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14/9/2007

Stranger than Fiction

Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario

The Delicate Art of Faking History

curated by Heather Diack and Daniel Ehrenworth

Forest City Gallery presents Stranger than Fiction: The Delicate Art of Faking History curated by Heather Diack and Daniel Ehrenworth. This exhibition presents the work of four photo-based artists, Daniel Ehrenworth, Cynthia Greig, Davida Nemeroff, and Carl Zimmerman, who have decided to subvert the notion of the artist as a creator and present their work not as their own but as a discovery - a ''found work''.

If the viewer tends to approach a found work differently than a created work, how does the discourse change when an artist wants their audience to approach their work as a foundwork? Showcasing works entitled The Auditions Archive, My Father was a Pirate, The Bride Wore Trousers or New Eden: The Life and Work of Isabelle Raymond, and Lost Hamilton Landmarks, these artists investigate the space of the 'real' through their manipulation of autobiographical and cultural realities founded in the historicizing of myth and hoax.

Furthering the gap between fiction and non-fiction, video monitors will show the cult classics The Blair Witch Project, Alien Autopsy, and the infamous World Trade Centre Tourist image alongside Ehrenworth's Greig's, Nemeroff's and Zimmerman's photographs. This serves as cultural reminders that this kind of discourse isn't limited to just the art world.

Forest City Gallery
258 Richmond St 519 - London, Ontario Canada

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