T.M. Glass: The Audible Language of Flowers
Updated: Aug 27
'Anemone Canadensis in a Silver Jug', Series: Redford Gardens / Jardins de Metis, T.M. Glass
'T.M. Glass: The Audible Language of Flowers', OCAD-University, Onsite Gallery Object Loans from: Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario and Gardiner Museum. J. Franks is currently the Art and Design Historian for the exhibition 'T.M. Glass: The Audible Language of Flowers', opened by The Duchess of York at the Ontario College of Art and Design’s (OCAD-University) Onsite Gallery in Toronto (2019). This current exhibition celebrates a contemporary Canadian digital painter and sculptor, whose work incorporates royal British and Indian decorative arts and garden specimens. Accompanying works on loan include fine and decorative art from: the Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Gardiner Museum, possibly the first time all three institutions have exhibited together. Visitors will also hear 'music' of plants devised by a collaboration between the artist and internationally celebrated composer Bob Ezrin, known for works with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Kiss, and Pink Floyd etc.
Franks will be doing an associated talk “Complexity versus Simplicity: Historic Influences on the Contemporary Work of T.M. Glass”
Original Post: June 26, 2019