PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY JOAN GOLDFARB

Campbell House Museum

160 Queen Street West Toronto

Telephone 416-597-0227
Tuesday - Friday 9:30am-4:30pm Saturday 12-4:30pm

Reception Thursday, March 4, 2010
5:00 PM- 7:00 PM

Joan Goldfarb
goldfarb17@rogers.com

A ROSE AT ITS LOVELIEST IS ALREADY DYING

Women’s lives have multiple facets. Perception is not reality for most. There is an expectation of serenity, of beauty, of nurturing, of calm. There is often a reality of anxiety, of stress, of intelligence, of postponement, of guilt, of ambition.

I think of fracturing, of fragmentation, of disintegration and of decay. I think of external perception as opposed to knowledge - of questions unasked and questions unanswered.

All these thoughts came together to produce this set of images.

A rose at its loveliest is already dying.......but there can be so much more.

Joan Goldfarb