Olexander Wlasenko: Art House Cinema Family Archive
January 19, 2013 - March 17, 2013
Artist, writer, and Whitby Station Gallery curator Olexander Wlasenko explains that his work is focused on a personal and investigative discourse surrounding drawings relationship with lens-based media in contemporary culture.
Wlasenkos solo show features ten recent charcoal on paper drawings made by manually rubbing pigment or charcoal into the surface of the paper, that picture various scenes from cinema. Wlasenko is interested in depicting/finding the moment or single frame when the dramatic structure of the movie plot changes in an instant: a drowned victim is discovered, a woman becomes aware of her husbands infidelity, two lovers meet for the first time.
The artist culls his imagery from his fathers Soviet-era Ukrainian cinema collection, reflecting on an interpretation of the past and the relationship with lens-based media in contemporary culture.
Join us for an artist talk with Olexander Wlasenko, Synchronicities: Art & Cinema on Saturday, January 19, 1 pm.