Art: Gathie Falk’s Canoe
12 Nov
We were taken by a recent art exhibition that included the papier-mâché canoe pictured here. Vancouver, British Columbia artist Gathie Falk constructed the canoe as part of her recent show at the Equinox Gallery there.
The 14-foot long canoe was constructed with multiple layers of papier-mâché and is painted off-white. Falk’s vessel plays off of the show’s other works, including THESE paintings of moths.
The local arts and entertainment weekly, Georgia Straight, called the canoe’s construction, “… highly evocative of human skin; the colour and shape also suggest a large cocoon, especially because the walls of the gallery are hung with nine large oil paintings, each depicting a moth newly emerged from its chrysalis.”
