YYZ OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY 11 JANUARY 2013, 8:00PM-10:00PM
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OPENING RECEPTION SCOTT WATERS | ROTOZERO YYZUNLIMITED
GALLERY HOURS FOR INTERVIEWS
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SCOTT WATERS | ROTOZERO
Scott Waters: Line of Departure, 14"x20", chromira print, 2012. Throughout 2011 Scott Waters followed The Third Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as they trained for and deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan for the start of Canada's post-combat training mission to that country. ROTOZERO is a project created through the auspices of The Canadian Forces Artist Program but whose central characteristic is one of contemplation. ROTOZERO is less a document of a mission and more a consideration of how we recall and construct stories. Incorporating painting, photography, text panels, and found objects, it is an assemblage of tangible objects which act as proxy for the narrative drive — a narrative drive which, in this case is based on the anticipation, boredom, frustration, terror, and sense of expectation that are markers of the training mission to Afghanistan. SCOTT WATERS received his BFA from The University of Victoria, his MFA from York University, and served as an Infantry soldier in the Canadian Forces. Recent solo exhibitions include Rodman Hall, The Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba, and The Alternator Gallery. Publications include the illustrated memoir, The Hero Book (Conundrum Press), the anthology, Embedded on the Homefront (Heritage House), features in Border Crossings, Public, and Legion Magazine. A two-time participant in the Canadian Forces Artist Program, Waters has received funding from The Ontario Arts Council and The Canada Council for the Arts. He was recently awarded The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. Waters is represented by LE Gallery, Toronto. Scott Waters would like to offer a heartfelt thank you to The Third Battalion of The Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, especially Maj. Kevin Barry, Maj. Quentin Innis, CSM Rich Davey and Lt. Coady Summerfield. Without the battalion ROTOZERO would not exist. Without the help of these individuals, it would have been immeasurably inferior.
FAITH LA ROCQUE | HIGH ACCEPTANCE Photo credit: Walter Willems. High Acceptance
is the newest installation in Faith La Rocque’s ongoing body of work
investigating themes of belief, ritual, and consumption in relation to
the pursuit of health and “wellness.” The title originates as a term
used to describe the efficacy of a given alternative health therapy. La
Rocque continues her work with materials such as Himalayan salt, copper,
and scent to establish an active environment that allows for critical
awareness, sensory experience, and physiological engagement. YYZUNLIMITED
Photo credit: Kevin Rodgers. A new print project that will be on view and available for pick up at the gallery this January. YYZUNLIMITED invites artists to imagine and reinvent the organization as a site of opportunity through a series of interventions, the presence of which serves as material evidence of a lasting community that is not determined by the duration or protocol of the exhibition structure at YYZ.
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YYretroZpective | An artist-initiated and self-curated take on the retrospective exhibition. Current: Brian Groombridge
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YYZUNLIMITED | Current: Elisa Strinna & Eva Cenghiaro
Upcoming exhibitions by Scott Waters, Faith La Rocque, Jean-François Côté, Daniel Hutchinson, Nestor Kruger and Sally Spath, Seri Pop, Hanna Hur, Nobuo Kubota, Michael Robinson, Maura Doyle.