At 52 McCaul

New works of mine are at 52 McCaul (Toronto) starting Wednesday, March 3rd. In the main gallery is work by Nick Kozak.

Bodies

The most-used subject in visual arts was forever the human figure. We all know how painting came about and how it was used to record history, mainly human history. Sculpture also illustrated the human figure, recounting glorious moments of human-hood.

In contemporary art, the figure-as-subject moves on somewhat from the hierarchy defining and lets the makers put themselves in positions not yet achievable by the living; death. In other works, events that were only tales for the media are revisited and turned into historically important artworks. Here are a few examples of this phenomenon. Click bellow on any artist's name for more on them and their work.

From top to bottom: Gregor Schneider's Man With Cock (2004); Robert Barta's Sleep Installation (that's him asleep. He performed this piece in 2009); Maurizio Cattelan's All (2008); Cao Fei's Game Over (2004).

Robert Longo

Shown above are large charcoal drawings by the American artist Robert Longo. His site can be found here.

From top to bottom: Untitled (Rita, reversed) 1997; Untitled (Ping) 1997; Untitled (Isabella) 1997; Untitled (Daniel) 1997.