Gallery Exhibition: Works by Michael Honeyman and Jo Ann Kronquist - The Cultch

feb 28-mar 26

Works by Michael Honeyman
and Jo Ann Kronquist

GALLERY HOURS
Mon- Fri, 12-6 PM

Sat: 12-4PM

1895 Venables St.
Vancouver

Opening Reception
with the artistS in attendance

Wed., Mar 01 from 6-8pm

This event is FREE and open to the public!
Wearing a mask is recommended.

Polly and Bernie at the Green Door
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Bernie, Molly and Erica on Hastings Street
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Bernie Surprises Molly at Spanish Banks
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Cooler and Molly Skateboarding in East Van
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Polly at Movieland Arcade
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Erica, Polly and Bernie Outside the Smilin’ Buddha Caberet
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Cooler and Molly Joyriding Across the Lawn at Templeton High
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Cooler Jumps Over a Speeding Car at Hastings and Cambie
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Molly Crossing Granville at Georgia Street
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Bernie in front of Bognar’s Grocery at Dusk
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

Polly Stocking Up On Medicine and Food in Chinatown
11x17
Ink and Marker
$ NFS

View to the Horizon, Burkeville
2015
silver gelatin print
16”x20”
$850 plus PST

Erratic Suitcase, Pohjanmaa,
2017
silver gelatin print
16”x20”
$800 plus PST

The Offering: Toss the Dross
Great Northern Way
2018
silver gelatin print
16”x20”
$800 plus PST

Shifting the Horizon 534
2021
silver gelatin print
16”x20”
Sold

Shifting the Horizon
Golden Gardens
2022
silver gelatin print
16”x20”
$850 plus PST

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Michael Honeyman

As a DJ can take two separate songs and remix them to make an entirely new and original composition, I have taken select images from photographers of youth and the city of Vancouver that provoked a strong emotional response and “remixed” them into startling new pieces that document the lives of a fictional, multicultural group of outcast Eastside teenagers who have formed a surrogate family for themselves under the guise of forming a gang, The Foxhound Gang.

The pieces document the exploits of The Foxhound Gang against the backdrop of Vancouver in 1978. They feature numerous historical landmarks and serve as a chronicle of lives lived during their most tumultuous phase while the city was experiencing its own dramatic changes. Although primarily inspired by the works of celebrated photographers Fred Herzog and Joseph Zsabo, I was also profoundly moved by the works of Greg Girard, Al Harvey, Sage Sohier and Al Vandenberg, among others. I gratefully acknowledge that in no way can his new and original work exist without the work of these artists.

Rather than attempt to conform to a uniformed style, each character is depicted as they first appeared to the artist in his minds’ eye. As such, depictions of facial features may vary wildly from character to character, lending each a distinct identity and personality.

A variety of techniques were employed to achieve the look of the Foxhound world. I use ink and markers to achieve a balance between photo realism and cartoon. The sepia color palette used is meant to invoke the feel of time worn, vintage black and white photography. The hope is that this will create an emotional response in the viewer that raises questions rooted in the sense that what you are seeing is, in fact, established history.

By invoking a distinct sense of nostalgia I hope to create the illusion that these characters did exist, that their stories are there to be unearthed and discovered. This is meant to provoke the viewer’s imaginations to create those stories for themselves by injecting the avatars that are the characters with their own memories of adolescence. By using iconic imagery of youth and transposing them on iconic imagery of the city of Vancouver and creating a new and fantastical reality from the two, I hope to create a sense of history that mingles harmoniously with a sense of both mystery and limitless possibility.