October 26 – December 7
(Upper Gallery)
Huddle and Twist
2000
archival inkjet mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
22 x 33 inches
$2,350
Lonsdale Gallery is pleased to present, Niche Species, a new solo exhibition by Phil Irish, featuring the artist’s latest series of digital prints, shown alongside with his painterly collages. Set in dramatic arctic ecosystems, this exhibition is an evocative response to environmental flux and our global climate reality. These works involved collaging in remote landscapes, in response to the environment and affected by the elements. Referencing the “web of life”, the artworks visualize patterns of connection and dependence.
Hantzsch Island 1
2020
oil on paper, collaged
29 x 34 inches
$2,800
Calling Belugas
2000
archival inkjet mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
22 x 44 inches
$3,350
Anchoring and Launching
2000
hahnemhle photo gloss 260 mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
21 x 33 inches
$2,150
” We are all looking at the world through frameworks. With varying degrees of awareness, we greet the world through an ever-shifting matrix of interpretation. While some lament that objectivity is unattainable, we might celebrate the way a robust and sensitive frame, or what Pierre Bourdieu calls a habitus, can serve by “correlating theory and practice, and enabling a deeper level of engagement with empirical reality.”
Ptarmigan
oil and acrylic on paper, collaged
22.5 x 18 inches
$1,450
Polar Bear
oil and acrylic on paper, collaged
15 x 17 inches
$950
Solar Bear
2020
archival inkjet mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
22 x 33 inches
$2,350
Hantzsch Island 2
2020
oil on paper, collaged
33 x 37 inches
$3,400
Of Unknowing
2020
hahnemhle photo gloss 260 mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
28 x 40 inches
$3,600
“ The act of framing the boundless landscape holds a decisive power. Gazing through the empty frame, at the landscape beyond, establishes a link of focus and attention between myself the land. The frame is an unseen apparatus that makes the interpretive work possible. It became clear, however, that the uniqueness of this frame – whether it slides in or out of view – is actually a meaning generator in the work.”
Mayerbukta
2000
archival inkjet mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
28 x 38 inches
$3,400
Puffin
oil and acrylic on paper, collaged
14 x 12 inches
Sheol
2000
archival inkjet mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
22 x 26 inches
$2,000
Blue
oil and acrylic on paper, collaged
19.5 x 21 inches
$1,500
Northern Fulmar
oil and acrylic on paper, collaged
22.5 x 18 inches
$1,450
Humpback
oil and acrylic on paper, collaged
15.25 x 19.5 inches
Construction
2000
archival inkjet mounted on alupanel
edition of 7
28 x 35 inches
$3,150
Belugas
oil and acrylic on paper, collaged
12 x 21 inches
$950
Phil Irish, an artist from Elora, Ontario, holds degrees from York (MFA) and Guelph (BA). His work has been shown at public museums, artist-run-centres, and commercial galleries across Canada. His work was featured at the Quebec City Biennial, and three times shortlisted for the Kingston Portrait Prize. He has developed new work during residencies at the Symposium in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, The Banff Centre, and the Vermont Studio Center. In the summer of 2023, he participated in The Arctic Circle residency, exploring the arctic archipelago of Svalbard, aboard a sailing ship with artists from around the world.