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Kevin Peterson + Jacub Gagnon @ Thinkspace (11/3), by letiss on Sept 21, 2012 23:18:17 GMT 1, Expected a thread about cricket; very nice work though.
Expected a thread about cricket; very nice work though.
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Kevin Peterson + Jacub Gagnon @ Thinkspace (11/3), by Deleted on Sept 21, 2012 23:20:10 GMT 1, Expected a thread about cricket; very nice work though. ;D
Expected a thread about cricket; very nice work though. ;D
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Kevin Peterson + Jacub Gagnon @ Thinkspace (11/3), by Thinkspace on Sept 26, 2012 19:23:30 GMT 1, Expected a thread about cricket; very nice work though.
Nice! Thanks much.
Expected a thread about cricket; very nice work though. Nice! Thanks much.
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Kevin Peterson + Jacub Gagnon @ Thinkspace (11/3), by sakyamuni on Sept 26, 2012 20:37:08 GMT 1, i love both, should be great exhibition
i love both, should be great exhibition
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Kevin Peterson + Jacub Gagnon @ Thinkspace (11/3), by Deleted on Oct 3, 2012 7:02:18 GMT 1, I love Kevin Peterson's paintings... wish I had lot of bucks....
I love Kevin Peterson's paintings... wish I had lot of bucks....
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Kevin Peterson + Jacub Gagnon @ Thinkspace (11/3), by Thinkspace on Oct 25, 2012 3:18:58 GMT 1, Kevin Peterson 'Jantzen' - oil on canvas - one of his new works from 'Amended' opening Nov. 3rd at Thinkspace
Kevin Peterson’s work is fundamentally motivated by the tension of unexpected juxtapositions; a device the artist uses to evoke psychic states, and affective associations. As an artist with a psychologically driven interest in his subject matter, his understated portrayals of isolation speak of subtle emotional estrangement and social alienation.
Peterson extracts, with sensitive acuity, a shared state of human fissure and disconnect, a theme saliently represented within the imperfect context of the urban landscape. The dirty grittiness of urbanity is often the bereft backdrop for lonely portraits of innocent children, or for symbols of innocence degraded by the unrelenting havoc of their surroundings. The juxtaposition of these polarities forces us to reconsider subjectivity in context, and quite literally situates the subject as an enigmatic and contentious force within its environment; as something independent of, and yet intrinsically affected by, the conditions of its world. His empathetic depictions of these scenes betray the insights of someone who has perhaps suffered in kind. Despite the haunting sense of absence and loss that pervades these paintings, the possibility of innocence and beauty remains intact against desolate landscapes. In the face of decay and squalor something nonetheless exceeds its confines, and a sort of beautiful destitution prevails.
The artist’s studies in psychology, and his subsequent struggle with addiction, have informed a very human depiction of dysfunction, loss, and estrangement. His paintings depict a contemporary reality defined by contradiction, irresolution, and imperfection, and yet they also remind us of the possibility of change. The realistically rendered figurative elements of the work are set against great expanses of surrounding negative space, effectively isolating the subject within the charged absence of the city. The artist plays with contradiction and expectation, and allows the concept of “self” to emerge as a complex and unresolved entity in a constant state of becoming.
One of Jacub Gagnon's new works for 'More Human Than Human' opening Nov. 3rd at Thinkspace
Jacub Gagnon is one of Toronto’s emerging contemporary talents. The artist’s paintings are composed of dramatic expanses of pitch black negative space, populated by colorful hyper-realist renderings of wildlife in whimsical situations. The little creatures of Gagnon’s imaginings surrealistically activate human objects with both absurd and adorable end results. Meticulously detailed and rendered, with the application of delicate layers, Gagnon’s colors and textures are jewel like. The artist’s scenarios are those of fantasy, summoned by an unfettered imagination and uninhibited by the restrictive logic of reality. Gagnon probes the fine line between the innocuous and the sinister, effortlessly subverting the order of the natural world.
