Vancouver photographic artist Desirée Patterson appears at VCT Visual Arts Open House, August 31
It’s the only chance to catch the photographic artist’s solo exhibition at Queen Elizabeth Theatre outside of the venue’s ticketed events
Desirée Patterson, Anomaly vi, 30x40 inches, limited edition of 12.
Vancouver Civic Theatres presents Desirée Patterson – Paradigm Shift Visual Arts Open House on August 31 from 5 to 8 pm at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
VANCOUVER PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST Desirée Patterson is as much an activist as she is a creative, seeking out the world’s beauty amid so much environmental devastation. Focusing on sustainability, social justice, and people’s relationship with nature in her work, she has travelled to more than 40 countries across four continents.
Patterson describes her artistic process as consisting of “digital image capture and meticulous post manipulation of form, shape, and orientation, turning disparate layers of imagery into unified compositions”, whether she’s “creating industrial landscapes that seamlessly interweave with the human form (Éveil, 2015) and composing mountainous landscapes that embody the idea of melting (Point de Fusion, 2018)” or “merging endangered glaciers with climate temperature data (Anomaly, 2021) and generating macrocosmic planets that depict the precarious impact of humans on nature (Anthropocene, 2019)”.
Paradigm Shift is Patterson’s first solo show since 2019. The exhibition features 40 artworks, including a feature installation of her latest series, Anomaly, The latter grew out of her 2018 12-day trek to Mount Everest basecamp, as she documented the region’s endangered glacial entities.
While the VCT’s summer exhibition runs to the end of September, the August 31 open house is the only public opportunity to see the show outside of the theatre's ticketed events.
The open house also features works by graduates of the Vancouver Community College’s jewellery art and design program.
The free all-ages evening with bar service wraps up with live music by guitarist-singer-songwriter Zach Saunders.
More information is as Vancouver Civic Theatres.
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