EXHIBITION:

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS DOPPELGÄNGER

REDHEAD GALLERY 401 Richmond St. West
January 20-30, Opening Reception January 23 3-5PM

Inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s film “The Great Dictator”, the artworks in Portrait of the Artist as Doppelgänger are realized using hand-painted and drawn elements on large-scale photographs, resulting in artworks that combine the silly with the serious to question contemporary perceptions of masculinity.

For this series, Bomers uses his childhood home as the setting to create versions of, and relationships between, himself. These artworks draw the viewer to consider the formation of identity - the many pathways and moral decisions that march towards patriarchy. Bomers questions the value in looking at oneself in the mirror and the value of being an artist.