Beside Myself: Kelly Wallace

February 2 - May 6, 2018

The drawings of London-based artist Kelly Wallace are precise, technical renderings of hyper-detailed scenes found in memory and imagination. As described by Wallace’s friend and curator Ihor Holubizky, “light and dark are generated by the proximity and intervals of straight lines as units of information.” Appearing to disintegrate before your eye, one is struck by the labour intensive nature of these delicate drawings. Peppered throughout Wallace’s drawings are selections from Glenn Stillar’s 20 hour film Marking Time. Stillar, a filmmaker based in Waterloo, spent 250 hours filming Wallace in the act of drawing. The viewer is given a glimpse into the private world of the artist creating in the studio, exposing his technical mastery, his focus and stamina, and his creative capacity.