Linda Heffernan: Ordinary People January 10 – February 1 @ Loop Gallery, Toronto
Loop Gallery presents:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Linda Heffernan
Ordinary People
January 10 – February 1, 2009
Reception: Saturday, January 10th, 2009, 2 – 5 pm
Loop Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition by Loop Gallery member Linda Heffernan entitled Ordinary People.
Linda Heffernan’s current body of work is a tongue in cheek response to politics, the media and ordinary people. It speaks to the manner in which corporate America, government officials and ordinary people interact with the media during coverage of both global and local events in a constant play of bait and banter.
Painted photos of ordinary people combine with titles inspired by a Toronto Star meme of the week, or a quote from Saturday Night Live or Canada A.M., to demonstrate the disconnect between the politically astute and those who simply want off the current economic roller coaster to put their head between their knees and take a deep breath.
The semi abstract backgrounds stand in for the snow and ice of backyard rinks, melting glaciers and the extended political snow day invoked by our prorogued parliament. The surreal nature of these paintings is both a comment on the current state of Canadian political affairs and a portal for momentary escape.
Linda Heffernan is a Whitby-based artist exploring themes of consumer capitalism and bureaucracy in an ever more interconnected global economy. She recently obtained her BFA from Ontario College of Art and Design where she was named to the Dean’s Honour List in the Faculty of Art. She has exhibited her work in a number of galleries in Toronto’s Queen West district as well as Whitby’s Station Gallery.
Please join the artist in celebrating the opening on Saturday, January 10th from 2-5 pm.
Loop Members
Mark Adair . Elizabeth Babyn . Yael Brotman . Kelly Cade . Laura Ciruls (1959-2008) . Gary Clement . Tanya Cunnington . Catherine Daigle (1953 – 2006) . Elizabeth D’Agostino . Chris Dow . Martha Eleen . Adrian Fish . Maria Gabankova . Candida Girling . Charles Hackbarth . Libby Hague . Linda Heffernan . Isabelle Hemard . David Holt . Sung Ja Kim . JJ Lee . Richard Mongiat . Mary Catherine Newcomb . Liz Parkinson . Maureen Paxton . Barbara Rehus . Thelma Rosner . Rochelle Rubinstein. Lanny Shereck . Yvonne Singer . Adrienne Trent
Loop Gallery
1174 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1J5 (one block east of Gladstone).
Gallery Hours: Wed – Sat 1 to 5 pm, and Sun 1 to 4pm. Artist is in attendance on Sundays.
For more information please contact Ester Pugliese, gallery director, at (416) 516-2581 or loopgallery@primus.ca.