September 24 – November 11, 2011
Opening: Friday, September 23rd, 8-11PM
THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
231 Queens Quay West
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2G8
T: 416.973.4949
E: info@thepowerplant.org
thepowerplant.org
Hours: Tues-Sun 12-6, Sat 12-8, Open holiday Mondays
Through performance, short stories, installationsets, lectures, and novels, British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara scripts and performs his own biography as fiction. Often weaving his own personal history into broad social events, Fujiwara constructs parallel histories that he presents through his role as raconteur and dramaturge. Playing multiple and often conflicting roles — from archaeologist and eroticist to architect — Fujiwara’s seemingly multifarious identities both establish and erase themselves within his shadowy narratives, forming a complex, fleeting portrait of the contemporary individual.
To read more about the exhibition, please visit thepowerplant.org.