phonepolesap

phonepolesap (2010) sap bucket, candy, paint, pole

 

TH&B was the common name of the former Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo railway that operated out of Hamilton from 1895-1987. Crossing the Niagara Peninsula from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, the TH&B rail line was a vital link connecting the three cities.

Hamilton artists Simon Frank, Ivan Jurakic, Dave Hind and Tor Lukasik-Foss, have appropriated the TH&B moniker as both a collective name for their self-generated art works, art projects, and performance endeavors.

TH&B artworks loosely explore the collusion between nature and the power grid which serves the civilized world.

Collectively, and in partnership with a range of associates, TH&B has participated in and taken ownership of a number of exhibition projects including: Exile on James Street (Former Bank of Montreal, Hamilton, 1997, 1998, 1999), Foreword (Grimsby Public Art Gallery, 2004), Group of Seven Revisited (Cambridge Galleries, 2005), Two Degrees of Separation (University of Waterloo Art Gallery, 2005) The Release (Royal Botanical Gardens, 2005), and most recently TH&B (Former textile mill, Hamilton, 2008). As part of this extended friendly alliance, each artist develops site-responsive artworks and installations that relate to the context or history of a place using non-traditional materials.