The work combines the preciousness of miniaturization with the whimsy of fantastical narrative. At times uncanny and dark in their unlikely combinations, the pieces activate unprecedented relationships between the animal and human worlds, and transfigure wild animals into anthropomorphic guises; like eerie little impostors of the human. We are seduced by a detailed and luminous surface, and fascinated by its circus of creatures. The paintings are almost Baroque in their drama and intensity, but undeniably contemporary in their aesthetic. Humor abounds in this land of carnival and inversion: scale is subverted, and natural relationships are defied. It is a world of disproportion and excess, as anything is possible, and nothing too perverse, in the descent down the rabbit hole. Gagnon deploys a trove of visual pleasures for the viewer, and creates a threshold into a world of boundless fantasy.
*Digital previews for both shows will be ready next Tuesday or Wednesday. Will be sure to post here once both are ready to be shared.
Kevin Peterson 'Jantzen' - oil on canvas - one of his new works from 'Amended' opening Nov. 3rd at ThinkspaceKevin Peterson’s work is fundamentally motivated by the tension of unexpected juxtapositions; a device the artist uses to evoke psychic states, and affective associations. As an artist with a psychologically driven interest in his subject matter, his understated portrayals of isolation speak of subtle emotional estrangement and social alienation. Peterson extracts, with sensitive acuity, a shared state of human fissure and disconnect, a theme saliently represented within the imperfect context of the urban landscape. The dirty grittiness of urbanity is often the bereft backdrop for lonely portraits of innocent children, or for symbols of innocence degraded by the unrelenting havoc of their surroundings. The juxtaposition of these polarities forces us to reconsider subjectivity in context, and quite literally situates the subject as an enigmatic and contentious force within its environment; as something independent of, and yet intrinsically affected by, the conditions of its world. His empathetic depictions of these scenes betray the insights of someone who has perhaps suffered in kind. Despite the haunting sense of absence and loss that pervades these paintings, the possibility of innocence and beauty remains intact against desolate landscapes. In the face of decay and squalor something nonetheless exceeds its confines, and a sort of beautiful destitution prevails. The artist’s studies in psychology, and his subsequent struggle with addiction, have informed a very human depiction of dysfunction, loss, and estrangement. His paintings depict a contemporary reality defined by contradiction, irresolution, and imperfection, and yet they also remind us of the possibility of change. The realistically rendered figurative elements of the work are set against great expanses of surrounding negative space, effectively isolating the subject within the charged absence of the city. The artist plays with contradiction and expectation, and allows the concept of “self” to emerge as a complex and unresolved entity in a constant state of becoming. One of Jacub Gagnon's new works for 'More Human Than Human' opening Nov. 3rd at ThinkspaceJacub Gagnon is one of Toronto’s emerging contemporary talents. The artist’s paintings are composed of dramatic expanses of pitch black negative space, populated by colorful hyper-realist renderings of wildlife in whimsical situations. The little creatures of Gagnon’s imaginings surrealistically activate human objects with both absurd and adorable end results. Meticulously detailed and rendered, with the application of delicate layers, Gagnon’s colors and textures are jewel like. The artist’s scenarios are those of fantasy, summoned by an unfettered imagination and uninhibited by the restrictive logic of reality. Gagnon probes the fine line between the innocuous and the sinister, effortlessly subverting the order of the natural world. The work combines the preciousness of miniaturization with the whimsy of fantastical narrative. At times uncanny and dark in their unlikely combinations, the pieces activate unprecedented relationships between the animal and human worlds, and transfigure wild animals into anthropomorphic guises; like eerie little impostors of the human. We are seduced by a detailed and luminous surface, and fascinated by its circus of creatures. The paintings are almost Baroque in their drama and intensity, but undeniably contemporary in their aesthetic. Humor abounds in this land of carnival and inversion: scale is subverted, and natural relationships are defied. It is a world of disproportion and excess, as anything is possible, and nothing too perverse, in the descent down the rabbit hole. Gagnon deploys a trove of visual pleasures for the viewer, and creates a threshold into a world of boundless fantasy. *Digital previews for both shows will be ready next Tuesday or Wednesday. Will be sure to post here once both are ready to be shared.
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Kevin Peterson + Jacub Gagnon @ Thinkspace (11/3), by anarquee on Oct 31, 2012 17:48:30 GMT 1, love "The Flight of Knowledge"
love "The Flight of Knowledge"
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