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Three Three

 

How does 5 equal Three Three?

 

I don’t know how my parents knew to get me logic puzzle books as a kid, or if I was just drawn to them. What I do know is they changed the way I think. Or maybe, they fit the way I think. I liked the challenge of looking beyond the surface of what appeared to be true, to find a deeper, perhaps hidden truth. The Answer. When I reflect on my childhood now, I can see the influence of these games on Aesthetics of the Archives. There is one story on the surface and a whole other story underneath. The book is much more than the cover.

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One of the reasons I didn’t jump to move this exhibition online in the midst of COVID-19 is because there is a logic to the exhibition itself. It is not just a grouping of art hung on a wall to be admired. Everything in the physical space is part of the story – from the layout of the room to the scale of the art. There is something to be felt from actually being there, being present, being in the gallery.  I invite you to experience Aesthetics of the Archives until August 23 at the Art Gallery of Burlington. Come see, hear, feel what this exhibition is all about.

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And, as for the answer to my first question…?

 

Well, 2 + 3 could also be read as two, threes.

 

Get it?