Opening Reception - Tiko Kerr: Legends of Utopia

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Tiko Kerr, "Birth of the Cool," 2018

acrylic and oil on canvas, 74" x 62"

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 5, 2pm The artist will be in attendance

Tiko Kerr draws on images from art history and, in doing so, creates a collaboration with artists across time and space.

About his work, Kerr has stated that “By referencing art history, current events and celebrity culture, I attempt to flesh out the conflicting scenarios that express the overlooked mythologies in our present contemporary lives."

The compositions are masters of disguise, eliciting introspection, irony, and humour from the ordinary. They are paradoxical in that they seemingly demystify art in the populist sense, while remaining cryptic enough to allow the viewer to interpret the work, and what we perceive, in a variety of ways.

Legends of Utopia will be comprised of acrylic and oil canvases along with signature paper collages that are often used as studies for Kerr’s large pieces.