Abstract illustrator Robert Pasternak blends genres and scale with surreal miniature exhibition in Winnipeg
Robert Pasternak's new exhibition, The Art of Noticing, showcases his fascination with miniaturism and abstract art. Located at Winnipeg's Katie + Gunner Gallery, the exhibition features over 80 original works, including paintings and sculptures. This marks Pasternak's first major display in a decade, highlighting his diverse artistic career.
- ▪The exhibition includes a gallery within a gallery, featuring works one-twelfth the size of the main gallery.
- ▪Pasternak's art blends genres, including graphic design, illustration, and surrealist filmmaking.
- ▪A pop-up shop at the exhibition offers novelty items and books, including his upcoming graphic novel.
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In the early 2000s, as he shuffled between midnight buses, heading home late from his studio in Winnipeg, Robert Pasternak looked forward to the transit transfer tickets he’d receive. They were highly specific. Only commuters in the wee hours saw a tiny blank space between the cookie-cutter script about the pass’s validity and the two giant notations demarcating the present year.That little space on paper, just a few centimetres at best, was Pasternak’s artistic oasis. Over the years, he repeatedly doodled on those tickets freehand, using ink pens to create fire-like, breathy sketches – a signature motif of his work. Similar patterns appeared on many of his larger-scale paintings and assemblages.
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