The Lawyer, away from Law

Sometimes, the day is entirely about the law.
Sometimes, life (happily!) intercedes.

Two events: first, the author was invited to participate in a studio visit this evening with local artist Evan Lee. Evan is well known to contemporary art circles in Vancouver, but this was my first brush with his work. His new project, soon to be seen at Monte Clark in Toronto, is an amazing collection of photographs which are homages to digital photos posted on flickr or other image sites. The work fits in with his general scope, it appears, in terms of experimenting with ways that images convey a time and place that are significant in the moment and what that moment looks like when recreated at a different time. The inadvertent flash not accounted for by the original snapshot photographer becomes a centrepiece around which the artist explores the idea of the specific to the general, that which is private being put on show, but in a way that takes the personal out of the photograph and places it firmly in public domain.

I loved them.

The centrepiece of the work - a large combining of each separate images that, as a whole, make up the refracted individual pieces - illustrates the piece as whole and parts. Exceptional! I am also a huge fan of his "40 Armoured Cars" and the illustration at the top of this piece, "Every Part From a Contaflex Camera, disassembled by the artist during winter, 1998".


The second event: my favorite Vancouver bookstore was in the National Post today at "Ask a Bookseller: Pulpfiction Books" link here:

I love their blog, and I think that if you're a reader at all, you should have some familiarity with their shop. I can't say enough good things.

Hey, it can't all be murder and mayhem. You have to sometimes take a break and see things that take your breath away. Oh, and have a really good cup of tea. I recommend the London Fog at JJ Bean, and one of their Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins to go with it.

I'm out for the rest of the week, working on exciting facta and generally doing appellate (appeals) odds and ends. Reach me through the office if needed!