Oysters | Oliver Husain
2024
14” x 11” (Unframed)
14.5” x 11.6” (Framed)
Lenticular Print
Edition of 15
“This summer at the artist residency in Annandale, PEI, I photographed clusters of oysters washed ashore at low tide. I was unaware that oysters form these elegant clusters. They look very different than when prepared as food items. The clusters seem like eclectic vases, like ruffled costumes – with barnacles as bling. The lenticular effect was added to the photo later in digital post production. It brings out the otherworldly, sculptural quality of the oysters and adds a shifty perspective. There’s a sobering and alarming side to this image: A fisherman in Annandale informed us that this year, for the first time ever, local oysters and oysters all over PEI had been infected by the parasite MSX. It is of big concern as the parasite kills the oysters. The spread of MSX is believed to be a consequence of climate warming.”
All of our 2024 Silver Editions are also available as a package at $3000 (unframed)/$4825 (framed). To purchase the 2024 Silver Editions Package, please contact info@gallerytpw.ca.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Husain is an artist and filmmaker based in Toronto. His projects are often collaborations with other artists and friends, and often begin with a fragment of history, a rumour, a personal encounter, or a distant memory. He uses a wide range of cinematic languages, technical experiments, and visual pleasures—such as dance, puppetry, costumes, special effects—to animate his research and fold viewers into complex narrative set-ups. Recent projects include TheBeauties of Lucknow, a site-specific installation commissioned by Massey College and DNCB (with Kerstin Schroedinger) at GTA24 (moca Toronto) and Scientia Sexualis (ICA Los Angeles, upcoming). Information on his work can be found on husain.de. His work is represented by gallery Susan Hobbs.
2024
14” x 11” (Unframed)
14.5” x 11.6” (Framed)
Lenticular Print
Edition of 15
“This summer at the artist residency in Annandale, PEI, I photographed clusters of oysters washed ashore at low tide. I was unaware that oysters form these elegant clusters. They look very different than when prepared as food items. The clusters seem like eclectic vases, like ruffled costumes – with barnacles as bling. The lenticular effect was added to the photo later in digital post production. It brings out the otherworldly, sculptural quality of the oysters and adds a shifty perspective. There’s a sobering and alarming side to this image: A fisherman in Annandale informed us that this year, for the first time ever, local oysters and oysters all over PEI had been infected by the parasite MSX. It is of big concern as the parasite kills the oysters. The spread of MSX is believed to be a consequence of climate warming.”
All of our 2024 Silver Editions are also available as a package at $3000 (unframed)/$4825 (framed). To purchase the 2024 Silver Editions Package, please contact info@gallerytpw.ca.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Husain is an artist and filmmaker based in Toronto. His projects are often collaborations with other artists and friends, and often begin with a fragment of history, a rumour, a personal encounter, or a distant memory. He uses a wide range of cinematic languages, technical experiments, and visual pleasures—such as dance, puppetry, costumes, special effects—to animate his research and fold viewers into complex narrative set-ups. Recent projects include TheBeauties of Lucknow, a site-specific installation commissioned by Massey College and DNCB (with Kerstin Schroedinger) at GTA24 (moca Toronto) and Scientia Sexualis (ICA Los Angeles, upcoming). Information on his work can be found on husain.de. His work is represented by gallery Susan Hobbs.
2024
14” x 11” (Unframed)
14.5” x 11.6” (Framed)
Lenticular Print
Edition of 15
“This summer at the artist residency in Annandale, PEI, I photographed clusters of oysters washed ashore at low tide. I was unaware that oysters form these elegant clusters. They look very different than when prepared as food items. The clusters seem like eclectic vases, like ruffled costumes – with barnacles as bling. The lenticular effect was added to the photo later in digital post production. It brings out the otherworldly, sculptural quality of the oysters and adds a shifty perspective. There’s a sobering and alarming side to this image: A fisherman in Annandale informed us that this year, for the first time ever, local oysters and oysters all over PEI had been infected by the parasite MSX. It is of big concern as the parasite kills the oysters. The spread of MSX is believed to be a consequence of climate warming.”
All of our 2024 Silver Editions are also available as a package at $3000 (unframed)/$4825 (framed). To purchase the 2024 Silver Editions Package, please contact info@gallerytpw.ca.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Husain is an artist and filmmaker based in Toronto. His projects are often collaborations with other artists and friends, and often begin with a fragment of history, a rumour, a personal encounter, or a distant memory. He uses a wide range of cinematic languages, technical experiments, and visual pleasures—such as dance, puppetry, costumes, special effects—to animate his research and fold viewers into complex narrative set-ups. Recent projects include TheBeauties of Lucknow, a site-specific installation commissioned by Massey College and DNCB (with Kerstin Schroedinger) at GTA24 (moca Toronto) and Scientia Sexualis (ICA Los Angeles, upcoming). Information on his work can be found on husain.de. His work is represented by gallery Susan Hobbs.