
O. Winston Link, Living Room on the Track, 1955
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An
examination of how and why the image of the train continues to play
an important role in contemporary photography and by extension in
society as a whole. The exhibition explores
themes of crime and passion, symbols of power, crashes and ruins
in the landscape, symbols of sexuality, and notions of junction
and journey and loss.
Artists: Roy Arden, Ron Benner, Vera Frenkel, Angela Grauerholz,
O. Winston Link,
Louise Noguchi, Glenn Rudolph, David Tomas, Douglas Walker, Kathryn
Walter and James Welling.
Curated by Marnie Fleming at the Oakville Galleries
Circulated by the Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography,
Ottawa.
Funded by the Canada Councils Borrowed Exhibition Program,
the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation in Vancouver and B.C. Rail
Ltd.
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