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Scene Magazine, October 1997 ArtScene Innovative art exchange with Hamilton: come and GAUGE it by Sylvia Curtis-Norcross Jewel Goodwyn suggested that if London artists hosted an exchange exhibition with artists in Hamilton that the cross pollination would be satisfying for many members of both communities. the Hamilton-to-London component, or GAUGE Hamilton/London Artist Exchange Part 2, is an industrial-strength exhibit of sculpture asserting its steel-town origins at the Forest City Gallery. In a Press release, curators Philip Grant and Ivan Jurakic explain that they "wanted an edgy and post-industrial exhibition that also investigated aspects of both environment and ritual" – and they got it. Five suspected and tension-clamped cables strung with waste items give Jim Mullin’s "The Lil’ Wasters" both a sense of poetry and punch. A beer can, a glove, a toy baby, glasses on one cable and a turpentine can, plastic horses, picture frame corner and a coke can on another create portraits more akin to negatives than photos. This is the waste stuff used to create portraits of a dead culture. Somewhat out of keeping with the look of the exhibition is Fiona Kinsella’s "Interference I" and Interference II". Grant and Jurakic probably included it because it is too damn good not to. Scalpel-sharp wit is subdued by the gentle material – eight cocktail napkins with colour transfer images, traditionally framed. You cannot expect these images. A picture of a Fallopian tube with the juxtaposed caption "accident prevention in the home" and the image of the surface of the brain accompanied by "clear thinking". The piece has a retro look that provides a context for reading the work as a probe into the pseudo-science accepted in 1950’s households. Bold and elegant but perhaps too literal is Michael Allgoewer’s Martyrium I (Longinus)" The title tells too much and prevents interaction because it leaves little to the imagination. Forget the title and enjoy the beautiful surfaces. "Spring Has Sprung" by Antonella Sigismondi emphasizes form and interplay of materials in a way that two women at the opening seemed to find quite erotic. A portrait by Andrew Butkevicius in galvanized steel fluorescent lighting and photo construction, "Industrial reality / will fit the door" is a good reason to visit this exhibition before you make a foray into the city of steel and, it would seem, of artists. GAUGE is on display at the Forest City Gallery until Nov. 1. |
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