CURRENT COMMUNITY EVENTS
July 2009Richard Johnson: Ice Huts
June 26, 2009
17:00:00
ICE HUTS
photographs by
Richard Johnson
July 2 to September 5, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION on July 2 from 5-7pm
"As with its distant cousins the native Teepee and the Igloo, the Ice Fishing Hut has its own essential purpose. It must be weather resistant and transportable, giving basic shelter and access to the ground beneath it." From Marcus Schubert's curatorial statement.
The 24 beautiful images in this remarkable exhibition are a wonder to behold and as David Balzer from Toronto Life writes:
"Who needs air-conditioning when you have Johnson's austere photographs of far-north ice fishing huts to keep you cool? Set against white expanses and gray skies, and framed head-on, the huts are most memorable as blocks of colour; many of the works vaguely recall Kenneth Noland paintings. Johnson's study of the huts is also a field guide to their eccentricities. Each cabin bears the mark of its maker, a comment on the intrinsic relationship between necessity and creativity."
Please join us at the Opening Reception on Thursday, July 2 from 5-7pm. The artist will be in attendance.
For further information please contact:
Bernice Lyons Page
gallery@torontoimageworks.com
Toronto Image Works Gallery
80 Spadina Avenue, Suite 207
416-703-1999 ext 0
www.torontoimageworks.com