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What do you want to know: Sixty Six Studio in Ottawa is currently presenting the exhibition “Constructed Truths: Alexandra Flood, Andrew Morrow and Atticus Gordon.” The gallery is known for fostering and promoting regional artistic talent, and this exhibition is no exception, as all three artists are based in Canada’s capital. Presented until June 30, 2023, the exhibition coincides with the 10th anniversary of the creation of the gallery. Flood’s work draws inspiration from the wide variety of media and materials she encounters, from American pop culture to art history, resulting in atmospheric total abstractions. Gordon explores the limits of painting and representation in his practice, creating otherworldly vignettes that engage with the subjectivity of modern lived experience. Finally, Morrow’s paintings offer alternatives and extensions to the current state of figurative painting, rooted in the historical trajectory of fashion. Together, the works presented in the exhibition, individually and jointly, explore the place of painting in today’s era dominated by technology and the digital.
Installation view of “Constructed Truths: Alexandra Flood, Andrew Morrow and Atticus Gordon” (2023). Courtesy of Studio Sixty Six, Ottawa.
Why we love it: The “Constructed Truths” exhibition highlights each artist’s pictorial practice and achieves a thematic cohesion that indicates a broader artistic trend or movement that responds to current times and changing visual culture, particularly the expansion of digital media. As one of the oldest modes of artistic creation, painting is primarily set at a revolutionary moment, and the artists featured each engage with contemporary life and experience in a variety of ways, but with commonalities. centered on the basic principles of the medium. Works such as Morrow’s Exactly what I had in mind (2023) evokes the historic genre of nude painting, but the execution and composition are uniquely hers and contemporary. Elsewhere, Gordon’s Landscape Aberration (2023) offers a dreamlike landscape and illustrates the technique of “photobashing” where various images are composed. Unlike these more figurative compositions, works like that of Flood IV delivery system (2023) provide an expressive heart to the show, conveying through color and brushwork an emotional and sensitive facet of the current cultural milieu.
Andrew Morrow, Exactly What I Had In Mind (2023). Courtesy of Studio Sixty Six, Ottawa.
According to the Gallery: “Alexandra Flood, Atticus Gordon and Andrew Morrow share a love for creating painterly marks. Each uses emotive and reflective brushwork to create sophisticated visual truths for the digital age. viewers of constructed truths are invited to reflect on questions that the artists have posed in their work: what is a digital image feel as? What does it mean to pose for a portrait on Zoom? And what happens when we put away our smartphones – and our reference points – and get lost in the luxury of pure color? —Victoria Solan
From left to right: Alexandra Flood, IV delivery system (2023); Atticus Gordon, Corner of the fire (2023); Atticus Gordon, Double vision (2023). Courtesy of Studio Sixty Six, Ottawa.
“Constructed Truths: Alexandra Flood, Andrew Morrow and Atticus Gordonis on view at Studio Sixty Six, Ottawa, until July 2, 2023.
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