by Janine C. Grant
Installation view, I is being This, Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver, 2012.
Photo Courtesy of Catronia Jefferies
It happens to all of us. At some point, we are confronted with the trite materiality of our daily existence. Whether it’s emptying your pockets at the end of the night, clearing off your desk, or bagging clothes to give away, each daily activity is a form of exhuming the evidence of your life choices and vices. I wouldn’t say that these remnants define who we are, but rather act as indicators of our life narrative. The process of sorting and discarding is complicated, involving many different layers and items of the everyday. Liz Magor, in her recent show I is being This at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery, displayed them all.
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