Leviathanic Allusion, a solo exhibition by Natasha van Netten at the fifty fifty arts collective, January 10 – January 25, 2019.

The Leviathanic Allusion exhibition is inspired by natural history displays, informational books, charts, graphs and specimens. The title comes from Herman Melville’s novel Mody Dick. It is the suggestion of something greater: as a spout on the ocean hints at something much larger below, so the work in this exhibition alludes to an underlying layer of meaning.

Common Cetaceans of Southern Vancouver Island 1:24 Scale (3D drawing with wire)

Whale Value Chart, ink and watercolour on paper and tape

Under Observation, organic matter in glass jars

Through Shadows Falling, oil on canvas

Common Cetaceans of Southern Vancouver Island 1:24 Scale (3D drawing with wire)

Radius Series (detail), ink on paper

Swarm (paper, glue, metal, acrylic thread)

The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective

Surface Tension, oil on canvas

Dusk or Dawn (oil on canvas)

Swarm installation at Leviathanic Allusion

Swarm, paper, glue, metal, acrylic thread

Radius Series (ink on paper)

Southern Reisdent Killer Whales 3.0, ink on paper and metal pins

Southern Reisdent Killer Whales 3.0 (detail), ink, paper, metal pins

Leviathanic Allusion