June 18 – July 9
Opening Reception: June 18, 7 – 10 pm
Bezpala Brown Gallery
17 Church Street (Front and Church)
For inquiries, please contact: Fariz Kovalchuk at 416.907.6875 / 647.929.4878
fariz@bezpalabrown.com
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Must be 18+ to attend. Admission: Free.
The reception will be followed by a Party Night with the artists – from 10 pm till 5 am, exquisite compilation of music, the bar will stay open till 1 am. Admission: Free.
- Sarah Hunter
- Francis Luta
- Nickolas Hadzis
- Fariz Kovalchuk
- Donald Vaillancourt
- Olena Sullivan
- Drasko Bogdanovic
RAW ME is an eclectic group show exposing a collection of intimate stories of self-acceptance, self-identity and sexuality by seven Toronto-based queer artists. A collection of expressionistic mixed-media paintings and drawings by Hunter emerged into a visual journal that reflects the artist’s coming out. Luta’s Door series use two pieces of dismembered history to revisit the corral world of pubescent fears – in contrast with the razed disclosure of self-acceptance and openness. Deeply personal images by Vaillancourt and Kovalchuk depict the sensitivity and fragility of human body and a contemporary twist to the psyche of body image. Hadzis displays exotic shirts covered with original art and a series of multiple drawings transformed into one single installation piece. Whether still or motion photography, Bogdanovic’s message is simple – there are no rules, sexuality has no bounds, all is right with the perverse. Inspired by pin-up photography and fetish art, Sullivan’s black-and-white images depict women in bondage. The exhibit includes paintings, drawings, photography, video, collages, installations, and hand-painted shirts.