Nothing to See Here

Event Description

Art Rental & Sales presents, Nothing to See Here: Show & Sale, featuring artworks by the collaborative force, Hoey-Xōchitl. Join us for the Opening Reception on Thursday March 13, from 5-8pm. Artists will be in attendance.

Admission to the Massey Sales Gallery is always free!

Pop Art, emerging in the late 1950s and ’60s, drew inspiration from commercial and popular culture. It lacked a specific style but responded to postwar commodity-driven values by using everyday objects like comic strips and soup cans as subjects. This movement was a descendant of Dada, which critiqued contemporary art and the political and cultural climate of its time. Hoey-Xōchitl, comprised of local Victoria artists Tim Hoey and Zandra Xōchitl are, as they put it, “the super-fun-totally-bonkers collab of 2 very different styles of art that shouldn’t really work together, but do.”

Nothing to See Here: Show & Sale runs from March 13, 2025 to April 27, 2025.
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About Hoey-Xōchitl:
Part of the motivation and inspiration for this collaboration is that nothing is too precious—we’re cooking with stuff we mostly already have lying around in our respective studios and throwing things in the mix without getting in each others way too much. It’s meant to stretch us creatively, try new things (I don’t know, just google something in latin!) and see what happens without attachment.

Image Credits: Feature – Hoey-Xōchitl, This Gold Tooth Won’t Pay for ITSELF, Mixed media on panel, 48 x 48″, $3,500. Courtesy of Hoey-Xōchitl | Mugshots of artist duo Hoey-Xōchitl, Tim Hoey and Zandra Xōchitl. Photographs by Deanna Milligan. Courtesy of Hoey-Xōchitl.