May 11 – June 9, 2012
Opening: Friday, May 11, 7 – 10 p.m.
PAUL PETRO CONTEMPORARY ART
980 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1
T: 416 979 7874
E: info@paulpetro.com
Hours: Wed – Sat 11 – 5 p.m
www.paulpetro.com
A series of paintings by Sadko Hadzihasanovic, in which the artist uses motifs from Jouy, reminds us that the moderate doses of reason were infused into freedom in order to tone it down in the course of turbulent epochs of radical social changes. Sadko Hadzihasanovic uses wallpaper adorned with pastoral scenes full of pastime and lethargy as his painting surface, and then he paints in scenes from the French Revolution in order to remind us of the very quintessence of social conflicts that took place in that epoch. But, by adding several contemporary details, such as a pair of sunglasses or an electric razor, he indicates that the clash between bourgeois conformism and modern aspiration towards social changes exists even in our time.