André Ethier "Heading South"
Derek Eller Gallery
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Toronto-based artist André Ethier has created a body of work which features grotesque floral arrangements painted in acid colors and imaginary portraits of hippie gnome-like creatures captured in mug-shot profile. Frequently collapsing the boundaries between the genres of still-life, landscape, and portraiture, Ethier composes vivid psychedelic visions of plant-human hybrids in which cigarettes emerge from behind a tangle of crimson flowers and a bouquet of marigolds stares with a Cyclops-ian eyeball. Approaching each work without having a definitive subject in mind, Ethier improvises his content and compositions, employing an array of application techniques to create luscious, painterly surfaces. Evoking art historical precedents from Giuseppe Arcimboldo to Emil Nolde, Ethier conjures strikingly intense imagery which is both contemporary and personal.
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from April 10, 2009 to May 16, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-04-10 from 18:00 to 20:00