Window Installation by Mathew Struk, July 2023
Cutler and Gross are proud to collaborate with local Toronto creatives in the Window Artists Series. From emerging names to industry heavyweights, their bold conceptions encourage us to see the world through a different lens.
Introducing the latest Window Artist: Matthew Struk
Artist Matthew Struk created our latest window installation from a compilation of 12 lino-cut prints. Rendered in saturated hues of pink, purple, blue and black, the artworks tell a story of summer sights. A stylised sun is nestled next to a bespectacled profile and a cherry-topped ice cream. Strung together one on top of the other, the artworks move and shift throughout the day.
Struk is a Canada-based visual artist born in Northwestern Ontario, where he’d occasionally spy the Aurora Borealis at night. The natural world and local folklore inspire his work, which encompasses everything from illustrations and collages to paintings and photography.
To view the installation, in store until September 2023, visit Cutler and Gross Toronto.
Alisa McRonald
“Four Eyes” by textile artists Alisa McRonald, is inspired by handmade quilts and Afghans, crafted using a rug making technique that allows Alisa to ‘paint’ with yarns. Consisting of large and small woven pieces that embody her personal obsession with eyewear, each piece features abstract faces wearing interesting and fantastical eyeglasses, all created using up-cycled and reused yarn. Her textiles are reminiscent of handmade items that have been passed down through family, and share a feeling of nostalgia and comfort.
Alisa is a nationally, and internationally exhibited artist, her work has been featured in several publications including Harper’s Bazaar Japan, Untitled, Giant Robot Magazine, and “By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art” (2006, Princeton Architectural).
To view and shop “Four Eyes”, in store until July 2023, visit Cutler and Gross Toronto.
Visit Alisa’s website here or follow her on Instagram at @alisamcronald.
Julie Jenkinson
In our previous window, artist and designer Julie Jenkinson created “Chatte Dans La Nuit”, taking salvaged steel springs from a 1960’s love seat and transforming them into an abstract sculpture containing twenty-seven hand-painted feline eyes on light bulbs.
Julie Jenkinson is a British-born, self-taught multidisciplinary artist and designer living in Toronto. Julie has exhibited internationally in group and solo exhibitions. Her work is included in public, corporate and private collections and commissions including: Douglas Coupland. Cutler and Gross, Mr. Pink Art Consultants, Netflix, The Gladstone Hotel, Taylor Hazell Architects, RH Gallery, TAP Art Projects, Yabu Pushelberg.
Visit Julie’s website here or follow her on Instagram at @juliejenkinson.