Three Classical Figures by David Bierk

Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto

With masterful skill, David Bierk culled well-known imagery from art history, incorporating iconic artworks into his own lexicon. Appropriation was an important artistic strategy for a number of post-modern artists, who shifted the context of found imagery to create new layers of meaning. Bierk contrasts historical paintings with mixed materials, exploring the cultural frameworks of the past and present.