About

In a series of new paintings inspired by his move to a studio off of Toronto’s Orfus Road—an area populated by independent shops in strip malls and large outlet stores—Sean Weisgerber looks to his working environment in a storefront space of this 1960s-era shopping district. Taking in the generic retail architectures and aesthetics on his commute to the studio, the work is grounded in the repeating, familiar forms of cinder blocks, full-length mirrors, large display windows, and multi-tenant shopping centre signage.

His ongoing painting series, Price Per Square Inch, activates a close …