Liz Magor’s Leather Palm (2015) is only available at Canadian Art’s 21st annual gala on September 22. Image and work courtesy of the artist; Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto; and Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver.
The Canadian Art Foundation auction takes place during our 21st annual gala on September 22. In anticipation, we asked members of our art-advisory committee to select their favourite works on the auction block. We’ll be publishing their selections periodically leading up to our auction preview on September 15, when all of the works will be on view at Waddingtons.
Top Pick for contemporary art expert Jessica Bradley: Liz Magor’s Leather Palm (2015)
“Butter-soft leather formed close to the body. Fingers gloved, protected. A body absent. A cigarette. Spent ashes fallen. Consumed. A glove, a hand or an ashtray? A hard softness, immovable. A real sculpture, a real cigarette, an unreal pairing. Liz Magor makes things already in the world, familiar things mistaken in a glance as real, reproduced improbably, made strange. These constants in Magor’s work never cease to confound and bemuse. I want to hold this work in my hand—so do you. Leather Palm (2015) is pure Magor, concentrated. Darkly humorous, deadly serious.”
Visit canadianart.ca/gala2016 for information on our gala tickets, and to view our full auction catalogue.
