Lantz based photographer, Gary Castle exhibits photo-based works building narratives around his Aries zodiac, on view in the corridor gallery April 9 -28, 2015.

Describing his process of compiling, and his approach to photography Castle explains:

I have long been disappointed with my photographs as individual art pieces. The static finality of a single image/print, if not profound in some way, does not serve any purpose.

The original images presented in this series were taken over a period of time, in most cases for completely different reasons than featured here. Many have been filed away for years.

When an idea I wish to convey emerges, I delve into the stockpile of prints and begin to cut, superimpose, duplicate, paint/draw on, or distort to conform to my preconceived vision or perhaps, if I’m lucky, an inspirational rethink. It’s hit and miss, but in the end, for me, it’s about the message not the image. Narrative is added only as an afterthought. 

Being an aries, on the outer “cusp” of the spectrum, somewhere in that void between and ram and bull, intrigues me. It’s like being between a hard place and the ground. These Images are from that void.

Welcome to “G’Aries” World.

Gary Castle has been a professional photographer/artist since 1968. Graduating with a diploma in Photographic Theory in 1967, he began his photographic career at Dalhousie University as a bio-medical photographer until 1981 when he opened his own custom photo-service lab.  He has had numerous one-man shows of his photographic images and his photos have been published extensively in journals and books.  His painting/ photo collage works have been included in many group exhibits and along with his photographs are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Art Bank of Nova Scotia as well as  private collections. He, along with historian Janet Kitz, published “Point Pleasant Park, An Illustrated History” in 1999.  Aside from his professional photographic activities, he continually photographs the world around him which always includes Point Pleasant Park.

Located inside the Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) office at the Halifax Seaport, since 2000, the Corridor Gallery is complimented by a historical legacy of Nova Scotia culture, simple yet modern architectural elements and an array of current cultural activity in the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia office. The Corridor Gallery is located at 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia and is open Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm.

For further information regarding the exhibition contact:

Becky Welter-Nolan
Programming Coordinator
Visual Arts Nova Scotia
1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4P7
902.423.4694    1.866.225.8267   f: 902.422.0881
vans@visualarts.ns.ca