{"id":3310,"date":"2013-04-02T13:29:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T17:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2014-03-27T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T19:47:45","slug":"i-thought-there-were-limits-an-art-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2013\/i-thought-there-were-limits-an-art-show\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought there were limits: An art show"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n This month and next, ERAer Josh Thorpe is participating in a group exhibition at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at Toronto\u2019s Hart House.<\/p>\n The show, I thought there were limits<\/a>, curated by Julia Abraham, brings together five Toronto artists whose work plays with space and architecture: Karen Henderson<\/a>, Yam Lau<\/a>, Gordon Lebredt<\/a>, Kika Thorne<\/a>, and Josh Thorpe<\/a>.<\/p>\n In assembling the show, Abraham sought a range of more and less site-specific works that engage the space in different ways: \u201cLike a perpetually falling apple and the expanding ground beneath it, the artworks form a responsive relationship to their site and in so doing reveal specific architectural, temporal and virtual properties of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery.\u201d<\/p>\n Works in the show include subtle interventions into the wall, a photographic mural, proposals for strange architectural forms, a large fabric installation in tension, an audio recording, a painting of a toga, and temporary tattoos, among other things.<\/p>\n