Erin McSavaney
Interactions

Erin McSavaney
Interactions

Erin McSavaney’s practice is concerned with spaces of everyday life and how, under close examination, our perception of these spaces can be altered through making and viewing paintings. This exhibition brings together pairs of paintings whose architectural subjects are complimentary in nature. Through the conception and installation of this body of work, McSavaney offers several points of entry to show how three-dimensional spaces and objects can be disrupted and rebuilt in paint.
McSavaney’s geometric interventions take many forms. Sometimes, these squares, triangles, and other angular shapes index the mid-century era of the building, and at other times, they might reinforce the angle of light and shadow. Still other applications echo, extend, or counter the existing architectural form. Through a long and labour-intensive process, reality and fiction are negotiated across the canvas, juxtaposing the detailed illusion of depth against the flatness of abstracted forms. The typical call-and-response process of abstract painting is utilized here to create pictorial harmony of a very realistic kind. The result is a new space that illuminates the relationship between representational and abstract painting, and the parallels of how they are constructed, where each action demands a reaction.
For a list of available works from this exhibition, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com

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Erin McSavaney
Fixed Reality

Erin McSavaney
Fixed Reality

The paintings in Fixed Reality focus on spaces of everyday life and reveal how under close examination our perception of reality can be altered. Erin McSavaney draws from observations walking or biking through urban spaces and carefully documents various interactions between the natural world and the architecture from neighbourhoods he grew up in. He then renders hyper-realistic spaces in acrylic paint on canvas and clear open areas are bisected by brightly coloured geometric elements, much like conceptual art historical inspired graffiti. The result is a composition that boldly bridges the divide between photorealism and abstraction. From afar, these paintings appear as a photograph or film still; but upon close inspection subtle details such as a flattened blue sky or shadow rendered out of perspective bring attention to the physical object of painting itself.
For more details on this upcoming exhibition, please contact us at info@equinoxgallery.com or (604) 736-2405.

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Erin McSavaney
Counterpoint

Erin McSavaney, Perry Ellis, 2023

Erin McSavaney, Perry Ellis, 2023

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Erin McSavaney, Dr.J’s, 2023

Erin McSavaney, Afternoon, September, 2023

Erin McSavaney, Afternoon, September, 2023

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Erin McSavaney, Evening, September, 2023

Erin McSavaney, Evening, September, 2023

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Erin McSavaney, Last Bus, 2023

Erin McSavaney, Sisters, Brothers, Fathers, Mothers, 2022

Erin McSavaney, Sisters, Brothers, Fathers, Mothers, 2022

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Erin McSavaney, Astra, 2022