Cameron Rowland, Biennale de Montreal, October 19 until January 15, 2017
Loot, 2014.
About:
Cameron Rowland is an American artist, best known for his conceptual art involving mostly found objects, through which he makes certain cultural commentary or a critique coming from the perspective of social margins. Rowland was born in 1988 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a student of Wesleyan University in Connecticut where he graduated with a BA in Studio Art during the year of 2011. Studying at this fine institution provided him with an excellent theoretical knowledge of what we consider art, of where such borders are placed. It fascinated him how easy it was to call something a piece of art, of how little evidence people required before being able to believe in such statements. Soon after graduating, Cameron began working with architecture firms while simultaneously researching the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Bait-Inc. 2014, installation
49-40-6, 2014.
Readymade from 91020000, 2016.
With the usage of his background in architecture, it is not a wonder that in his future work, Rowland will explore the relationship that exists between the exhibition space and the public realm. Cameron came to light in 2014 with his first exhibition titled Bait, Inc. – held at ESSEX STREET gallery. This solo show saw Rowland displaying a series of both found and readymade objects, all of them adapted or used for just one goal: to somehow draw the attention towards the social injustices. Civil inequality is the third thing that drives Rowland’s work, besides concepts of art and his love for architecture.(quote from WideWalls website)