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Arts Alert Wednesday, Aug. 9 by Cathleen Bond
Time is running out to catch the Eleanor Bond show at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Bond's show, entitled Future Cities, features 10 large-scale,
surreal paintings of futuristic landscapes and imaginary urban environments.
The Broadcast Centre at the CBC has an Eleanor Bond on the wall
and I'm continually arrested by the sheer power of the image. A man is
returning home, apparently a few sheets to the wind, to be greeted by the fury
of a wife. The tension between the bumbling man and his incensed spouse
always creates an intense visceral response. You don't know who's right. All
you know is you don't want to be there. It's a brilliant evocation of the
intricacies of domestic strife and yet not a single word is spoken.
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"For over a decade, the artist has been exploring the concept of a "future
world" in her paintings, presenting fictional narratives that cannot easily
be separated from the harsh reality of living in a post-industrial,
technological world." Since graduating from school in 1976, Bond's work has
consistently dealt with social issues, millennial concerns and the
environment.
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