One of Roman Vishniac\u2019s pictures captures a street in Warsaw in 1939; the picture is shown as part of The Street exhibit (photo courtesy of Vancouver Art Gallery).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMcNeil says that the exhibition\u2014curated by Grant Arnold at the the Vancouver Art Gallery with additional works from AGGV selected by McNeil\u2014tackles themes of conflict and artistic observation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are three main themes in this exhibition; the first one is poetry and the street,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd in that section, which is the largest section, it really shows how artists interact with the beauty of observations on the street. There is a section on conflict and the street, with some more difficult works to look at, but works that are very thought-provoking that look to the relationship artists have in interpreting major conflicts in the world within their works of art. And then… it\u2019s order and the street, and in that section it really looks to the way artists look at the way cities are organized and how that plays out in works of art.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Street<\/i> offers many different viewpoints, says McNeil.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to stand in front of a work in this exhibition and imagine the artist\u2019s actual viewpoint in taking in the scene around them, and I think it has a wonderful connection and resonance for people who enjoy taking photographs themselves, and thinking about how they\u2019d shoot the angle and the subject matter they want to photograph,\u201d he says. \u201cSo, there\u2019s a wonderful connection to viewers with this exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n
McNeil says that the main thing he would like people to get out of The Street<\/i> is the many different ways a street can be interpreted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like people to take away that the street can be thought about in many different ways,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd that the street has always been a subject throughout art history. And to think about how the urban environment and people\u2019s interactions with the street have really shaped their own thought processes, their own experiences of everyday life.\u201d<\/p>\n
McNeil loves how art shapes our viewpoint of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love how art can connect us with what\u2019s happening in the world and make us think about our place in the world,\u201d he says. \u201cWhether it be how you see yourself fitting into your own community or what\u2019s happening in the news. I think that art is such a great way of making people think about the world they exist in, and how they fit into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Street
\n<\/i>Until Sunday, September 3
\nArt Gallery of Greater Victoria
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