Vancouver, BC (October 8, 2024) – Fairmont Pacific Rim has announced the latest exhibition at The Pacific Gallery, a curated display of artworks by photographer, Martin Elder, and architectural artists’ Erin McSavaney and Renée Van Halm, in partnership with Equinox Gallery. Sight Lines is a body of work by the featured artists’ which re-frames, augments and re-imagines architectural space.
Marten Elder’s photographs depict spatial situations–sidewalks, curbs, corners and niches– selected for their potential to be both images of the physical world as well as constructs that lend themselves to technological manipulation. Through a procedure that meticulously processes the camera’s raw data, Elder creates photographs that are intensely vibrant in their tonal range, revealing real world colour relationships that are often imperceptible to the human eye.
Erin McSavaney’s highly detailed acrylic paintings depict ordinary buildings and the lawns, parking lots, fences or driveways that surround them. In blending realism with imagined but equally precise abstract forms, McSavaney transforms these typical spaces into visually compelling and evocative paintings, highlighting the interplay of light and shadow, and encouraging the viewer to reconsider the often-overlooked structures encountered in daily life.
Renée Van Halm’s extensive knowledge of architectural forms stemming from years of study and travel has led to the development of a unique language relating to the social dimension of architecture and colour. The works presented here begin by digitally collaging architectural forms where select elements are removed or altered, while others are flattened or abstracted and brought to the fore. By altering traditional views of the built environment, Van Halm highlights the sensorial impact of colour to reveal how it governs our perception of architectural space.
On display from October 2024 to January 2025 on the second-floor lobby, Sight Lines presents three distinct approaches to the depiction of architecture that offer unique ways of comprehending the world around us, by recalibrating visual sensitivities to colour, form and light.
