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Oakville Galleries presents solo exhibitions by Andreia Santana at Gairloch Gardens. A Door Handle, A Handshake is Andreia Santana's first solo exhibition in North America. Developed during her residency at Oakville Galleries, the exhibition features a new series of sculptures that respond directly to the gallery architecture and surrounding environment. This exhibition has been a work in progress in Oakville during the artist’s residency, and as such, the artist has drawn upon a few references—architectural, literary and sculptural—while producing her works here on site at Oakville Galleries.
Firstly, the exhibition title quotes Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa from his book, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. In his book, Pallasmaa argues that Western architecture has become too focused on vision, leading to an impoverished, “ocularcentric” constructed environment. This western-centric vision, he argues, goes back to ancient Greek culture, where sight has been…
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Oakville Galleries presents solo exhibitions by Andreia Santana at Gairloch Gardens. A Door Handle, A Handshake is Andreia Santana's first solo exhibition in North America. Developed during her residency at Oakville Galleries, the exhibition features a new series of sculptures that respond directly to the gallery architecture and surrounding environment. This exhibition has been a work in progress in Oakville during the artist’s residency, and as such, the artist has drawn upon a few references—architectural, literary and sculptural—while producing her works here on site at Oakville Galleries.
Firstly, the exhibition title quotes Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa from his book, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. In his book, Pallasmaa argues that Western architecture has become too focused on vision, leading to an impoverished, “ocularcentric” constructed environment. This western-centric vision, he argues, goes back to ancient Greek culture, where sight has been…
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