Art Metropole

09 - 30 Nov. 2013

Touched

Leda Bourgogne, Egija Inzule, Henrik Olai Kaarstein, Bonny Poon, Mark van Yetter

Touched
Leda Bourgogne, Egija Inzule,
Henrik Olai Kaarstein, Bonny Poon, Mark van Yetter

Nov 9 – 30, 2013
Art Metropole Window

Imagine a film. What you see is a sailboat on a river. Looking at the sailboat you know that implicit to the situation is a downstream waterfall. The approaching chaos has not yet registered to those upon the vessel.

In the opening sequence we watch an air freshener twirl like a disco ball from a rear view mirror. The nature of the vehicle remains unclarified while attention is split between an out of focus marina and drama in the parking lot.

The air freshener depicts a waterfall but smells like burnt hair. It is a hilarious novelty. Over the course of the film it will come up more than once in conversation.

-Willie Brisco

Images

1: Mark van Yetter, Untitled, 2008, collage and oil on wood. Image courtesy of the artist and Micky Schubert Gallery.
2: Touched, installation in Art Metropole's window, November, 2013, Toronto.
3: Touched, installation in Art Metropole's window, November, 2013, Toronto.
4: Henrik Olai Kaarstein, 'Not yet titled', crepe paper, glue, different types of paint, iridescent medium, gloss gel, acetone, plastic objects, cardboard, wood objects, silicone, pocket mirror, perfume oil on cardboard, 2013.
5: Mark van Yetter, 'Untitled', oil on paper, 2013.
6: Leda Bourgogne, 'Tree', pen and watercolor on paper, 2013.
7: Bonny Poon, 'Hospital Culture', and now she's trying to stylize herself as some kind of invalid, 2002.

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