Bryce Kanbara: Flyers @ you me gallery

Bryce Kanbara Flyers; Photo credit: Karen Thiessen, 2013

Bryce Kanbara Flyers; Photo credit: Karen Thiessen, 2013

Bryce Kanbara's Flyers exhibition at you me gallery on James St. North in Hamilton, Ontario is gorgeous. Only when I was processing the photos did I realize that I don't have an overall installation shot of the gallery. The Flyers are all manner of winged creatures, mostly bird-like, and one that resembles a winged woman. He created the armatures from plywood and then clad most of them with metal scavenged from an old barn and some from the grocery store (disposable aluminum baking trays). The printing plates were found lining the walls of the barn and their patina contrasts nicely with the newer aluminum. The Flyer in the top image is massive. The ceiling is about 10 feet tall, just to give you a sense of scale.

Bryce Kanbara Flyers; Photo credit: Karen Thiessen, 2013

Bryce Kanbara Flyers; Photo credit: Karen Thiessen, 2013

I love the organic shapes that form what I interpret to be the bird's feet: they make me think of clouds and poodles and topiary trees clipped into imaginative shapes.

Bryce Kanbara Flyers; Photo credit: Karen Thiessen, 2013

Bryce Kanbara Flyers; Photo credit: Karen Thiessen, 2013

This is my favourite piece. It is the smallest and dearest. I'd guess that it's about 30 inches by 30 inches and I would love to hang it over my bed and dream below its wings. Flyers continues until February 3, 2013.