Shellie Zhang’s photographic works present specially selected objects that act as a kind of portrait of a particular place or experience. Creation of this new print, A Trip to the Store, offered Shellie another opportunity to more deeply consider how “still life, which is often so removed from place, could be more representative or responsive to it.” (Shellie Zhang)
A Trip to the Store was conceived as a still life ‘snapshot’ of the Parkdale neighbourhood in the summer where Shellie lives and works. All items included in the composition were sourced from shops and related to experiences had in the local area. As she describes:
The aloe was for some extra sun I got that week. The peppers were for a chili sauce I made. Grapes and pears were a fresh treat. The shell was something in my home that I thought made for a nice cornucopia presentation of my trip to the store.
