FORMS, FACES & SPACES,
figuratively speaking!
Satellite Site at the Scotiabank CONTACT Festival
a photography & fine art extravaganza!
Hanging May 5 - 29 in historic Norval Parish Hall
16 Adamson Street South Norval, ON L0P 1K0
Norval is 10 ninutes west of Brampton & 30 minutes west of Pearson Airport, Toronto
“Artists have responded to the theme in compelling ways, reflecting a diversity of humanity amidst global settings. …The exhibition is a coming together after long months of pandemic isolation.” Judy Daly, Curator Helson Gallery
ecmunson of Studio By Design is hosting this exhibit with endorsements from Arts on the Credit, Visual Arts Brampton, Latow Photography Guild, ArtTrendZ, Picsalive, and the Norval Community Association. Munson is active in these and other arts organizations, a passionate photographer with a recent solo show at the Millcroft Inn & Spa, a co-gallerist with Jackson & Munson STUDIO GALLERY, and co-organizer of The ARTISTS Festival. Showing regularly with arts organizations and in local galleries, most notably, with pieces recently hung in juried shows at the Ontario Legislative Assembly and McMichael Gallery.
Photo Credit - After Work, Frank Myers©
An Extravagance of Photography & Fine Art to Celebrate …
FORM, FACES & SPACES,
figuratively speaking!
As people, uniquely different, yet profoundly the same, this exhibit will engage us in that age old exploration of “Who am I? and “What does it mean to be human?” The many faces of our humanity, the human form, the spaces we inhabit and fill with our vitality and verve - these are the very amulets of our existence on this earth when all else is stripped away.
From the personal to the iconic pieces, such as the chalk pastels of Degas’ ballet dancers, Karsh’s intense photographic portraits, and the gently smiling Mona Lisa, we can connect as humans across decades, generations, eras, centuries, and epochs.
This is a testament to and celebration of our fascination with the human face and form and how we inhabit our spaces, pursue our daily lives, and engage together in community.
Faces, Andrzej Pradyznski
Portraiture & POV
From the “face that launched a thousand ships” to the posed family vignettes in albums, or the candid snaps with the Kodak Brownies, to the myriads of selfies of today’s generations, these faces speak volumes both as subject and our point of view.
Enjoy the Gallery with its samples of fine art and photography. Expect to see riveting images such as these at this seminal exhibit of …
FORMS, FACES & SPACES,
figuratively speaking!
On Hands Uwe Reading, Monique Campbell
Father and Son at Niagara, Frank Myers
Muse, ecmunson
Porcelain Columbina, Andrzej Pradzynski
The Homemaker, Karin Weber
ITUNU (Comfort), Abiola Idowu
Check, Frank Myers
Derek At Ellgin Theatre, Frank Myers
She Dances!, Angela Coleman
The global gallery of Instagram …
lets us view different faces around the world engaged in many similar daily tasks and activities; food shopping, tilling the land, navigating traffic, children playing.
While more recently, the documentary style, environmental portraiture, and street photography have emerged as vibrant international art forms along with the more traditional studio work.
And just imagine what future anthropologists could say about the current photographic obsession to document our most intimate moments, or the gigabytes needed to store and share our endless collections of ‘Selfies’?
Image Credit - Recalling Coco Chanel, Monique Campbell