To temper the zaniness of my cake performance at Pukka Gallery I am having a paint on canvas exhibition at Dovercourt Recreational Centre (411 Dovercourt Ave) in the west end.
In Transit will run from October 1st to the 31st. The Vernissage will take place October 1st at 7pm. Make the westward pilgramige to my childhood stomping grounds if you feel so inspired! check out images at:
http://www.jennymcmaster.typepad.com/photos/in_transit/
In
Transit combines acrylic paint with fabric and
stitch-work to represent persons on buses, at bus stops and on
bicycles. As in my previous series Archways and
Stitch-lines patchwork and embroidery are used to explore the effort to be at
home in urban environments. Archways depicted both architecture and clothing
as second skins, which come to life as our familiarity with them increases. In Transit deals
with the difficulty faced by an increasing number of people who find themselves
continually on the move, between jobs, unsure if they will
by necessity change apartments and neighbourhoods yet again. When we are unable
to put down roots we must find means to carry our homes on
our back. Though we often make friends or at least acquaintances of people we
meet on the sideways bench of the bus’s priority seating during our commute, we often retreat to comfortable anonymity, wrapped in the
cocoons of our winter clothing. Though in close physical contact we are content to remain in
personal obscurity.