Welcome to Roadside Attractions
Located at 911 Davenport Road in
Toronto, Canada, Roadside Attractions is a storefront window art
space created and maintained by WeSee Inc. The space is used for
monthly, site-specific installations and other visual art
projects.
Conceived in 2007 with its inaugural exhibit in July of that year,
Roadside Attractions has shown a diverse selection of artists
incorporating a wide range of media. Our on-going commitment is to
present exhibits that stimulate the promotion of contemporary art
and culture in a venue that allows for provocative interactions
with the populace at large.
In 2010 Roadside Attractions began
exhibiting art projects by international artists while maintaining
our commitment to Canadian artists in order to promote and
encourage a cultural link with the global community.
Exhibits are scheduled to run in 5 week intervals.
Please contact us for more details or to be on our
mailing list.
Currently at ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
From
Dreams I Proceed to Facts
Liam
Wylie
(fluorescent lights, plywood,
plastic, cotton, black chalk)
Liam
Wylie is a Toronto based artist whose sculptural work explores the
tenuous boundary between myth and science. He is interested in how
these two supposedly opposed factions interact, and often overlap
with one another.
In
From Dreams I Proceed to Facts,
Wylie focuses this interplay around Edwin A. Abbott's fable
Flatland and
also adopts its simple streamlined visual appeal.
Flatland chronicles
the life of a square whose precise, orderly (and two dimensional)
world is turned upside down upon the unexpected appearance of a
sphere. After interrogating this three dimensional outlander, the
square is forced to re-define his notions of fact and fiction, and
it is this epiphany which inspired the artist.
On daily 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. until
February 24
Artist's website:
http://liamwylie.com
Previously
at Roadside Attractions
