The fourth annual Peroni Art Series show held in Vancouver happened at the Waterfall building earlier this summer, highlighting a cross-country scope of young artists.
Two locals were among this year’s participants, tasked with creating pieces in response to the thematically Italian "memories of perfect strangers." North Shore native Andy Dixon’s recontextualized classical motifs were well represented by an acid-bright portrait of a Venetian reveller (Dixon’s work, which has appeared in over 10 solo shows, has been embraced by the local fashion community as well, with pieces hanging at Gastown’s new Kit & Ace and West Vancouver’s Artizia).
Emily Carr grad Alex M.F. Quicho showed her intensely rendered line drawings with an intricate floating coastline, a spectral image, “a sort of sparse utopic bliss,” evoking a singular sense of peace. “Opportunities like the Peroni Art Series exposes artists to social spheres outside of their own,” says Quicho of her experience with the project. “It’s publicity, but also provides the engaging challenge of dealing with new parameters within your own work.”
The Peroni Art Series will be on display in Calgary come November. —Adrienne Matei
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