Group of Seven Awkward Moments September 5-27, 2008
Reproductions of paintings by Tom Thomson, Emily Carr and the Group of Seven are used as backdrops to dioramas Thorneycroft has constructed and then photographed. By combining well known Canadian landscape paintings (which some suggest are the visual equivalent of our National Anthem) with scenes of accidents, disasters, and instances of poor judgement, she acknowledges and satirizes the mythology and icons of Canadian culture.
Diana Thorneycroft is a Winnipeg photographer who has exhibited across Canada, the US and Europe, as well as in Moscow, Tokyo and Sydney. Her work has been the subject of Canadian national radio documentaries and a CBC national documentary for television. Her photographs were included in the 2002 Phaidon Press publication “Blink”, which presented the work of 100 rising stars in photography.