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Penance & Devotion

Gareth Bate's Penance & Devotion Solo Exhibition at Galerie Glendon Gallery.

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Galerie Glendon Gallery
Glendon Campus, York University, Toronto

New Season at York University's Glendon Gallery opens October 7th with Penance & Devotion featuring a video projection and large landscape paintings by emerging Toronto artist Gareth Bate.

Opening Reception: October 7th, 6 to 8 pm.
Artist guided tour at 5:30 pm.

Solo Exhibition
Guest Curator: Colette Laliberté

In Nov. 2007 Gareth Bate crawled along Toronto's Queen Street West from Soho Street to Spadina Avenue with a field of grass on his back. It was painful and tiring. This bizarre act of self-punishment and humiliation for the guilt of environmental destruction has been captured in the performance video Penance. The exhibition also features Bate's large-scale paintings. His "Lament" series deals with a sense of personal sorrow, loss and hope in relation to the destruction of the natural world.

Dates: October 7 - November 1, 2008
Opening Reception: Oct. 7th. 6 pm to 8 pm
Guided tour: Oct. 7th 5:30 pm.

Location: Glendon Gallery, Glendon College, York University, 2275 Bayview Ave. Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M6. Tél.: 416-487-6721.

Directions: Yonge Subway to Lawrence, 124 Sunnybrook Bus short ride to Glendon Campus.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday: noon - 3:00 pm - Saturday: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Glendon Website

Biography: Gareth Bate graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2007. He is the winner of the 401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize, a 500 square foot studio given to one OCAD BFA graduate for one year. He has won several awards for painting and art writing, and received an Ontario Arts Council Grant. He has shown at a number of Toronto galleries including Loop, Bau-Xi, Gallery 44, Arcadia, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel and exhibited in Nuit Blanche. His work has been featured in Now, Xtra, Lytearts.com , Liberty & Annex Gleaner, OCAD's Canvas, Snap Toronto and coming soon in Checkerspot Magazine and Things of Desire. Website: http://www.garethbate.com

Acknowledgments: The artist would like to thank guest curator Colette Laliberté for all guidance and support. Glendon Gallery would like to thank its media partners: L'Express & Le Métropolitain newspapers, Radio-Canada TV & radio CJBC 860 AM, Première Chaîne and Clic Toronto. Special thanks go out to the Advising Committee: Marc Audette, Nadine Bariteau, Omid Fekri, Anna Husdon and Colette Laliberté.

MEDIA CONTACT: Martine Rheault, Coordinator of Artistic and Cultural Affairs, 416-487-6859. artculture@glendon.yorku.ca

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Pénitence & Devotion
Gareth Bate

Galerie Glendon
Campus Glendon, Université York, Toronto

La nouvelle saison de la Galerie Glendon de l'Université York débute le 7 octobre avec Pénitence & Dévotion, une exposition
de peinture accompagnée d'une projection vidéo de l'artiste torontois montant Gareth Bate.

Vernissage: Le 7 octobre 18h - 20h.
Visitée guidée: 17 h 30

Exhibition Solo
Commissaire invitée: Colette Laliberté

En novembre 2007, Gareth Bate s'est traîné le long de la rue Queen ouest à Toronto, de la rue Soho à l'avenue Spadina, avec un champ sur le dos. C'était douloureux et épuisant. Ce geste bizarre d'autopunition et d'humiliation en réaction à la culpabilité face à la destruction de l'environnement a été filmé pour la vidéo d'art performance Pénitence. L'exposition présente aussi les tableaux grand format de l'artiste. La série "Lamentations" traite des sentiments de douleur personnelle, de perte et d'espoir relativement à la destruction du monde naturel.

Dates: 7 octobre - 1er Novembre 2008

Vernissage: 7 octobre, 18 - 20 h.

Visite guidée par l'artiste: 7 octobre, 17 h 30.

Endroit: Galerie Glendon, Campus Glendon, Université York, 2275 ave. Bayview, Toronto, (Ontario) M4N 3M6. Tél.: 416-487-6721.

Directions: métro Yonge jusqu'à Lawrence, bus #124 Sunnybrook (courte distance vers le Glendon).

Heure d'ouverture de la galerie: mardi au vendredi : midi - 15 h / samedi 13 h - 16 h.

Site web de Gallerie

Biographie: Gareth Bate a obtenu son diplôme de l'École d'art et de design de l'Ontario en 2007. Il est le lauréat du 401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize, un studio de 500 pieds carrés fourni à un diplômé en beaux-arts de l'École chaque année. Il a remporté de nombreux prix pour ses peintures et ses écrits sur l'art et a aussi reçu une subvention du Conseil des arts de l'Ontario. Il a exposé dans nombre de galeries torontoises dont Loop, Bau-Xi, Arcadia, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Gallery 44 et l'hôtel Gladstone ainsi que dans le cadre de Nuit Blanche.

Remerciements: L'artiste tient à remercier la commissaire invitée Colette Laliberté pour ses conseils et son appui. La Galerie Glendon remercie ses partenaires médiatiques : les journaux L'Express et Le Métropolitain, la télévision de Radio-Canada ainsi que la radio CJBC 860 AM, la Première Chaîne et ClicToronto.

Média contact: Martine Rheault, coordonnatrice artistique, 416-487-6859, artculture@glendon.yorku.ca

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