"ANDANTE (a walking pace)," January 27 to March 24, 2013, Richmond Art Gallery

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"Rockwall Clearing"

Mike Andrew McLean, "Rockwall Clearing."

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"Growlers (Cavell Pond, Jasper National Park)"

Mike Andrew McLean, "Growlers (Cavell Pond, Jasper National Park)," 2009, C41 colour photograph, 31" x 40".

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"Group of Twelve"

Mike Andrew McLean, "Group of Twelve."

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Mike Andrew McLean, "Laura on Iceline."

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"Rockwall Clearing"

Mike Andrew McLean, "Rockwall Clearing."

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ANDANTE (a walking pace)

January 27 to March 24, 2013

Richmond Art Gallery

The title of this exhibition comes from the musical term for slow tempo, here referring to the speed of walking. Bringing together work by emerging and senior artists, including Toronto-based Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Vancouver’s Haruko Okano, the exhibition explores how people move through urban and rural landscapes. Walking has an intriguing history with cultural, political, social and spiritual overtones. But new technologies such as GPS are changing the way we perceive and respond to our surroundings. The exhibition includes photographs by Victoria-based artist Mike Andrew McLean, who undertook a three-year project in Canada’s national mountain parks. His original goal was to shoot portraits of people he met on or near summits, but he later broadened the project to document evidence of human activity. “I traveled over 1,000 kilometers by foot, climbing peaks with my 4x5 field camera,” says McLean. “The images I produced were of people both working within and visiting these landscapes, and evidence of the changing role of wilderness preservation.” Other artists in the exhibition include Vancouver artist Ruth Scheuing, known for images using GPS tracking, and the two-member Vancouver artist collective, Until We Have a Helicopter.