Graeme Wahn
All Temps (Mercurial Reading)
About the Artwork
A thermometer, carefully edited so that its needle sits at every temperature from below freezing to over 50° C, forms the captivating focus of Graeme Wahn’s new work All Temps (Mercurial Reading). Its radiating dial mirrors the image of the sun at its centre, while also referencing the exact conditions during which this image was made: the “heat dome” event of summer 2021, when outside temperatures broke 48° in BC’s Interior where the artist lives. Precisely composed yet subtly altered, the photograph is a deep meditation on both an historic moment as well as our lived present. All Temps (Mercurial Reading) was presented recently in the group exhibition Toil, and a Peaceful Life at Pumice Raft in Toronto.
All Temps (Mercurial Reading)
2021
Inkjet print in painted frame
Edition of 3
14” x 17”
Estimate: $1,500
Courtesy the artist
About Graeme Wahn
Graeme Wahn (b. 1992, Vancouver, BC) works as a gardener, farmer, and artist in the Okanagan Valley. Prior to this he lived in Vancouver where he completed a BFA at Emily Carr University of Art & Design as well as an MFA at Simon Fraser University. He has exhibited his work across Canada including exhibitions in Toronto and Vancouver, as well as at The Polygon, North Vancouver, where he has been shortlisted for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize (2018, 2021). His work continues to be rooted in picture making, however it now incorporates his own lived experiences in labour, horticulture, and food production.
