Press for The Work Ahead of Us • Le travail qui nous attend

Grier Edmundson

Written by Tracy Valcourt
Published in Border Crossings, March 1, 2010

"The Work Ahead of Us" is at once an eclectic yet cohesive collection of recent works. Oscillating between pessimism and optimism, Edmundson joins disparate points in history portrayed through various media and styles. His comfort in each medium and his differing perspectives attest to his versatility as both an artist and a thinker.

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The revolution starts here, but it doesn't always end

Written by Christine Redfern
Published in The Gazette (Montreal), November 20, 2009

The exhibition titled The Work Ahead of Us by Memphis-born, Montreal-based artist Grier Edmundson is a diverse mix of mediums, styles and subjects. There is an oil painting of Thomas Paine, one of the founding fathers of the United States. There is also a painting of the Concorde, the supersonic airplane that flew from 1969 to 2003, and two paintings of Ronan Point, a 23-storey apartment tower outside London that was part of the trend in the 1960s to provide affordable, prefabricated housing. Drawings of Václav Havel and Russian artist Kasimir Malevich’s famous Black Square are among the other seven pieces hanging on the gallery walls. Standing in the centre of these works is a large wooden sculpture: a replica of an architectural maquette of a tower designed by Vladimir Tatlin in 1919. I spoke with Edmundson last week about this collection of artworks that remind us of failed revolutionary ideas, which were at one time or another indicative of so much hope.

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Related Exhibition: The Work Ahead of Us • Le travail qui nous attend
Related Artists: Grier Edmundson

Remixing Art History

Written by Tania Mohsen
Published in The Link (Concordia's independent newspaper), November 10, 2009

By remixing the work of his forefathers, artist Grier Edmundson hopes to create something visionary enough to make his own mark on history. His new exhibition, The Work Ahead Of Us, is not about conveying a message. Edmundson’s work sprouts instead from his interest in the past.

See complete text: http://www.thelinknewspaper.ca/articles/1830

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Seeing Double

Written by Ali Rahman
Published in Hour, November 5, 2009

Oftentimes, representational painting culled from archival photography is perceived as a snapshot, a carefully selected moment that evokes and encapsulates a larger narrative, famed through the lens of the modern bricoleur. Grier Edmundson's exhibition _The Work Ahead of Us_ seems to be drawing not from the centre of a narrative but from its periphery; the images don't necessarily tell a story as much as they suggest one...

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