Name/Title
The Difference BetweenEntry/Object ID
2014.07.01Description
Paul Butler (b.1973, Winnipeg) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist. His projects are based on community, relational aesthetics, social aesthetics and alternative ways of learning. Butler is known for his project The Collage Party (est.1997) – a travelling participatory studio based on the artist’s own experience with education that invites the public to develop their own artworks– and The Other Gallery (2001-2011) – a nomadic commercial gallery with a focus on overlooked artists.
Butler has also found himself intrigued by the possibility of using simple shapes, colour and texture to create art. The Difference Between (2008) uses textured wood laminates on wood panel to examine the difference between faux and real, dark and light, and smooth and textured surfaces. The artist works to create a composition that is visual pleasing and plays on the different aesthetic proprieties of each material.
Butler has served as the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the director of 2/edition in Toronto. He has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; White Columns, New York; Creative Growth Art Centre, Oakland; Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong; and La Maison Rouge, Paris. Butler's work is held in several private and public collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Bank of Canada, Scotia Bank, and TD Canada Trust.
https://www.pbca.ca/Artwork Details
Medium
wood laminate collage on wood panelDimensions
Height
64.1 cmWidth
64.1 cm