IKG Presents:
JEANIE RIDDLE: CALIFORNIA
Opening reception: Wednesday, June 24th, 6-8pm
Dates: June 24th-September 19th, 2009  
Venue: Illingworth Kerr Gallery (1407 14 Avenue NW)

Jeanie Riddle
 
An ambitious installation that shifts freely between strict formalism and the potential of an expanded painting, California is an homage to the DJ booth and club lounge, as well as structured domestic habitat. California is comprised of a curvilinear sculptural platform, cubes in muted shades of beige, paper flowers under plexi-glass, and stacks of poured acrylic colour. Four photographs complete the installation. Loosely referencing the mid-century California bungalow, it is a modern retreat devoid of human presence. Sound is indicated throughout the tomb-like installation, but never realized - think DJ lounge with DJ Absent.

Jeanie Riddle lives and works in Montréal. Trained in painting at Concordia University, she has been developing a sculptural installation practice rooted in the techniques and ideals of modernist painting since 2002. Her work has been presented across Canada at The New Gallery (Calgary), Optica (Montréal) and YYZ (Toronto). Her collaborative work includes exhibitions at Centre des arts actuels SKOL (Montréal) and Alley Jaunt (Toronto). Riddle was the recipient of a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in May 2005 and a finalist in the 2008 Royal Bank of Canada’s Canadian Painting competition.