Everything in its own time. Raymond Waters' seven-week Values exhibition in January-February of this year generated enormous interest, including (for Toronto) extensive critical notice in the media. But only recently did Mass Art Guide / MAG (which featured Waters' on its February cover) finally receive from Rogers TV the video of a "Toronto Living" segment on the exhibition that aired several times during the exhibition.
Most people will not have seen the show when it aired -- indeed, we didn't -- so you may now be interested to see the video now at the following MAG page: Raymond Waters at Craig Scott Gallery (video). An earlier audio interview with Waters can be listened to at: Raymond Waters at Craig Scott Gallery (audio) .
I have included images of three works from the show in this post. There is first of all (above) "King Kong (1933), 16mm," created from all five reels of the original King Kong movie and over 500 LED lights; the work is over 9 feet long, 5 feet high and almost 1 foot thick.
The second image (below) is of "You Are Either With Us or Against Us" created from a shredded and then reconstituted black and white American flag. I also reproduce "New Orleans (August 2005)", another flag work acquired by a Texas art collector who has, we are reliably informed, the largest and most significant collection of US-flag-related artworks.
By the way, why was the show called Values, you may ask? Read the overview essay in the show's catalogue here: "Foreword: The Art of American Values."
Stay tuned for news on an exciting new series of conceptual paintings recently begun by Waters in a fascinating new medium.
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