Difference and Repetition, Slide Room Gallery, Nov 01-Dec 02, 2013
Exhibit runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 2, 2013
Slide Room Gallery
– Mon-Friday 9-5pm,
– Sat 10am-1pm
– Sunday 10am-5pm
2549 Quadra st.
Difference and Repetition” an exhibition which derives its title from the book of the same name by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, explores Deleuze’s concept of how a new series brings back an older series and transforms it into something completely new, so that repetition brings about difference.
30 artists from diverse backgrounds and working independently from one another will be contributing one unit (of exactly the same size) in a series derived from a single source – “Abstract painting (1985) 587-5” by the German artist Gerhard Richter.
Richter’s work is in a sense itself a series; however in his case a series of unpredictable chaotic and gestural actions resulted in a single work which is impossible to recreate accurately. His series within a single work (Abstract painting (1985) 587-5) will itself be transformed into a new series consisting of 30 original works.
Exhibit runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 2, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday Nov. 1 @ 7 : 30 pm
Slide Room Gallery
2549 Quadra st.
Curated by Efren Quiroz
Articles and Media
30 artists offer their versions of one work, Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Nov 09, 2013 – CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE
Preview, The Gallery Guide, Christine Clark, Nov-Jan issue – CLICK TO ENLARGE
Gerhard Richter Abstract painting (1985) 587-5
Pareidolia (after Gerhard Richter) 30×30, Oil on canvas, 2013
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Carollyne Yardley’s Artist Statement
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving vague and random stimulus being perceived as significant, a form of apophenia. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the Moon rabbit, or the Virgin Mary imprinted on toast.
Like many humans, I tend to seek patterns in random information by looking for meaningfulness. While studying the Gerhard Richter painting, my mind immediately went to work.
I worked using the general layout and colour scheme of the original piece, and incorporated my intuition, sub consciousness, imagination and memory. A departure from my typical process, I “found” the droids I was looking for.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Robert McTavish, Harry Stanbridge, Roberta Pyx Sutherland, Roy Green, Paul Peregal, Brad Pasutti, Tanta Pennington, Irma Soltanovich, Wendy Welch, Rande Cook, Ira Hoffecker, James Gordaneer, Kate Scoones, Lance Austin Olsen, Phyllis Serota, Carollyne Yardley, Dale Roberts, Jillian Player, Christine Clark, Tony Bounsall, June Higgins, Arlene Nesbitt, Dallas Valdas Duobaitis, Pete Kohut, Martin Batchelor, Logan Ford, Debora Alanna, Shawn Shepherd, Victoria Edgarr, Jeanne Cannizzo, Philip Willey, Jason Stovall, John Luna
PHOTOS OF OPENING NIGHT
Carollyne Yardley and Dale Robers (photo by John Harris)
Phyllis Serota and Carollyne Yardley
Hailey Finnigan, Carollyne Yardley, Brad Pasutti
Blythe Scott, Lance Austin Olsen, and curator Efren Quiroz
Lance Austin Olsen and Carollyne Yardley (sort of proof we exist).
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