{"id":8920,"date":"2012-04-03T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=8920"},"modified":"2012-05-15T09:34:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T13:34:47","slug":"rock-therrien-bonheur-facile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=8920","title":{"rendered":"Rock Therrien: <em>Bonheur Facile<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Skys-the-Limit-60x120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8919\" title=\"Skys-the-Limit-60x120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Skys-the-Limit-60x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>Sky&#8217;s the limit\u00a060 x 120<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 12 \u2013 May 6, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening:\u00a0 Thursday, April 12, 6 -9 p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Thompson Landry Gallery<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Distillery District<br \/>\nStone Distillery Space<br \/>\n55 Mill Street, Building 5, #102<br \/>\nToronto, Ontario, M5A 3C4<br \/>\nTel: 416.364.4955<br \/>\nE-mail:<a href=\"mailto:info@thompsonlandry.com\">info@thompsonlandry.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thompsonlandry.com\/\">www.thompsonlandry.com<\/a><br \/>\nHours: Tues\u2013Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5<\/p>\n<p>The mixed media works of Rock Therrien embrace the humour that often touches the viewer through the artist\u2019s use of enlarged figures and playful text.\u00a0 His characters bring the canvas to life, evoking memories of family and home with a wit that is both joyous and profound.\u00a0 Despite the light-hearted subject matter of his pieces, Therrien\u2019s works maintain the deeper essential concept, reminding the viewer that with the right outlook, happiness is easy to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Bellechasse, Quebec, Therrien combines traditional folk-art of Quebec with a comic-book style appeal which integrates authentic Canadian symbolism.\u00a0 These scenes of Quebecois life draw the viewer into a world where joie-de-vivre is the highest priority.\u00a0 The gorgeous layering of paint and found objects, combined with a beautiful sanded finish, creates an effect which is both fresh and nostalgic.\u00a0 Influenced by childhood heroes of fiction like Asterix and Obelix, the pieces depict a life of fun, adventure and relishing the beauty of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April12 \u2013 May 6, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening:  Thursday, April 12, 6-9 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thompson Landry Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Therrien&#8217;s playful robust figures remind the viewer that, with the right outlook, happiness can be easy<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=8920\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listings_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8920"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8922,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920\/revisions\/8922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}