Scott McFarland

Scott McFarland is an emerging Vancouver artist whose photographs are highlighted by meticulous staging. McFarland documents a discrete range of subjects in serial format, and his close attention to the minutia of his topic allows for an empathetic, yet critical viewpoint. The exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery will concentrate on one of these ongoing projects: a large body of photographs detailing the interior and exterior of a rural cabin on BC’s Sunshine Coast. McFarland's naturalistic staging and close cropping suggest photo-journalism in their approach, however the familiarity with which his images emphasize and valorize objects and personal artifacts accumulating within the cabin detail a more subjective, involved relationship. 

### Biography

Scott McFarland received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia in 1997, and has had recent solo exhibitions at the Sharon Essor Gallery, London and Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto and Vancouver. He has participated in recent group exhibitions at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver and the Vancouver Art Gallery, as well as in Berlin, Germany and Salamanca, Spain.


Essay: "Lavender Oil," Reid Shier

A photograph by Scott McFarland depicting the interior of a domestic space, which appears to be a living room with a wood burning stove, bookshelves, a couch and wood paneled wall. 

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Two large-sized coloured photographs are installed on the gallery walls. Both of them depict the interior of a wood cabin. The one on the right shows a small fireplace beside bookshelves. 

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Two photographs are installed on the gallery walls. The photograph on the left depicts cooking mittens. The large photograph on the right depicts a surface of a piece of colourful quilt work. 

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Two artworks are mounted on the gallery walls. The photograph on the left depicts a wall lamp. The photo collage on the right contains five various photographs taken at different locations.  

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*Cabin Photographs* was published by the Contemporary Art Gallery in 2003 to coincide with the exhibition by Scott McFarland: *Coastal Cabins* at the Contemporary Art Gallery from May 9 – June 29, 2003. The publication includes the essays; "Lavender Oil" by Reid Shier, "To The Management" by William Wood and "Coastal Cabin, A Consideration of the Rustic" by Owen Kydd and Scott McFarland, and a foreword by Christina Ritchie.

Scott McFarland

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