Marcus Bowcott is a painter and sculptor based in Vancouver BC. Underlying his practice is an engagement with the complex relationships between natural and industrial landscapes. In his recent sculptural works, Bowcott explores the impact of consumption and mass transportation on our society and ecology, utilizing the form of the automobile as his central motif.
Bowcott’s monumental Trans Am Totem is currently installed on Quebec Street near Science World as part of the Vancouver Sculpture Biennale 2015. This exhibition will present a number of paintings and maquettes related to this work and thematically related paintings produced over the last decade. Anchoring the exhibition will be a new sculptural piece that incorporates a full size, stripped down Trans Am that visually and kinetically responds to Alan Storey’s iconic Pendulum sculpture.