Daniel Faria Gallery is pleased to present: Derek Liddington


Derek Liddington exhibiting:  the body will always bend before it breaks, the tower will always break before it bends a performance of two photographic stills taken from two 1928 Ballet Russes productions—Ode and Apollon Musagète

 
DateWednesday, April 5, 2017 - 6:00pm

Phone

416 736 5169

Email

emelie@yorku.ca  or dory@danielfariagallery.com

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, Website

http://www.danielfariagallery.com

Location

Art Gallery of York University & Southern Alberta Art Gallery

Daniel Faria Gallery is pleased to announce:

Derek Liddington

the body will always bend before it breaks,

the tower will always break before it bends

Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
April 5 - June 4, 2017
Opening reception: April 5, 6 - 9pm

&  Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
June 23 - September 10, 2017

Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
April 5 - June 4, 2017
Opening reception: April 5, 6 - 9pm

&  Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
June 23 - September 10, 2017

the body will always bend before it breaks, the tower will always break before it bends is a performance of two photographic stills taken from two 1928 Ballet Russes productions—Ode and Apollon Musagète—staged back-to-back across two sites: the Art Gallery of York University, opening Wednesday April 5, from 6 – 9 pm and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (23 June — 10 September 2017). AGYU’s exhibition continues until Sunday June 4, 2017.

Anchored by a co-commissioned video, each exhibition uses the “performance still” as a dramaturgical framework for the development of its score and mise-en-scène—Ode at AGYU and Apollon Musagète at SAAG. These exhibitions are neither intended to bring to life the particular productions nor rehearse their subject matter or theme, however. Rather, Liddington animates the space in-between performance and image as a point of departure for his ongoing investigation into narrative (meaning) and abstraction (aesthetics).

Not a travelling exhibition in the conventional sense, the body will always… pivots across time and space and through its various material means, including the creation of new two- and three-dimensional work in fabric, marble, pencil, watercolour, and clay. Like the revolutionary practice of the Ballet Russes, these exhibitions operate at the intersection of dance, theatre, and the visual arts.

The free Performance Bus departs OCADU (100 McCaul Street) on Wednesday, April 5 at 6 pm sharp and returns downtown at 9 pm. Warning: nudity.

For more information about the exhibitions or to request images or interviews with the artists, please contact Emelie Chhangur, Assistant Director/Curator at emelie@yorku.ca or 416 736 5169.

 

For more information about Derek Liddington contact Dory Smith at:
dory@danielfariagallery.com or 416 538 1880.

Daniel Faria Gallery

188 St Helens Avenue

Toronto, ON M6H 4A1

416 538 1880
www.danielfariagallery.com

DateWednesday, April 5, 2017 - 6:00pm

Phone

416 736 5169

Email

emelie@yorku.ca  or dory@danielfariagallery.com

Website

http://danielfariagallery.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/r/AF583AAA493C9A162540EF23F30FEDED/4CC446E26D003FAEE89F0E32AAFB68BF

http://www.danielfariagallery.com

Location

Art Gallery of York University & Southern Alberta Art Gallery

Abstract figurative image
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 6:00pm

Daniel Faria Gallery is pleased to announce:

Derek Liddington

the body will always bend before it breaks,

the tower will always break before it bends

Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
April 5 - June 4, 2017
Opening reception: April 5, 6 - 9pm

&  Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
June 23 - September 10, 2017

Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
April 5 - June 4, 2017
Opening reception: April 5, 6 - 9pm

&  Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
June 23 - September 10, 2017

the body will always bend before it breaks, the tower will always break before it bends is a performance of two photographic stills taken from two 1928 Ballet Russes productions—Ode and Apollon Musagète—staged back-to-back across two sites: the Art Gallery of York University, opening Wednesday April 5, from 6 – 9 pm and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (23 June — 10 September 2017). AGYU’s exhibition continues until Sunday June 4, 2017.

Anchored by a co-commissioned video, each exhibition uses the “performance still” as a dramaturgical framework for the development of its score and mise-en-scène—Ode at AGYU and Apollon Musagète at SAAG. These exhibitions are neither intended to bring to life the particular productions nor rehearse their subject matter or theme, however. Rather, Liddington animates the space in-between performance and image as a point of departure for his ongoing investigation into narrative (meaning) and abstraction (aesthetics).

Not a travelling exhibition in the conventional sense, the body will always… pivots across time and space and through its various material means, including the creation of new two- and three-dimensional work in fabric, marble, pencil, watercolour, and clay. Like the revolutionary practice of the Ballet Russes, these exhibitions operate at the intersection of dance, theatre, and the visual arts.

The free Performance Bus departs OCADU (100 McCaul Street) on Wednesday, April 5 at 6 pm sharp and returns downtown at 9 pm. Warning: nudity.

For more information about the exhibitions or to request images or interviews with the artists, please contact Emelie Chhangur, Assistant Director/Curator at emelie@yorku.ca or 416 736 5169.

 

For more information about Derek Liddington contact Dory Smith at:
dory@danielfariagallery.com or 416 538 1880.

Daniel Faria Gallery

188 St Helens Avenue

Toronto, ON M6H 4A1

416 538 1880
www.danielfariagallery.com

Venue & Address: 
Art Gallery of York University & Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Website: 
http://danielfariagallery.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/r/AF583AAA493C9A162540EF23F30FEDED/4CC446E26D003FAEE89F0E32AAFB68BF
http://www.danielfariagallery.com
Email: 
emelie@yorku.ca  or dory@danielfariagallery.com
Phone: 
416 736 5169
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