PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY FUNDRAISER AUCTION 2008 PREVIEW
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B.C. Binning
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Jim Breukelman’s remarkable large-format photographs are notable for their detailed clarity, composure and intricate compositions that reveal an acute attention to the subtleties of light. Often shot on 8x10 film, past bodies of work such as the “Afterlife” series depict the amazingly dense world of a local taxidermy shop, replete with uncanny objects such as plastic bags with mysterious contents and curious Styrofoam animal dummies. Another series on the Biosphere, a closed-dome scientific living experiment in Arizona, meticulously documents an extensive, utopic experiment in ecological sustainability‚ of which Breukelman is one of the privileged few photographers to have been allowed to shoot in. His indepth documentary projects are poetic interpretations of the spatial intersections of the human and natural. Breukelman has had numerous exhibitions across Canada over four decades and his work is in numerous public and private collections. His photographs, including Lynn Valley Bridge, are currently featured in the exhibition Moodyville at Presentation House Gallery. He recently completed a large mural commission and had an exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery. As a seminal part of the photography department at the Vancouver School of Art from 1967 to 2001, Breukelman has been a significant influence on the development of artists of photography in Vancouver. He is represented by Republic Gallery, Vancouver.
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