a little something to recap the night.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
"Relationship" by Elizabeth Dyer
Elizabeth Dyer’s latest body of work, Relationship, plays with illusion and reality using wallpapers and colours that make you want to linger in the rooms awhile. By carefully editing actual rooms that she has photographed in Europe, she conveys the true sense of the space.
Her training as a decorative painter has influenced the use of materials and, in combination with her various layering techniques, plays with the ambiguity between fine art and decorating. Each room within the painting overlaps one another creating an illusion as opposed to a defined space.
Elizabeth’s work has been primarily figuratively based but in this exhibition she explores the background as the primary subject. Light and shadow dramatize the room’s contours and the absence of a figure makes it quiet. There is a personal edge to the rooms she paints which allows the viewer to create her/his own relationship with the painting. The new collection illustrates a serene yet playful sense of timelessness.
Come and enjoy...
Show opens July 23rd from 6:30 to 10:30pm
Show runs until August 5th.
Pre-viewing dinner for Adam Hilborn's Homeward Bound show
Selected guest were invited to enjoy an evening dinner in the Barbershop Gallery the night before the official opening of Adam Hilborn's 'Homeward Bound' art show. Food was provided by the Les Louises chefs from Royal Canada Ballet. Guest got to dine with the artist, getting to know him and understand his approach to art and this specific series.
Stay tuned for our next Dinner with the Artist and guest Chef.
Menu was:
Hors D'oeuvres
Moroccan lamb popsicles with eggplant basil sauce
Mini crab cakes with wild mushrooms and caramelized onion triangles
Dinner
Chilled tomato consommé
Arugula with red and golden terrines and hazelnut praline
Seared Halibut with a fresh tomato, pancetta and enoki mushroom ragout, spring onion mash and zucchini ribbons
Bruléed peach and vanilla bean mini pavlovas
"HOMEWARD BOUND" work by: Adam Hilborn
Adam Hilborn open's his first solo show titled "HOMEWARD BOUND". The collection of work includes all the pieces exploring a figurative and symbolic direction.
The show runs until Wednesday July 22nd. Closing show Tuesday July 21st from 5:00 pm on.
Come and enjoy!
Cheers.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Anna Panchev "Imagery to Your Altitude"
Opening reception Thursday June 11th 09 6:30pm–10:30pm
Show runs until June 24th 09
Barbershop Gallery 1718 Queen St. W
In her first solo show "Imagery to Your Altitude", Anna Panchev creates a split environment between the surreal and almost tangible. One can lost in the intricacies and small corners of this world. Beautiful optical and chaotic randomness somehow create a sense of serenity. Lots is left for the viewer to explore.
Movie Night
The Barbershop Gallery hosted the first of many $4 Movie Night yesterday. The casual and intimate evening featured four shorts and one feature by local film makers. The night aims to showcase local directors and offer budge friendly entertainment for the neighborhood. The night was a success with a full house. See program below and stay tuned for our next Movie Night.
The Long Haul by Sylvain Dumain
Hot Tw*t by Benjamin Young
Urban Trenches by Calum deHartog
Hogtown Blues by Hugh Gibson
Everthing is Love and Fear by Charles Officer
FEATURE||
Monkey Warfare by Reginal Harkema
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
50 Artists 50 Photos
Last week Barbershop Gallery presented 50 artists 50 photos with Blog TO for the Contact film festival. The portraits are of 50 local promising artists that are also featured on Blog TO's website. The opening went on until the wee hours of the morning and featured an amazing line up of Dj's ( ie: Dave Binette from Shit La Merde and Andy Capp from Bang the Party) projections courtesy of Kineticform, as well as some amazing baked treats courtesy of Sugar Baking. The show is up during the entire duration of the Contact festival and all are available for purchase with proceeds going to Sketch, a local non profit that fosters arts based learning for street youth. Photos are courtesy of Carlos Weisz from www.kineticform.com
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