![SNOWBALL GALLERY
& WORKSHOP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO [March 23, 2010] PERSPECTIVE – featuring mixed media installations by Lubo Brezina with Scott Eunson, Shlomi Greenspan, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina, and James Swain is on now at Snowball Gallery & Workshop. The exhibition will run through Sunday, April 4 2010.
PERSPECTIVE derives its theme from the concept of perspective as a physical and mathematical construction, and/or a conceptual or perceptual experience. Perspective organizes space using geometric principles, it projects three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, and acts as a lens in which to view the world. Perspective is usually gained through vision, as a view point, but it can also be engaged by subtle shifts in movement and deliberate actions that have the potential to render new perspectives.
Constructed out of maple and elm salvaged from a barn demolition and meticulously crafted using mortise and tenon joinery, Shrine Dedicated to the Memory of Demolished Barns and Fallen Trees [2010] sees Lubo Brezina in collaboration with Scott Eunson, address PERSPECTIVE in both physical and metaphysical space. Shrine is a structural system, an example of the flexibility and scalability of this traditional building technique. It draws the viewer into its space and focuses perspective on an invisible vanishing point.
James Swain’s Untitled (Triptych) [2010] draws perspective from history. Portraits of Charles Baudelaire, R. Buckminster Fuller, and Austin Osman Spare are layered with alchemical symbols meant to shed light on the magical nature of their contributions to, poetry, architecture and art, respectively. The collages are inspired by the sigils of Spare who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self.
Installed at street level, in the front window of the gallery, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina’s A Piece of the Pi [2010] acts as a filter for deconstructing perception. Paper tubes varying in diameter are stacked horizontally and at varying depths to interrupt and distort the peripheral view of the observer. The resulting pixelation creates a broken perspective and invites viewers to interact with the piece to see images beyond.
Shlomi Greenspan’s 561 Ephemeral Moments [2010] merges cinematic convention and the painted object to explore the perpetual cycle of destruction and recovery in financial markets. Employing a car race as an equivalent representation for the movement of stock indices, Greenspan’s installation animates painting by tracing the additions and subtractions of marks made in the creation process. The work as a totality is thereby able to contrast ephemeral and corporeal perspectives.
Snowball Gallery & Workshop is located in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood at 1690 Queen Street West. The gallery is open Thursday & Friday from 1-7PM and Saturday & Sunday from 12-6PM. More information about gallery programming and events can be found at www.snowballgallery.com or by calling 416.456.4966.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzrdvz90LR1qa1xm1o1_400.jpg)
SNOWBALL GALLERY
& WORKSHOP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO [March 23, 2010] PERSPECTIVE – featuring mixed media installations by Lubo Brezina with Scott Eunson, Shlomi Greenspan, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina, and James Swain is on now at Snowball Gallery & Workshop. The exhibition will run through Sunday, April 4 2010.
PERSPECTIVE derives its theme from the concept of perspective as a physical and mathematical construction, and/or a conceptual or perceptual experience. Perspective organizes space using geometric principles, it projects three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, and acts as a lens in which to view the world. Perspective is usually gained through vision, as a view point, but it can also be engaged by subtle shifts in movement and deliberate actions that have the potential to render new perspectives.
Constructed out of maple and elm salvaged from a barn demolition and meticulously crafted using mortise and tenon joinery, Shrine Dedicated to the Memory of Demolished Barns and Fallen Trees [2010] sees Lubo Brezina in collaboration with Scott Eunson, address PERSPECTIVE in both physical and metaphysical space. Shrine is a structural system, an example of the flexibility and scalability of this traditional building technique. It draws the viewer into its space and focuses perspective on an invisible vanishing point.
James Swain’s Untitled (Triptych) [2010] draws perspective from history. Portraits of Charles Baudelaire, R. Buckminster Fuller, and Austin Osman Spare are layered with alchemical symbols meant to shed light on the magical nature of their contributions to, poetry, architecture and art, respectively. The collages are inspired by the sigils of Spare who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self.
Installed at street level, in the front window of the gallery, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina’s A Piece of the Pi [2010] acts as a filter for deconstructing perception. Paper tubes varying in diameter are stacked horizontally and at varying depths to interrupt and distort the peripheral view of the observer. The resulting pixelation creates a broken perspective and invites viewers to interact with the piece to see images beyond.
Shlomi Greenspan’s 561 Ephemeral Moments [2010] merges cinematic convention and the painted object to explore the perpetual cycle of destruction and recovery in financial markets. Employing a car race as an equivalent representation for the movement of stock indices, Greenspan’s installation animates painting by tracing the additions and subtractions of marks made in the creation process. The work as a totality is thereby able to contrast ephemeral and corporeal perspectives.
Snowball Gallery & Workshop is located in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood at 1690 Queen Street West. The gallery is open Thursday & Friday from 1-7PM and Saturday & Sunday from 12-6PM. More information about gallery programming and events can be found at www.snowballgallery.com or by calling 416.456.4966.
