• look me in the eye, 1998
  • parrot
  • rooster
  • horse
  • cat

look me in the eye, 1997

produced for Open Studio Residency, Toronto

Vellum woven screen with silkscreen images 9’ x 9’ 

Handbound book - edition of 15

Master printer: Allen Ash

 

look me in the eye captures and isolates the eyes of numerous animals, birds and reptiles. Taken as a vignette, the eye reveals inidividuality, vualnerability and depth. The repetition of eyes becomes an atypical model within the conventions of portraiture and positions the viewer in an eye-to-eye / voyeur to voyeur relationship with the subject. Andison's concept sprung from the notion of "how could you kill something that you could look in the eye."

Exhibition History

Vellum screen     
1997    Visiting Artist Exhibition. Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.

Book        
2012    ANIMAL. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Curated by Corrina Ghaznavi.
2012    ANIMAL. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Curated by Corrina Ghaznavi.
2011    ANIMAL. Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Curated by Corrina Ghaznavi.
2011    ANIMAL. Museum London, London, Ontario. Curated by Corrina Ghaznavi.
2001    Abattoirs by Artists. Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Curated by Sigrid Dahle. 
1998    25. Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Kim Fullerton and Kelly McCray.
1997    Visiting Artist Exhibition. Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.