{"id":23133,"date":"2014-03-19T20:32:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T00:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=23133"},"modified":"2014-04-15T14:58:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T18:58:45","slug":"o-w-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=23133","title":{"rendered":"O.W.N."},"content":{"rendered":"

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O.W.N. (Object Work Notation)
\nFebruary 21 – March 29, 2014<\/strong>
\nOpen Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is something strange about this exhibition, even at first sight. Some of the works don\u2019t seem to be prints or related to printmaking at all. However hard I try to find elements of printmaking, in some pieces I can\u2019t. What does a monogrammed piece of cutlery have to do with printmaking? Other pieces clearly belong among textile art like Jae Lee\u2019s Pojagi<\/em> or Liz Parkinson\u2019s Thicket Setting<\/em>. There is a box with tubes of paint, another with children\u2019s building toys, an oar, a little heap of dirt with a small red plastic building on it. Of course there are some prints too, but still it\u2019s strange. Works and objects occupy the walls, some of them close to the floor and others with writing close to the ceiling. After a while I just gave up analyzing the techniques. Who cares about the boundaries of printmaking when the show is so enjoyable? It is a wonderfully installed exhibition with playful details and a lot to see, so I just let myself look.<\/p>\n

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I finally understood the concept when I read the interesting curatorial statement from Richard Sewel: \u201cO.W.N as occurrence(s) evolved from locusethics, a theory about<\/em> location as<\/span> morality. Here occurrence is about<\/em> manner as<\/span> a located heuristic, a notation that enables individual objects as<\/span> linked to individual. Here the observation within locations is as<\/span> narrative \u2013 sequence about<\/em> a myriad of and as<\/span> one\u2019s experience. Here as<\/span> cultural significant \u2013 each local is as<\/span> a foci \u2013 a clarifying about<\/em> one\u2019s observation.\u201d O.W.N. is a visual occurrence of 33 located objects by eleven Open Studio members. O.W.N. as occurrence is evolved from pre-literate chanting. As in chanting, some works are like a gesture or even a rhythm, while others have a rather complex story.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Laura Bydlowska\u2019s object (left) and her\u00a0etching, Red Habitat.<\/em><\/p>\n

Laura Bydlowska\u2019s etching Red Habitat<\/em>depicts a hilly landscape with a little red chine-coll\u00e9 house that represents hotels in Monopoly games. A few steps further and it\u2019s recreated from some dirt (maybe from the landscape itself) and the monopoly piece \u2013 a playful gesture. Liz Menard layered the poem \u201cLand of the Silver Birch<\/em>\u201d and the musical notes from the song based on it over her Collograph<\/em> that resembles the bark of birch trees \u2013 while a paddle hangs on the opposite wall. These are memories of summer camps, the artist says.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Liz Menard, Collograph with Pauline Johnson poem <\/em>and Land of the Silver Birch Sheet Music<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Irina Schestakowich\u2019s narrative is really touching. Her object is a little ceramic boy figurine that, along with her mother, survived the bombing of Dresden. Schestakowitch\u2019s work, Boy Print<\/em>, inspired by the figurine, also has a survival story. When the artist\u2019s studio on Toronto Island collapsed in a 2013 storm, that print was the only thing she wanted to save.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Irina Schestakowich\u2019s object, Boy Doll (left)\u00a0and\u00a0Boy Prints<\/em><\/p>\n

Libby Hague explained the making of her installation, saying that she followed a map or sketches of original ideas that came together in her studio as the material she was handling absorbed the happiness and anxiety of her life. Yael Brotman, inspired by her climb to the cupola of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, created a construction of angled beams with recycled, etched, Japanese paper. Penelope Stewart transformed the geographical map of Canberra into a large piece called Apian Cartography<\/em>, focusing on natural and architectural patterns.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Libby Hague, Studio slice (left) and Synchromesh, Gabrielle<\/em>, woodcut print on wire-laminated paper, rope, cord, netting, papier mach\u00e9, various upholstery tack, 36 x 35 x 3 inches.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yael Brotman’s object, cookie\u00a0tin of children’s blocks\u00a0(left) and\u00a0\u00a0Trestle<\/em>, Etching on Kurotani paper, 2013<\/p>\n

The exhibited objects and artwork are engaging by themselves, but what makes this exhibition outstanding is the way it has been installed, the way it juxtaposes its many elements.<\/p>\n

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Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos
\nPhoto: Margaret Irving<\/p>\n

*Exhibition information: February 21 – March 29, 2014, Open Studio, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104, Toronto. Gallery hours: Tues – Sat, 12 \u2013 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibited objects and artwork are engaging by themselves, but what makes this exhibition outstanding is the way it has been installed, the way it juxtaposes its many elements.<\/p>\n

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