Showing posts with label Toronto art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toronto art. Show all posts


At Craft Ontario Gallery until May 2, 2015
Artist Statement:
"On the one hand, there are our desires and yearnings; on the other, reality. And in between there is a wide gap filled with our very human day-to-day struggles while we live, work and play. Dreams and reality bumping up against each other manifest in odd juxtapositions, quirky coincidence, and endearing fumbles. My current work reflects my interest in exploring our adaptation as we wander around - mostly lost - improvising in this rocky terrain. I contemplate our humanity and find beauty amongst the overfamiliar artifacts of our, particularly pop, culture."

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Lynne Heller's Pillflowers

Aerial view - Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Porteous and Smith (2001) coined the term 'domicide' for the intentional destruction of one’s home by another. Domicide, or even the possibility of it, causes significant psychological effects yet it remains an understudied phenomenon. We know little about the effects on children and families as a social system.

"Art that has emerged across Canada over the past ten years dealing with the struggles for and about home has been predominantly the work of indigenous artists and immigrants to Canada who are familiar with forced displacement," writes Quebec artist Devora Neumark. Invited to present a talk at OCAD recently, Neumark spoke about her work in the context of the "problematics of belonging" and the relationship of home beautification to one's sense of narrative continuity.
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Devora Neumark on 'domicide'


Bridget Moser, Asking for a friend, 2013, 9:56.


“If I eventually achieve some sort of balance, should I expect to feel better? Or more successful? Is successful the same thing as better?”


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Bridget Moser's 'Asking for a Friend' at Vtape

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