James Whitman's introductory show
DRAWINGS
May 25 - June 3, 2007
opening reception and welcome of the artist: Thursday, May 24 at 7pm
DATES
FILM SCREENING
animated movies by "The Lions" collaborative drawing group (Canada)
June 29, 2007 . 9pm
afterwards artist talk with James Whitman
programme:
Barry Doupé: Boy on a Dock Blowing His Nose (15 min, 2004)
Barry Doupé: At the Heart of a Sparrow (30 min, 2006)
Tasha Brotherton: Woof Woof Woof (10 min, 2006)
special screening: Julia Freyer: Vorbei
informations about the artists: www.lionspile.ca, www.barrydoupe.ca, www.tashabrotherton.com
James Whitman's final show
S O M E K I N G S
drawings
July 20 - 29, 2007
opening and leave-taking of the artist: Thursday, July 19 at 7pm
works of the show
James Whitman: three kings, abstract field, bird, pony feathers, fur and full face
(from left to right), drawings, pencil or ball-pen, 2007 © J. Whitman
May - August 2007:
James Whitman, Canada
James Whitman's work moves between narrative, free association and performance. In his primary practice of drawing you find complex plays with different frame conventions, genres and styles. Within unambiguous representational settings Whitman creates grotesque scenes that fall somewhere between the familiar pictorial elements of everyday life and their graphic disassociations. Symbols and figures are retrofitted, reworked and deformed. Through a process of ornamental overload they become unlikely and weird.
Whitman (born in 1976) today lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a member of the drawing collaborative The Lions and acts occasionally as a curator.
selected works
!["cock", pencil on paper,<br />8,5 x 11 inches, 2007](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_33.jpg ""cock", pencil on paper,<br />8,5 x 11 inches, 2007")
"cock", pencil on paper,
8,5 x 11 inches, 2007
!["cache", pencil on paper,<br />8.5 X 11 inches, 2006](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_34.jpg ""cache", pencil on paper,<br />8.5 X 11 inches, 2006")
"cache", pencil on paper,
8.5 X 11 inches, 2006
!["chicken sacrifice", drawing by the Lions,<br />pencil/watercolour on paper,<br />8,5 x 11 inches, 2005](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_35.jpg ""chicken sacrifice", drawing by the Lions,<br />pencil/watercolour on paper,<br />8,5 x 11 inches, 2005")
"chicken sacrifice", drawing by the Lions,
pencil/watercolour on paper,
8,5 x 11 inches, 2005
!["two figures", pencil on paper,<br />8,5 x 11 inches, 2006](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_36.jpg ""two figures", pencil on paper,<br />8,5 x 11 inches, 2006")
"two figures", pencil on paper,
8,5 x 11 inches, 2006
Artist's website: www.outbuildingsandlivestock.ca