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Exhibición de arte en Harbourfront
Dedicated to you, but you weren’t listening
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The Power Plant at Harbourfront Centre, Canada’s leading non-collecting contemporary art gallery, announces the opening of Dedicated to you, but you weren’t listening
a group exhibition of works by fourteen artists from Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Europe - beginning March 25 through May 23, 2005
A public opening reception will be held at The Power Plant (Thursday March 24, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m) and features a special live performance of UK artist Jeremy Deller’s Acid Brass by a Toronto brass band. Reception admission is free.
Latin artists presenting collaborative-based works in the Dedicated to you, but you weren’t listening exhibition include:
México: Tercerunquinto collective (Julio Castro, Gabriel Cázares & Rolando Flores)
Puerto Rico: Guillermo Calzadilla
U.S: Jennifer Allora
Both groups of artists are exhibiting in Canada for the first time and will be present at the Toronto exhibition opening on March 24.
The Power Plant's Visiting Curator's Lecture features visiting Brazilian curator Agnaldo Farias in a discussion entitled Brazil: The Recent Artistic Scene (March 26 at noon, free admission, Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto).
This lecture is presented by The Power Plant with the support of Foreign Affairs Canada.
Artist and Curator Information:
Tercerunquinto manipulates architectural elements such as walls, gates and staircases to change the spatial dynamics of interior and exterior spaces to alter their functions. The Tercerunquinto collective of artists - Julio Castro, Gabriel Cázares and Rolando Flores - formed in 1998. They currently live and work in Mexico City and Monterrey.
Jennifer Allora (U.S.) and Guillermo Calzadilla (Puerto Rico) have worked in collaboration since 1995, frequently mining the spaces between sculpture, performance, architecture, and social or public intervention. In their work they try to provide avenues for reflecting on the complex intersection of global politics and personal identity. Often interactive, their works address issues of public engagement and expression. Allora and Calzadilla have been featured in solo exhibitions at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2002) and at the Institute of Visual Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (2002). They have participated in several group exhibitions, including Zoning at The Project in Harlem, New York (2001); the VII Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba (2000); 1999 at P.S. 1, New York, New York; and the XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil (1998). The artists currently live and work in San Juan, Puerto Rico and in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Agnaldo Farias is Curator at Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo, Brazil) and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo. Farias was curator in charge of the Brazilian representation for the 25th Bienal of São Paulo (2002) and Assistant Curator for the 23rd Bienal of São Paulo (1996). From 1995 to1997, he served as Assistant Curator at the São Paulo Bienal Foundation, from 1993 to1994 as the Fine Arts Director of the State Secretary of Culture, and from 1990 to1992 as Director of Temporary Exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo and an MA in Art History from the State University of Campinas.
The Power Plant is located at 231 Queens Quay West. Open Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. and Wednesday until 8 p.m. We are open throughout Easter Weekend, Friday March 25 through Monday March 28 from noon to 6 p.m. During Harbourfront Centre's World Stage: Flying Solo festival (April 13 to May 1), The Power Plant is open Wednesday's, Thursday's and Friday's until 8 p.m. World Stage: Flying Solo ticket holders receive free admission throughout the festival.
Admission is $4 ($2 students and seniors), children and members free. Free admission on Wednesday evenings from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
For exhibition and tour information, the public can call 416-973-4949 or visit www.thepowerplant.org.
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Publicado 21 de marzo 2005
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