Gordon Ball's I am sorry. Sincerely, Frankenstein opens Thursday, August 27th at The Emporium Gallery

Gordon Ball's I am sorry. Sincerely, Frankenstein opens at the Emporium Gallery (3035 St. Antoine Ouest #74) on Thursday, August 27th from 7PM-11PM. The exhibition will also be open on Saturday, August 29th and Sunday, August 30th from 12PM-5PM. Private viewings available by appointment from Monday, August 31st to Wednesday, September 2nd 2009.

About I am sorry. Sincerely, Frankenstein

'I am sorry. Sincerely, Frankenstein' is a new collection of photographs by Montreal-based photographer, Gordon Ball. Depicting self-destruction in relation to the social order, in both a fantastical and journalistic capacity, 'I am sorry. Sincerely, Frankenstein' is Ball's first solo exhibition in Montreal in over 2 years.



Artist Statement

"In 1994, I started photographing my teenage friends- doing drugs for the first time, stealing booze from their parents, fighting security guards at skate spots, skinny dipping with chicks, experiencing 'first love', etc. However, in recent years I moved away from this candid, personal documentary style of photography as I was increasingly photographing for corporate clients. And, it left me feeling somewhat unfulfilled.

This exhibition represents a photographic return to a subject matter and style of photography that I originally started out with. It all takes cues from a quote I once heard that, "we may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us"- something that I genuinely believe to be true after working on this project."
- Gordon Ball 



About Gordon Ball

It could be argued that Montreal-born photographer, Gordon Ball was genetically predisposed to practice photography. A third generation photographer, he is the son of Doug Ball, a two-time National Newspaper photography award winner- which explains why Gordon began photographing at a very early age. In his teens, he documented both skate and punk culture, was published the world over in album layouts and publications, then attended OCAD on a scholarship. Ball has since exhibited numerously across Canada, been commissioned to photograph for Nike, Audi and IMG and, been published in Dazed and Confused, Spin and Penthouse.
Gordon Ball's website.

Presented by The Emporium Gallery, Switzerland CS and Bierbrier. For more information, click on the flier above. Thanks, Ben Pobjoy

Dave Arnold's Teenage Nudes opens at the Emporium Gallery on Thursday, August 20th

Dave Arnold's Teenage Nudes opens at the Emporium Gallery (3035 St. Antoine Ouest #74) on Thursday, August 20th from 7PM-11PM. The exhibition will also be open on Saturday, August 22nd and Sunday, August 23rd from 12PM-5PM. Private viewings available by appointment from Monday, August 24th to Tuesday, August 25th 2009.

About Teenage Nudes

Montreal-based visual artist Dave Arnold makes his return to Emporium Gallery with Teenage Nudes- a new collection of Pop Art-infused paintings that depict ubiquitous childhood iconography, corrupted and re-imagined by the artist. Lawless and deviant, Teenage Nudes is nothing short of a warped Freudian collision of childhood and adulthood.



Artist Statement

"After years of developing an enormous collection of Archies, the stories they presented somehow lost their original appeal. As a young sexually inexperienced child I began to fantasize about what could possibly exist under the clothes of Betty and Veronica. Luckily, my older brother took the guess work out of it when, in 1991, he slipped me an extremely precise tracing he had made of Veronica Lodge's tits- which obviously blew my mind. This collection of new works is dedicated to my childhood self and all future generations of baby faced perverts."
- Dave Arnold



About Dave Arnold

Dave Arnold (b. 1981, Canada) is a Montreal-based visual artist. Known for his irreverent perspective and unique Pop-Art aesthetic which combines a modern sensibility with a penchant for nostalgia, Arnold is as obsessed with executing the perfect line as he with augmenting the charm of imperfection. Having previously exhibited D-DAY and Man International, two solo exhibitions in 2008, Dave Arnold is increasingly winning attention- with Teenage Nudes being highlighted as an anticipated exhibition in the Montreal Mirror's 2009 Hot Summer Guide.Bold and commanding, Arnold's artworks are strong visual statements peppered with satire.
Dave Arnold's website.

Presented by The Emporium Gallery, Switzerland CS and Bierbrier. For more information, click on the flier above. Thanks, Ben Pobjoy