Making Space is a new exhibition from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia?s permanent collection that explores the physical and philosophical constructs in our lives to expose a range of present-day concerns.

Alvin Comiter, Old Merchants’ Bank of Canada, Granville Street, Halifax, 1988. Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
?This exhibition delves into the relationship between people and the structures we build? says David Diviney, Senior Curator and curator of the exhibition. ?The included works examine such tensions as the boundaries between public and private spaces and the shift from urban to suburban environments?.
Elspeth Pratt, Scar, 1995. Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Alvin Comiter, Old Merchants’ Bank of Canada, Granville Street, Halifax, 1988. Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The exhibition features a multidisciplinary mix of artistic practice from photography and sculpture, to works on paper which reflect upon architecture and its ability to generate and communicate meaning. The artists featured in this exhibition not only document Nova Scotia’s evolving surroundings, but also present important questions that underlie contemporary life and culture.

?Included in Making Space is a project I developed in 2012 in response to the rapid pace of redevelopment in Halifax?s downtown core? shares Charley Young, a Nova Scotia based artist featured in this exhibition. ?In my work, Shroud, the facade of the Macara Barnste...