VALLEY OF THE HEART'S DELIGHT

November 20th, 2008 to year end

Opening Reception:
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 6 - 8pm
Artist in attendance

Exhibition Images

The Monte Clark Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition Valley of the Heart’s Delight from Vancouver-based artist Karin Bubaš.

Partially inspired by early Technicolor films and hand-tinted photographs, Bubaš’ large-scale digital photographs are presented as subtly orchestrated scenes of colour and light. Each of the five images presents for the viewer a carefully costumed figure in a reminiscent landscape. The result is a mysterious and story-like dynamic between the setting and the individual. Taken on a panoramic camera, two of the images explore this format in a horizontal configuration emblematic of the landscape genre, and for three Bubaš has aligned her images in a vertical format to dramatic effect.

The inherently cinematic narratives are derived from archetypal myths and stories, creating for the viewer imagery both ominous and enchanting, the figures appearing as apparitions in their mystical settings. As Bubaš carefully stages these five tableaux, allusions of myths and new romanticism come together with cinematic sensitivity. The end result is a series of supernatural costume scenes reminiscent of Waterhouse's Pre-Raphaelite paintings as well as the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Karin Bubaš was born in North Vancouver and currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC Canada. Since studying at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.