Exhibitions 2003
Project Room

Perched
Toni Latour
May 1 to May 31, 2003

Toni Latour, Pool Noodle, 2002

With humour as its vehicle, Latour’s work addresses many of the drives, desires, difficulties, and anxieties involved in art production. Subjects include staying motivated, dealing with competition and jealousy, maintaining appearances, and honing survival skills. Depicting the artist/performer in a carnivalesque manner, the two pieces in Perched voice some of these concerns through animal imitation. In this exhibition, animal behaviour is aligned with human behaviour. Animal instincts are interpreted as artist survival skills. Mating rituals become metaphors for human socialization, and art world posturing. This work investigates Latour’s experiences as an artist through her relationships with animals.

Toni Latour is a multidisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, BC. She has upcoming exhibitions at SAW Gallery in Ottawa, Helen Pitt Gallery, and ArtSpeak in Vancouver. Her video work is available from Art Metropole in Toronto. She teaches Interdisciplinary Media at the University College of the Fraser Valley.