On & Beyond

My buddy Paul sent me these stills from his exhibit in Gastown at the Catalog Gallery.I Wish I coulda made it out there to see the space myself. I asked him two questions about his show: What nuance this show brings from his previous exhibit (Photographs Inspired by the Rap Music that once Inspired me)? – And the reason he decided to put in a painting.

If you are in YVR, make sure you write it in your schedule, it ends on sept 4th.

I wanted this show to look like a tumblr or a mood board style blog. So there isn’t really a theme, it’s images I shot that are either black and white or are earth tones. There are few winks to the photos inspired by the rap music that once inspired me project on the wall. Most of the original pictures from that project cycled around on those type of websites so it’s kind of a no brainer to tie it back in I think.

I made a sculpture and some letterpress stuff as well that didn’t make it into the show. The space was too small and it didn’t fit with the overall theme. Why did I paint? I guess I’m exercising my license to ill. The painting is my first and it won’t be my last. I did it with Dan Buller from HVW8. It’s a collaborative painting project. It’s new for me and it’s fun. We painted a 1992 16V Gti. The car has an amazing front end. One of my favorite designs from the late 80′s and early 90′s. It’s also a pretty rare car to find intact as it was very popular back then; most of the ones in Quebec were stolen.