Chopper

February 26 – March 28, 2015
Exhibition

About the Program

Toronto-based Brandon Vickerd is an artist whose work ranges from site-specific interventions and public performances to object-based sculpture. Chopper is an exhibition of several sculptural objects that reference 1960s motorcycle exoskeletons abstracted beyond their utilitarian purpose. Materials include mechanical parts, fibreglass, foam, car paint, and steel. The sleekness of these sculptures suggests minimalist futuristic forms; their shapes appear aerodynamic, evoking ideas of movement, speed and power. At further inspection, they also appear as unknown relics, distinguished from immediate recognition of their mimicked motorcycle reference. Chopper resides in an uncertain limbo, generated from past notions while simultaneously whispering towards an unknown future.

Artist

Brandon Vickerd

Identifier

2015.0226 CHO

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive

Location

grunt gallery (second location)
116-350 E. 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4R8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

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