The Vernacular Man

The Vernacular Man presents a rare, candid portrait of David Thauberger at work in his studio. The film also travels across Saskatchewan with the artist as he re-visits the fading rural architecture that inspired some of his most iconic images. While on this journey he recounts the influences, from the Impressionists to folk artists, that shaped his approach and set him on a never-ending quest to reinterpret memory with images that transcend both place and time.

Using photographs, bits of tape, sheets of old newspaper and a variety of unique techniques David Thauberger builds his paintings with geometric precision and bold colours.

From humble beginnings in Holdfast, Saskatchewan, his work resonates today in many prestigious private and public collections like the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.