Evan Penny - Sculpture

APOLLO AND MARSYAS

A collaboration between Heather Goodchild and Evan Penny

There was a satyr, Marsyas, who challenged Apollo to a musical duel. When the satyr lost, the god flayed his hide as a penalty.

Marsyas cried, “Why do you peel me from myself? Aah! I repent,” he screamed in agony. “Aah! Music is not worth this pain!” As he screams, the skin is flayed from the surface of his body, no part is untouched.   —Ovid’s Metamorphoses

The hubris of Marsyas offers a complex artistic ground for exploration. Evan Penny has been interpreting this ancient Greek myth through his recent sculpture and photography. As an inaugural event at her studio, Heather Goodchild is welcoming him to exhibit this experimental body of work, to which she has responded with ceramic and painted works. In addition, they are engaging in a photographic collaboration during the installation process. The building itself, revealing its former skin, becomes an actor in the drama.

302 Gladstone Ave, Toronto
backyard (follow the signs)

Friday, September 20, 6:00–9:00 pm
(opening reception)

Saturday, September 21, 12:00–6:00 pm

Sunday, September 22, 1:00–5:00 pm
(closing reception/garden party)