past now

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works by Luke Parnell and Meryl McMaster
co-curated by Suzanne Morrissette and Lisa Myers
Graduate Gallery, Toronto 2010
MacLaren Art Centre, 2010

past now shows how emerging artists Meryl McMaster and Luke Parnelle have engaged their works in critical conversations with the past. From distinct cultural perspectives, these two artists question the life of historical images today. Simultaneous gestures to homage and inquiry, McMaster and Parnell resurrect an array of iconic artistic histories and traditions.