Paul Henderson | In the Dark

Paul Henderson

In the Dark

Sackville, Canada: Self-published, 2023

36 pp., 8 x 10”, staple-bound

Edition of 150 signed and numbered copies

A 36-page book consisting of full-colour, full-bleed images of thirty analog collages produced between 2019 and 2023. The title is printed on uncoated, recycled paper stock. To maintain a bookwork free of text, an info card with a list of titles is tipped in. 

The works combine imagery from children’s books with art historical references and religious ephemera. While playful and funny, an undercurrent of violence is revealed in the source material. 

Paul Henderson’s two-person exhibition with Andrea Morton is up now at the Blue Building in Halifax, with a rescheduled opening reception for Saturday February 10th, from 6 to 8pm. Titled The Eye is the Blade, the exhibition continues until March. The Blue Building is at 2482 Maynard Street. Visit their website, here, for more information. 

Read Jon Claytor’s review of the exhibition here. 

In the Dark can be purchased directly from the artist, here for $20 CDN + shopping  ($5 in Canada and $15 Internationally).