Steve Turner is pleased to present Mera Calentura, the fourth solo exhibition by Medellín-based Camilo Restrepo. The title work, which translates to Hot Spot, is a densely rendered drawing that measures 58 x 248 inches. It displays the chaos, damage and pain inflicted by the War on Drugs, especially in Colombia. Besides being a war affecting people, the war on drugs devastates the environment. Not only does the cultivation of coca cause massive deforestation, it also results in aerial fumigation that has a lasting impact on forest re-growth and sustainability. Additionally, the narco-traffickers force the displacement of peasants in order to steal their land, which is then further degraded by palm oil plantations and livestock, thereby contributing to climate change.||Steve Turner is pleased to present Crome Yellow, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Montreal-based Claire Milbrath.The exhibition, inspired by 18th century Fête Champêtre paintings and taking its title from Aldous Huxley’s first novel, depicts scenes from an imaginary 1920s garden party in the English countryside into which Milbrath has inserted her main character, Poor Gray, who resembles a Baudelairean dandy with his wealth, melancholy and inactivity. Lush green lawns provide a backdrop for indolent pleasure, luxury, and utter pointlessness.