Linda-Marlena Bucholtz Ross
An Unintended Aesthetic: The Impromptu Stage / Scènes improvisées
Exhibition:: January 4 to 26, 2013
Vernissage: Thursday January 10 at 6 pm
The McClure Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, An Unintended Aesthetic: The Impromptu Stage / Scènes improvisées, featuring the works of Linda-Marlena Bucholtz Ross. The artist’s large format photographs represent a meticulous and hyper-realistic aesthetic; they offer a unique perspective on the development and transformation of our urban landscapes.
Urban construction sites are increasingly ubiquitous, almost permanent fixtures of our lived space. The universal crane has emerged as a symbol of opulence, a reflection of a city’s economic well-being, as hotels, condominiums, roads and bridges sprout up like mushrooms. Bucholtz Ross’ photographs explore the ephemeral, unintended raw beauty of these working sites, revealing, as an underside, the poetic nature of an urban landscape in constant transformation.
Bucholtz Ross is particularly interested in monumental structures, often dramatic and accidental mise-en-scenes hidden in the urban environment. While our eyes scan these spaces unconsciously, looking but not seeing, the artist forces us to look again, drawing our awareness to that which is often ignored. Thus, these photographs render visible the traces of a city in progress before they vanish forever from the horizon.
Linda-Marlena Bucholtz Ross was born in British Columbia, and is currently based in Montreal. She received her BFA in photography and video from Concordia University in 2008. She has had solo and group exhibitions in Canada, France and the United States. She is a recent recipient of the research and creation award, given by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (2011-12), and in November 2011, she received The Concrete Contemporary Prize for Photography given by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa,Ontario.