Are You Buying These With Loonies or Toonies?
In this exhibition, Esfahani is responding to the question “where are you from?”, that many immigrants are often asked, by exploring Tom Thomson’s legacy as a national icon and other symbols traditionally associated with Canadian identity from a diasporic lens. Through various multimedia works that layer stereotypical Canadian references with Iranian cultural motifs, interventions with found objects, and multiple painted and 3D printed replicas of Thomson paintings and artefacts, Esfahani transforms the gallery into a physical third space that dissolves the boundaries between both Iranian and Canadian cultures. –curator: Shannon Bingeman
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"The Canadians", collected ceramic ducks, mallards & loons, 2024-ongoing, photo: Becky Comber
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"The Canadians", detail, collected ceramic ducks, mallards & loons, 2024-ongoing, photo: Becky Comber
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"The Canadians", detail, collected ceramic ducks, mallards & loons, 2024-ongoing, photo: Becky Comber
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"The Canadians", detail, collected ceramic ducks, mallards & loons, 2024-ongoing, photo: Becky Comber
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Top: "Thomson copied 1-12", 7x 5 ¼ in, 3D printed PLA, 12 pieces, 2023
Bottom: "Palette revisited 1-8", 3D printed PLA, dimensions variable, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Palette revisited 1-8", detail, 3D printed PLA, dimensions variable, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Palette revisited 1-8", detail, 3D printed PLA, dimensions variable, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Palette revisited 1-8", detail, 3D printed PLA, dimensions variable, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Palette revisited 1-8", detail, 3D printed PLA, dimensions variable, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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Left: "Morning"; "Canoe Lake"; "Red Sumac", oil on board, original Tom Thomson paintings
Middle: "Morning Replica"; "Canoe Lake Replica"; "Red Sumac Replica", oil on board, 8.5x10.5 in, 2024, painted by Jessica Joyce
Right: "Plastic Morning"; "Plastic Canoe Lake"; "Plastic red Sumac", 10.5x 8¼ in, 3D printed PLA, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Morning Replica"; "Canoe Lake Replica"; "Red Sumac Replica", oil on board, 8.5x10.5 in, 2024, painted by Jessica Joyce, photo: Becky Comber
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"Canoe Lake Replica", oil on board, 8.5x10.5 in, 2024, painted by Jessica Joyce, photo: Becky Comber
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"Morning Replica", oil on board, 8.5x10.5 in, 2024, painted by Jessica Joyce, photo: Becky Comber
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"Red Sumac Replica", oil on board, 8.5x10.5 in, 2024, painted by Jessica Joyce, photo: Becky Comber
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"Plastic Morning"; "Plastic Canoe Lake"; "Plastic red Sumac", detail, 10.5x 8¼ in, 3D printed PLA, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Plastic Canoe Lake", 10.5x 8¼ in, 3D printed PLA, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Plastic red Sumac", 10.5x 8¼ in, 3D printed PLA, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Who Slipped the Slide in Your Carousel?", slide projection, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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"Altered Thompson", mixed media on paper, 11x14in, 2024, photo: Becky Comber
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Left: "Moose", acrylic & laser-etching on collected object, 10x11 in, 2024
Right: "Ducks", acrylic & laser-etching on collected object, 8x16 in, 2024, photo: Becky Comber
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"Here & There: William Morris Patterns", fabric on wood panel, 6in diameter each, 2022, photo: Becky Comber
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"Here & There: William Morris Patterns", detail, fabric on wood panel, 6in diameter each, 2022, photo: Becky Comber
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"Here & There: William Morris Patterns", detail, fabric on wood panel, 6in diameter each, 2022, photo: Becky Comber
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"Do You Miss it?", wood, dimensions variable, 2023, photo: Becky Comber
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