- Minutial
Matters
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Oct 16
- Nov 9, 2009
Upcoming Exhibitions
TIAF Booth 1034
October 22-26, 2009
NEOPRIEST
Definitely
Superior AG
Thunder Bay,
Ontario
Sep 18 - Oct
24, 2009
Aleks Bartosik
Robin Tewes
Headbones
Gallery
Nov 13
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Dec 7, 2009
Paper Salon
Headbones
Gallery
Dec 11
- Jan 11, 2010
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Minutial Matters
We are exhorted to
“pay attention to details” and by doing so the larger endeavours
will fall into place. We have been counselled to acknowledge “the
power of one” and to focus on the importance of the individual, no
matter how small or inconsequential. Conversely, we have also been
advised “not to sweat the small things”. Man’s fascination with
minutiae extends into the sciences where microscopic discoveries
illuminate health, engineering and physics. The ability of the eye
to delve ever tinier has been aesthetically grasped in carvings on
grains of rice, Roman enamels, Persian miniatures and renaissance
religious icons. The applied arts have grappled with such preciously
miniscule treasures as tapestries made of hair and beaded carpets.
Six artists reveal
their obsessive ability in Minutial Matters at Headbones Gallery.
From New York, Ruth Waldman’s works has been honoured in exhibitions
that ranged from a concentration on size and detail to spotlighting
the disguised eroticism of her characters. Katia Santibanez, also
from New York where Pace Editions is currently showing her work,
speaks an erotic visual language as well but hers is one of tickling
hairs and sensuous wavering. Daniel Hanequand’s miniature paintings
on panels reveal an intimate futuristic realm that has been executed
with such care that wonder follows on perusal. He is an accomplished
master of his own universe. Two emerging artists introduce their
latest works. Cole Swanson who was trained in India in the art of
miniature painting airs his skills with a contemporary subject
matter. These paintings must be exhibited under glass for so
delicate is the surface that even a drop of moisture can disturb the
perfection. Mitsuo Kimura, from Tokyo, presents small paintings on
stretched paper that recall Japanese animation, fabrics and design
wherein he tells of his reactions to the western world in lively
saturated colours and stylised characters. And re-emerging from
Toronto is Larry Eisenstein’s full-on obsessive doodles of evolving
forms and obfuscated narratives.
Clearly, these artists have
“sweated the small stuff”, spent time with a magnifying glass and
exerted patience born of dedicated practices.
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