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Gretchen Sankey It, and all the rest of it
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Part Two T he preceding story was written in response to the imagery used in Gretchen Sankey's past and current work. Gretchen's art exists between the touch points of the events in our lives. Like a synapse, the point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another, her work implies a narrative based in real and imagined knowledge, on it's way to the moment of declared action. The realization of the betrayal of Disney's world, the acknowledgment of the reality Hitchcock's Psycho. The narrative is not linear, but an embodiment of all thoughts, experiences and desires that make up ourselves. For her exhibition entitled It, and all the rest of it, Gretchen will be presenting works-on-paper, as well as a site-specific installation consisting of floating narrative fragments rendered on masonite panels. Echoing the composition of the paper drawings, in which the imagery is intensified by the silent white of the page, the panel works will be installed directly to the wall in amphorous clusters separated by gulfs of wall. Pick any point to enter. Chances are, youÕll pass yourself, or Roxy, on the way in going out.Reid Diamond
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Top Image: Gretchen Sankey It, and all the rest of it oil on panel, dimensions variable Photo: courtesy of the artist
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Gretchen Sankey Born in Montreal, Sankey received her BFA and MFA degrees from York University. As a member of the 23rd Room curatorial collective, she has participated in the organization of exhibitions in alternative spaces, notably Duke-u-menta '90, '94 and '96. Her work has also been included in numerous national and international exhibitions, most recently in Mexico at the Cervantino Festival, in Montreal at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, and in Toronto at WARC and Tableau Vivant. Gretchen lives in Toronto.
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