{"id":27978,"date":"2015-04-02T16:17:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=27978"},"modified":"2015-05-03T19:53:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T23:53:50","slug":"souther-salazars-attic-transmissions-at-narwhal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=27978","title":{"rendered":"Souther Salazar\u2019s Attic Transmissions at Narwhal"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you enjoy the prospect of revisiting your childhood sense of wonder while picking your way through the vibrant, unadulterated dreamscape of an artist\u2019s imagination, visit Souther Salazar\u2019s Attic Transmissions<\/em> at Narwhal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Souther Salazar, Spare Parts, 2015, acrylic, ink, crayon, and collage on wood panel,\u00a031.5 x 13.5 x 2.5 inches, framed.<\/p>\n

While living in Scrapper\u2019s Attic, Salazar developed a method of piecing together his fragmented doodles to form larger systems by tuning in to his own frequencies of intuitive, creative inspiration. Thus, we have Attic Transmissions<\/em>. Each system of overlapping narratives has been contextualised and splashed enthusiastically onto single surfaces, illustrating spur-of-the-moment adventures. Salazar layers mixed media and found objects in his energetic collages and paintings.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Souther Salazar, Little Wild Ideas, 2015, watercolor, ink, and collage on paper, 11.5 x 8.5 x 1.25 inches, framed<\/p>\n

His work is full of wildly playful doodles and sketches, similar to what you might have expected to find in your own high school notebooks from math class. But the way that the wild and varied images are brought together, maintaining a visual balance and context while continuing to appear spontaneous, is masterful and unique. Everything is harmonious. As reflected in his artworks, Salazar has managed to navigate the landscapes of his imagination and memory with ease, archiving dreams, impulses, experiences and fragments of thought into cohesive systems.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Souther Salazar, Look Again, 2015, acrylic, ink, crayon, and collage on wood panel,\u00a0\u00a024.5 x 18.5 x 2.5 inches, framed.<\/p>\n

I find Salazar\u2019s work to be nostalgic of the illustrations in picture books I used to read as a child. Like Salazar\u2019s artwork, images were meant to spark the imagination and transport viewers to a land of escapism. The narratives of his work are anything but nailed down. When I see “Some Forgotten Corner of the Universe”, I don\u2019t know if I am viewing a giant galactic space turtle or an exploratory underwater mission. And that is the beauty of it. When exploring an image with a childlike sensibility, things don\u2019t need to make sense in one solitary way and there are no boundaries. Multiple narratives can unfold simultaneously in a piece, somehow still appearing connected to one another. In Salazar\u2019s artwork, I enjoy stories that unfurl all over and all at once. His goal of getting me back in touch with my ability to access childlike curiosity and wonder was definitely realised.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Souther Salazar, Some Forgotten Corner of the Universe, 2015, acrylic, ink, crayon, and collage on wood panel, 61.5 x 37.5 x 2.5 inches, framed.<\/p>\n

This is art that is not afraid to be fun, and I love that.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Souther Salazar, Edge of Remembering, 2015, acrylic, ink, crayon, and collage on wood panel, 25.5 x 37.5 x 2.5 inches, framed<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Souther Salazar, Attic Transmission, 2015, acrylic, ink, crayon, and collage on wood panel, 25.5 x 25.5 x2.5 inches,\u00a0framed<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Emily Kovacs<\/p>\n

*Exhibition information: March 28 – April 25, 2015, Narwhal, 2104 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Gallery hours: Wed \u2013 Sat, 12 \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Emily Kovacs<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Salazar\u2019s artwork, I enjoy stories that unfurl all over and all at once. His goal of getting me back in touch with my ability to access childlike curiosity and wonder was definitely realised.<\/p>\n

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