Paint
There’s nothing like paint. Pliable, colourful, a time-withstanding bearer of mineral and vegetable pigments—it has been
the foundation of art and art history since the 15th century. The Swiss philosopher and colour theorist Bruno Haas has
suggested that perhaps painting is an autonomous tradition that moves to rhythms external to the art world. Be that
as it may, painting continues to be one of the essential elements of Toronto art. Depending on who holds the paintbrush
(or shows the results), it can represent a continuation of and homage to modernist abstraction, a philosophical investigation
of materiality or the basis for a reapprehension and re-envisioning of the high-velocity 21st-century image world.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Ron Martin, Richard Gorman, John Brown, Katharine Mulherin (Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects), Douglas Walker, Shelley Adler, David Urban and Nick Ostoff. Photographed at Clint Roenisch Gallery, Tuesday, October 9, 2007.
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