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Cameron Kerr
explores the physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions of the human figure in
his sculptural works and photographs. Born in Campbell River, BC and now based
in Vancouver, he began carving wood and stone at the age of ten.
Kerr’s commitment to sculpture took him to Carrara, Italy at the age of
19 to study with such prominent sculptors as Manuel Neri.
While in Italy he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Carrara, where he
studied for two years. Kerr has
also studied with internationally recognized British sculptor, Antony Gormley at
Georgian College in Ontario and at Capilano College in Vancouver.
Humanity
is Cameron Kerr’s first exhibition in BC’s interior. It features new
figurative sculptures and a series of photographs produced by the artist in 1997
while on a trip in the Yukon. The
sculptures are made from wood collected from large trees that were brought down
by a severe windstorm in Vancouver in 2001. The life size figures are intended
by the artist to be “monuments of ordinary people.” Kerr is drawn to the
spirit and earthiness of the wood and he uses the human figure as a vehicle to
portray a “rhythm of visual experience.”
However, this “rhythm” is not limited to the visual experience only.
Kerr’s sculptural figures and photographs radiate a spiritual and emotional
essence that speaks to human-kind’s connection to all of nature whether it is
a tree, a stone or the entire planet. The Gallery is pleased to also feature Cameron Kerr’s work in the Rotary Courtyard. Exhibition image:
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