January 24, 2008 - March 1, 2008
Exhibition + Catalogue
Illingworth Kerr Gallery | ACAD
Curated by Ray Cronin, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Catalogue co-produced with the IKG, including catalogue essay by Wayne Baerwaldt.
The isolated hamlet of Woodrow, Saskatchewan the inspiration for Graeme Patterson's sculptural installation of the same name is represented by a sculptures comprised of scale model iconic buildings and sites, both real and imagined, that is for all intents and purposes a selective recreation of the hamlet. Patterson has hand built the sculptures as an homage to a fading way of rural life, a tribute to his grandparents and a form of critique of modernist notions of progress and the Common Good associated with life in the "bread basket of the world".
The recreation of the hamlet includes The Grain Elevator, The Hockey Arena, The Church, The Barn, The Shop, The House, The Grain Bins, The Deer, and The Pothole. Woodrow is a ruin, a ghost town seemingly inhabited only by ragged animals, though each building retains elements that could be described as memories or ghosts of its former inhabitants. The sculptures, with one exception, have videos of stop-motion animation built into them, and it is these short digital animations that provide the memory content of the work, that provide the ghosts.
Graeme Patterson's Exhibit DescriptionGraeme Patterson: Woodrow | January 24, 2008 | Illingworth Kerr Gallery
Photos by Inger Marthe Skyberg
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