Still Life & Blind, 1988 by John McEwen, Oakville Galleries in Gailoch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville, ON
Excerpt from www.oakville.ca/culturerec/public-art-and-exhibitions.html:
Still Life & Blind, 1988 by John McEwen
Aluminium and Steel
John McEwen is well known within Canada for his large-scale sculptures of animals, namely dogs, deer and wolves, which are often flame-cut from slabs of steel. The artist is interested in how these specific animals often spark a sense of mystery and magic in the human imagination, and can reveal the interconnections between what we often perceive separately as ‘nature’ or ‘culture’. In Still Life & Blind, the sparse outline of a deer is barely visible from a distance, seeming to stand at the lake’s edge. In its original installation, the piece also included a “blind” - a camouflaged place for humans to watch animals without being seen. Here, it acts as a prompt to consider the relationship between viewer and viewed.
Still Life & Blind, 1988 by John McEwen, Oakville Galleries in Gailoch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville, ON
Excerpt from www.oakville.ca/culturerec/public-art-and-exhibitions.html:
Still Life & Blind, 1988 by John McEwen
Aluminium and Steel
John McEwen is well known within Canada for his large-scale sculptures of animals, namely dogs, deer and wolves, which are often flame-cut from slabs of steel. The artist is interested in how these specific animals often spark a sense of mystery and magic in the human imagination, and can reveal the interconnections between what we often perceive separately as ‘nature’ or ‘culture’. In Still Life & Blind, the sparse outline of a deer is barely visible from a distance, seeming to stand at the lake’s edge. In its original installation, the piece also included a “blind” - a camouflaged place for humans to watch animals without being seen. Here, it acts as a prompt to consider the relationship between viewer and viewed.