The Eastside Group, a trio of artists from Qualicum Beach, are returning to Victoria with a new mix of artistic whimsy and lyrical introspection. An exploration of their own inner and outer landscapes, Mythic Archipelago will feature the sculptures of Bill Friesen, the collages and assemblages of Marci Katz, and the coloured ink drawings of poet and artist Joe Rosenblatt.
In particular, Friesen's masks really appeal to me; they are otherworldly and yet very human: "New World Order" features multiple partial faces, each with a nine-digit number on their foreheads; "Puzzled Man" is partially cut to resemble a jigsaw puzzle. Marci Katz' found object assemblage, "Newlyweds" uses a marriage lisence as wallpaper in a horrific domestic kitchen scene involving a fashion doll in a meat grinder; her "Dress up Box for Grownups" is much more lighthearted, including rose-coloured glasses and feathers.
I searched the net and found this review of an earlier stop in this tour, which goes into more detail on some of the pieces and the artists' concepts.
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