Paintings Below Zero by Gordon Halloran

Some of you may have noticed that the photo in the top right of this site was featuring colored pieces of ice for a few days. The pieces of ice were actually part of an exhibition called Paintings Below Zero by Gordon Halloran that was featured as part of the WinterCity celebrations this year in Toronto. The installation entailed an intricate arrangement of several pieces of colored ice, all which were housed in a cooled tent in Nathan Phillips Square.

Gordon Halloran, the creator of the installation from Ontario, says on his website: “As Canadians, we have a personal and collective experience with ice and cold which is unique: we take pride in the beauty of our landscape and at the same time make peace with its harshness. We stare down into a sheet of frozen ice and see ourselves reflected clearly in a mirror the size of the sky.”

Craig has a few more photos from the exhibit on his Flickr photostream, and I’ve got about ten of them on mine too. Do be sure to check them out. There’s a few more photos of Halloran’s work on Flickr, and you can follow Halloran’s journey through Ontario on Caitlin’s weblog. For those of you that have emailed me already and asked where they can see the exhibit in person, I’d suggest emailing the Paintings Below Zero team directly, or visiting the project website.