Geoffrey James: Field Notes

January 11 - March 23, 2008
Organized by KW|AG

For over thirty years, Geoffrey James has photographed parks and gardens around the world. In 2005, James was commissioned to create the second instalment in our Parochial Views series. This work, New Jerusalem Road, started the investigations that are featured in the Field Notes exhibition and accompanying print publication.

Geoffrey James, From the Series Field Notes.  Image courtesy of the artist.

Field Notes is a continuation of James' interest in the agrarian landscape, with a special focus on the Waterloo region. These works show us a pasture along the Conestogo River that is only a few hundred metres from the edge of town. Though these works show us the pastoral reaches of the regions as they are today, one can't help but sense pending change - an acknowledgement that we are witnessing a landscape on the cusp of dramatic transformation.

About Geoffrey James
Born in St. Asaph, Wales, Geoffrey James currently lives and works in Toronto. His works are featured in numerous international public collections such as National Gallery of Canada; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 2006 Douglas & McIntyre published Toronto, a collection of photographs by James along with an introduction by University of Toronto philosophy professor and author Mark Kingwell: James is represented by Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal; Equinox, Vancouver; and Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary.