
Variations on the Picturesque was an exhibition Guest Curated by founding and current Doryphore member Karen Henry and Karen Love for the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada. On view December 5, 2005 – March 29, 2006, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue explored the questions: “What are the remnants of the picturesque in the 21st century? What is the combination of landscape, domestication, urban and rural associations and nature that exists today?”
In their catalogue essay, “In Relation to the Picturesque,” Henry and Love note:
The exhibition explores the notion of a contemporary picturesque (and its associations with the dystopic as well as the sublime) through the critical and perceptive eyes and imaginations of artists. The artworks include painting and sculptural works, installation, photography, film and digital media and can be conceptually grouped into several thematic though not mutually exclusive associations.”