Malcolm McCormick's Exhibition 'Restricted Immersion' at Afternoon Projects in Vancouver

Malcolm McCormick presents his exhibition 'Restricted Immersion' at Afternoon Projects in Vancouver. The show features composite paintings that engage with contemporary debates about immersive art experiences. McCormick's works employ a process where digital screenshots of historical artworks are manipulated and transformed into physical objects using shaped stretcher panels joined with visible metal brackets. Key pieces include 'The Diver' (2025), which reinterprets Gustave Caillebotte's figure, and other works like 'Third Party' and 'Late Bloomer' (both 2025) that create visual dialogues across the gallery space. The exhibition challenges assumptions that immersive art must sacrifice critical distance, instead proposing that material transparency and sustained attention can maintain both sensory engagement and analytical reflection.