The Fountain
(ongoing )
(ink and vinyl tape on paper, dimensions ranging from 3 x 4 ft. to 8 x 4 ft.)
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, 2011
Artist Bloc
Working from a selection of 17th and 18th-century paintings of public gardens with
fountains, these soft apocalypses re-imagine highly-ordered architectural spaces that
were typically under formal and social control. In this series, fountains are at-ruin,
invoking a display of romantic weather systems, fireworks, smoketrails, waterfalls
and Japanese manga inspired explosions, using ink, glitter, neon underdrawings and
electrical tape.
