Eco Art: This exhibit seeks art works that addresses issues of urban sprawl, buying and eating locally, air and water quality, energy conservation, clean and renewable energy, global warming and other environmental concerns.
My pieces from The Richard L. Hearn Generating Station (named after Richard Lankaster Hearn) is a decommissioned electrical generating station in Toronto.
The plant was originally fired by coal, but later converted to burn natural gas. It is still owned by Ontario Power Generation, a publicly owned electrical generation company. The plant has been described as "Pharaonic in scale", and encompasses 650 thousand cubic metres of space —large enough to fit 12 Parthenons inside. It no sit idel on prime land collecting dust.
Exhibition March 16-27 2011
Artist Reception: March 17, 7pm.
Gallery 1313
1313 Queen St. West
416-536-6778
www.g1313.org
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