Magee B. Popper. The exhibition we were going to see was Elusive Paradise , which showcases until May 13 the ten invited contestants for the National Gallery of Canada's newly minted Millennium Prize. Curated by Diana Nemiroff, this international competition proposed the theme of Arcadian visions on the edge of the 21st century. The first work we examined was a set of four sculptures by Liz Magor. These include Hollow , a replicated log that houses a sleeping bag, and Burrow , an intensely claustrophobic variant of the same.
Nature is presented uneasily as refuge and hiding place.
Stores consists of bags of carrots and potatoes stashed behind sheets of building material. She pulled me over to Chee-to , a pile of stones imperfectly concealing a cache of cheese snacks. We tapped one while the guard wasn't looking. It seemed so, yes. It's an aspect of life we've noted many times, frequently in the grocery store.