Two Rivers Gallery presents Transition a one-of-a-kind art installation created by Québec City-based artist José Luis Torres.
Torres is creating this work especially for the gallery that explores his perspective on the experience of relocation.
This sculptural work will take over the exhibition space from Feb. 11 to April 9.
Transition invites visitors to consider three themes Torres feels are central to the experience of immigration: camouflage, reflection, and construction.
To encourage reflection on these topics, Torres is single-handedly constructing an all-encompassing structure within the Gallery and furnishing it with everyday objects.
Visitors will find themselves surrounded by familiar domestic items like mirrors, glassware, and dining sets that have been plucked from local second hand stores and given a new life.
Torres selected these everyday objects because they are precisely the essential items many of us seek out when building a new home.
Transition calls into question things that many of us take for granted.
What makes a place home? What do we take with us when we go?
José Luis Torres who is now based out of Québec since 2003, he was born in Argentina.
This profound environmental and cultural shift has greatly influenced his work, which focuses largely on the experiences of adapting and contributing to a new environment.
Artist Talk and Opening Reception takes place Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Two Rivers Gallery.
