Invasive Species No.15, 2014
49.5 cms (19.49 ins)
Edition 1/7
printed in 2014
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Contemporary Art" held on Thu, Oct 1, 2020.
Lot 77
Lot 77
Estimate: CAD $1,500 - $2,500
Realised: CAD $2,040
Realised: CAD $2,040
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibitions:
Invasive Species, Katsman Contemporary, Toronto, ON, 2014
Beyond the Pines: Homer Watson and the Contemporary Canadian Landscape,
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, 2015
Notes:
"Invasive Species" questions what is "wild" and how we are negotiating our relationship with wilderness and our environment. Human intervention within a natural landscape has been a central theme of my work for over thirty years. "Invasive Species" was inspired by my lifelong observations and connection to the immediate environment of the Toronto Islands where I have lived since childhood. It is an exploration of site and place - in particular, how we use and form landscape through personal interventions, large-scale land management and day-to-day activities. The photographs are images of found interventions, some that lasted for only a short time, and some that remain intact today.
-Courtesy of the artist
"Invasive Species: Hanging Trees," 2014, is in the collections of the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, ON and The Art Gallery of Hamilton.
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibitions:
Invasive Species, Katsman Contemporary, Toronto, ON, 2014
Beyond the Pines: Homer Watson and the Contemporary Canadian Landscape,
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, 2015
Notes:
"Invasive Species" questions what is "wild" and how we are negotiating our relationship with wilderness and our environment. Human intervention within a natural landscape has been a central theme of my work for over thirty years. "Invasive Species" was inspired by my lifelong observations and connection to the immediate environment of the Toronto Islands where I have lived since childhood. It is an exploration of site and place - in particular, how we use and form landscape through personal interventions, large-scale land management and day-to-day activities. The photographs are images of found interventions, some that lasted for only a short time, and some that remain intact today.
-Courtesy of the artist
"Invasive Species: Hanging Trees," 2014, is in the collections of the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, ON and The Art Gallery of Hamilton.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.