May 2011 ‘On Great Men’
My first show with ‘Phantoms in the Front Yard’ artists collective.
www.phantomsinthefrontyard.com
On Great Men
At the Beatty Gate Building
Friday June 3rd – Sunday June 5th, 2011.
Opening reception: Friday June 3rd 7:00pm-11:00pm
566 Beatty Street, Vancouver, BC
The figurative artists’ collective Phantoms in the Front Yard are proud to present On Great Men, a new body of work addresses the constructions, stigmas and archetypes surrounding what it means to be defined as a “great man.”
Chad Krowchuk uses irony to highlight and subvert the absurdity of such a loaded term, while others like Marcus Macleod and Jordan Bent look within themselves as artists to uproot the answers.
Both Jeremiah Birnbaum, known for incorporating and critiquing icons of constructed masculinity, and Jay Senechtko, whose work champions western art history’s hegemony within post modernism, address the conflicting nature of the “great man” stereotype in society.
Michael Abraham’s images ask us to ponder what exactly defines greatness; whether it is recognizing one’s own power or one’s own insignificance? Perhaps it is creating an impact in society or in the life of another.
The first of its kind at the forefront of figurative art, Phantoms in the Front Yard is a touring art collective that boldly challenges the contemporary Canadian art scene, to revive the human subject as muse.
(curator Pennylane Shen – dazedandconfucius.com)
Michael with ‘Tom’s Great Leap’, Photo by Barb Pearson.
(You can read about Tom’s great leap by clicking HERE.
Barb Pearson did a nice write up here:
http://urban-snapshot.com/great-men/
