Mixed media artist Casey McGlynn returns to the horse, one of his earliest “metaphors of the self,” in his new solo exhibition, Ballet of the Pickup Trucks at Bau-Xi gallery in Vancouver.

Above: Herd in Red Field, mixed media on canvas, 48 x 48″

Grazing and at rest, the horses appear in herds and as individual silhouettes, their interiors filled with a cacophony of symbols and colour that bristle with a fervent, raw energy.

exhibition notes

Not just horses, though

McGlynn’s works are full of images that reference autobiographical details and collective memory: animals, people, popular media, text. They narrate scenes from the artist’s life while also prompting the viewer’s imagination – as in Tent City, above. 

Meaning of the exhibition title, according to McGlynn:

Ballet of the pickup trucks is about becoming a northerner and searching for beauty and meaning in the north. it’s become about finding that beauty and meaning in the most unlikely of places up here.

Casey McGlynn at Bau-Xi Gallery, here.

Casey McGlynn’s website, here.

His Instagram, here.

His biography, here.