C: International Contemporary Art, September 1st, 1999
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Ostensibly, the ideal place from which to view Nestor Kruger's trompe l'oeil wall-painting, Habit's Return (in the AGO's "Present Tense" project series) is from outside the space where it is presented. From a particular vantage point in one of the preceding galleries, Kruger's painting exactly fits the doorway it faces, offering the illusion of a cluttered storage closet -- which is the effect he intended. However, this depiction of storage boxes, coat stands, etc., lifted as it is from a computer imaging programme, already has something unreal about it. As w...
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