One foot in front of the other, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1997

Housepaint on windows and walls.

OR gallery is a non-profit exhibition space on Hastings Street in Vancouver, British Columbia – a main commercial street that has seen better days. The gallery façade consists of three irregularly-shaped glass vitrines. The vitrines comprised a storefront originally, and most likely were meant to entice potential customers into the building. In addition to their distinct shapes, the vitrines were notable for their bases, about two feet off the supporting foundation.

I planned to: 

1) Give solidity to the transparent space of the window vitrines by painting the inside of the glass. This method produces a vinyl-like surface of color. 

2) Continue the color composition to the gallery interior – replicating the dimensions and spacing of the three vitrines. The colors were chosen to blend-in with, and stand-out from, the neighborhood.