Jakob de Boer - Pre-Myth (Solo Show)
Minor White & Aaron Siskind (Project Room)
Exhibition Dates: May 26 - July 2
Opening Reception, Thursday May 26th from 5-7pm, Artist Talk @ 6pm
Marshall Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of prints by Dutch-Canadian photographer Jakob de Boer. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, May 26th from 5-7pm, with an artist talk at 6pm. On display in the gallery’s project room is an accompanying installation of vintage prints by renowned American photographers Minor White and Aaron Siskind.
Pre-Myth celebrates Jakob de Boer’s most extensive body of work to date, Where Ravens Cry; made over a two-year period on Vancouver Island and the surrounding region. The photographs are the result of a hauntingly soulful exploration of the mythology and mysticism of Canada’s Pacific Northwest. They evoke a visual anthropology that captures the spiritual significance of the region’s ancestral lands and the legends that were birthed from them.
Through his series, de Boer (b. 1974) examines a world few have seen at a poignant time when the region faces the logging of ancient forests and the invasion of pipelines. A sweeping narrative unfolds through meditative, large-format photographs revolving around themes of life, death, memory, and transformation. Desolate coastlines and massive cedar trees punctuate the work but it’s the recurring presence of this region’s myths, presented in a centerpiece, 3-meter pentaptych, “The Pre-Myth”, that sets the mystical and cinematic tone for this striking body of work.
JAKOB DE BOER
The Elephant's Foot, Where Ravens Cry #4, 2017
Signed and numbered on verso
Toned silver gelatin print
38 x 48 in. (image) / 47.5 x 56.25 in. (framed)
Edition of 3 (#1/3)