Selections from Vancouver Drawings (1996-1999)

The Vancouver Drawings were imagined as individual pieces that were interchangeable with each other “so that, regardless of how they are organized on a wall, the tensions between them resonate. What is not visible in a gallery is how provisional any arrangement of these drawings really is. Nor is it important that this aspect of the work be considered by the viewer. The fact that the drawings can be arranged in almost inexhaustible combinations is the work's secret, Murray's hidden stratagem. It permits him to escape predictability, to create new meaning from old, to propose alternative possibilities, in short, to continue to practice, to rethink, to explore." — Excerpt from Jan Hadlaw, "On Recent Work" (catalogue essay)

Credit(s)

Photos: © R. Holland Murray 1996–1999

Catalogue essay: Jan Hadlaw, “On Recent Work,” traduit par Anne-Marie Garceau, “À propos d'œuvres recentes,” J. Hadlaw, T. Weva, and D. Liss, R. Holland Murray: recent works | œuvres récentes, Galerie Liane et Danny Taran, Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, 1999, (18–19).

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