential photo display of different people in a vivid and tactile cityscape. Capturing a portion of the person’s face, then having them hold that photo of themselves for another portrait, and on the sequence goes, begging the question of why we take photos of people in landscapes or with landmarks behind them.
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| "Re-photo-cubic people solos - Toronto" 2004-2010, by Andrew Owen |
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