Urban Paper- Frankie Macaulay
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Emerging artist Frankie Macaulay creates carefully executed composite images through the collection of images of decay. Through this process of collection, Macaulay constructs imagined spaces, and makes them real through building physical three-dimensional objects then placing those objects in situ through photographs. This exhibition will be on display from November 9 through December 10 and is curated by Lydia Hunsberger.
Paper sculpture, digital photography.
2½” width x 2” length x 2½” height.
Describing the intent of the work on view, Macaulay explains: Urban Paper is a series of miniature photographic paper buildings viewed as 3D objects and digital photographs of cityscapes that incorporate the paper structures. The works examine urban structures in various stages of neglect, decay and reconstruction. Boundaries of habitability are questioned against damaged exteriors, broken windows, vandalization and attempts of repair. All around our city there are crumbling houses, neglected buildings and vacant lots. Interacting with themes of temporality and materiality this project asks how long and to what state these buildings remain habitable before they are abandoned.
Frankie Macaulay is an artist and photographer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Recently graduating from NSCAD University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Major in Photography, Macaulay has exhibited at the Anna Leonowens Gallery, Chives Window Space, Nocturne: Art at Night and is currently exhibiting work at the Smallest Halifax Art Gallery. Influenced by nature and urban environments, Macaulay creates composite images of fictional worlds from fragments of reality. Macaulay works professionally as an assistant photographer with Steve Farmer, digital archivist for Alex Colville and has also done work for the Dartmouth General Hospital.
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, 9:30am-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
