Opening Thursday, March 24 as part of DesignTO22, ‘Ripened Off the Vine’ brings together a recent series of paper collages by Toronto-based artist David Woodward.

Made using imagery cut from old books and magazines about the environment, wildlife, and design, works in the exhibition reflect a composite visual world of anachronistic figures, spaces and iconography that allude to themes of metamorphosis, duality and interconnectedness. Reflecting on the coded ways that queer existences and perspectives surface throughout history, ‘Ripened Off the Vine’ contemplates alternate narratives and mythologies that together suggest not a fabricated or imagined history, but a hidden real one that might have always existed.

March 24 – April 11, 2022
Daniels Spectrum Hallway Galleries
585 Dundas Street East, Toronto
Mon -Fri 9-6:30, Sat 9-3:30

David will be present on Saturday, March 26 and Saturday, April 2 from 12-3 pm if you’d like to say hello. Please visit davidwoodward.ca for more details.

This exhibition is generously supported by Artscape Daniels Spectrum, DesignTO, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council.