Art Gallery of Algoma

exhibitions

PAUL WALDE : Below the Surface

August 30 to October 13

Meet the Artist Reception Thursday August 30 at 7:30 p.m.

In past projects, I have examined “non-artistic” evidential markings, materials and images from nature. Much of my work has documented, interpreted, imagined and represented this information, creating a dialogue between cultivated and organic forms. A subtext to this investigation has been the exploration of painting as a material, history, object, and form in regard to these qualities.
Current projects and interests have moved beyond evidential information that is readily apparent or visible, and now explores information that is present, but in many cases hidden, fleeting, or otherwise inaccessible to the naked eye. Working in this way allows me to access new visual information that has conceptually enriched my work. Engaging such technologies as microscopy, seismography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging, I am now able to see below the surface - looking into the landscape, brushstroke, and the mind of the artist, while using “artistic” gestures to conceptually frame and reveal this new information. ~ artist statement

Paul Walde was born in 1968 in London, U.K. and grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario (BFA) and completed his Masters in Fine Art at New York University. Walde’s new work suggests interconnections between landscape, identity, and technology and will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Algoma and in the Beyond/In Western New York Biennial Exhibition organized by the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo. Paul Walde currently lives and works in London, Ontario.

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