HOT SHOTS
The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD),in conjunction with Steam Whistle Brewing, is proud to present “Hotshots” as part of Toronto's Annual Photography Festival - Contact 2008.
The show is comprised of 7 Third Year Photography students: Marino Imperio, Lee Kellough, Alex Kisilevich, Stella Mandrak-Pagani, Raffy Ochoa, Amanda Rataj & Kirk Wynter, whose work was selected through a juried committee. Grouped together based on artistic merit rather than overriding themes, these up-and-coming young artists offer unique insights into issues pertaining to the reinvention of the document, exploration of identity and historical vs. contemporary processes.
Marino Imperio's “Unititled (01)” image was composed by dipping various parts of action figures into vanilla ice cream resulting in ephemeral sculptures photographed for the camera. Amanda Rataj similarly takes plant specimens and documents them through the ground glass of a large format camera but in turn uses historical cyanotype printing processes.
This exciting exhibition is an introduction into the artistic community for these young and fresh-minded artists.
