{"id":2138,"date":"2011-07-26T17:07:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T17:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2011-08-21T20:09:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T20:09:26","slug":"john-barkley-contending-spaces-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"John Barkley: Contending Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Contending Spaces, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.<\/p>\n

August 6 \u2013 2 0,\u00a0 2 0 1 1<\/strong>
\nOpening: Saturday, August 6, 2 –\u00a04pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nBAU-XI GALLERY<\/strong>
\n340 Dundas St. West
\nToronto, Ontario M5T 1G5
\nT: 416.977.0600
\nE: toronto@bau-xi.com
\nwww.bau-xiphoto.com
\nHours: Mon-Sat 10-5:30, Sun 11-5:30<\/p>\n

The Bau-Xi Galler y in Toronto is pleased to be exhibiting the new work of established Canadian painter, John Barkley, in a solo-exhibition entitled Contending Spaces . This is Barkley\u2019s first exhibition with the Bau-Xi Gallery. Barkley\u2019s paintings explore humanity\u2019s relationship to nature and his existential concerns while experimenting with paint applica<\/span><\/span><\/span>tion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As a boy, John Barkley\u2019s father, an ar tist as well, encouraged him to draw and paint, and eventually took him to paint on sojourns into the country. As a young man, he returned to Ottawa to study. In addition to painting, he is also a dedicated scholar, whose studies and interests factor significantly in his ar t work. His degrees include a Master of Ar ts in Religion, from Carleton University (2001); a Bachelor of Fine Ar ts, Visual Ar t, Magna Cum Laude, Universityof Ottawa (1996); Bachelor of Ar ts, Honours, Psychology, from Carleton University (1989); and a Bachelor of Arts, Law and Psychology, Carleton University. In 2000, he wrote a Master\u2019s thesis which created a new hermeneutic of art, based upon the work of Jung, Tillich, and Heidegger, it was subsequently applied to the work of Roland Poulin.<\/p>\n

\u00a0John Barkley is an experimental painter living in Chelsea, Quebec. Barkley has been pursuing a professional ar tistic practice since 1996. In the last seven years he has been able to work in his studio, in Wakefield Quebec, as a full time ar tist. Barkley\u2019s works have been exhibited extensively and have been reviewed in LeDroit, The Ottawa Citizen, and The Globe and Mail. His paintings are par t of numerous private and corporate collections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 6 \u2013 20, 2011<\/strong>
\nOpening: Saturday, August 6, 2 – 4pm<\/p>\n

BAU-XI GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barkley\u2019s paintings explore humanity\u2019s relationship to nature and his existential concerns while experimenting with paint application<\/p>\n

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