Stephen Andrews at the AGO
Stephen Andrews POV - to run April 23 - August 30, 2015, will be exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
In addition to showing a selection of Andrews’ works from over the past 15 years, the AGO will be debuting a new series of work, “Butterfly Effect,” 2014-15.
Robert Enright interviewed the artist for Border Crossings Issue 120, which can be read here. For purchase details, see the bottom of the interview’s web page.
Friendly Fire (A BBC cameraman also received minor injuries but continues to film with his blood dripping on the lens), 2003, crayon rubbing on parchment, 19 x 24”. Collection of Salah Bachir.
“…because, as we’ve acknowledged, images are viral. They go in to your psyche and they do not come out. We have to look at these images not for their shock value, but as a way of creating agency in the viewer so they might do something about a particular situation […] intuitively I did understand that beauty was a great tool. I also understood that it was dangerous. Beauty is not pretty; beauty is the sublime; it’s at the brink of something; it’s at the edge, and when you stand at the precipice, that’s when it is most terrifying and most beautiful.” - Stephen Andrews on death and beauty, an excerpt from his interview with Robert Enright for “The Story So Far,” Border Crossings Issue 120
Artist Talk Details:
Wednesday, April 22 5:30 pm Jackman Hall
To read more about the exhibit, see here.
Cain in his Garden, 1989, oil and wax on paper, 68 x 100 cm. The Bailey Collection, Toronto.
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