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Yorkminster Park Gallery

Nancy Oakes

Humans, Humans

December 2, 2023 - February 1, 2024
Reception: Sunday, December 3, 12:30 - 2:00pm

Nancy Oakes' Humans, Humans portraits continue Oakes' exploration of what it is to be human. The "sitters" are not real people, but small clay sculptures, which Oakes does from imagination. Simply clothed, the artist poses them against a plain background as in a traditional studio portrait. The figures are then photographed and greatly enlarged to show all the marks of their making: cracks, bumps, tears, holes, and scrapes. Oakes sees the resulting images as metaphors for the mental and physical scars we all acquire in life. To complete the effect, the paper is treated with tea and wax.

Gallery Hours:
Sunday: 10:00am - 11:00am and 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Saturday: Noon - 4:00pm
Also available by appointment with the artist: nancy@nancyoakes.ca or by calling the church office at 416-922-1167.