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Three solo exhibitions,
all distinctly different works but with a common
bond, these three artists are travelers - travelers
upon the earth, making cosmic journeys and intakes
into the recesses of the mind. The aspect that this
trio holds in common is that each is actively
multidisciplinary; bridging the distances between
writing, dancing, choreography and the visuals arts
while rooted in practices that are translated
visually. They each have a committed practice in
painting and drawing.
Cesar Forero is a Colombian born Canadian whose
performances have been aired in Argentina, Brazil,
Canada, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Japan, the UK,
and America. He will be travelling from Ontario to
present Tarot.
In the work to showcase at Headbones Gallery on June
15, Forero has included dance, poetry and acrobatic
movements set against a suite of twelve paintings
that are based on the Tarot’s Major Arcana. The
dance Tarot
which he will perform with Alex Bouldreault is
performed to a poem written by Forero and set to
music by
July Arboleda-Forero.
Janelle Hardy has taken
a voyage into the internet and produced 100
portraits along her way which Headbones Gallery will
present in the Foyer Gallery.
The portrait subjects are all referenced from the
What's Underneath Interview Series, created by the
mother/daughter StyleLikeU team.
Born and raised in the Yukon, Janelle Hardy has
an MA in Dance and a BA in anthropology. Her video
River Dance
Song was created originally for an exhibition at
the Yukon Art Gallery in 2012 where she improvises
to Michel Kiwanuka’s song “Home Again ”.
Ron Giii’s drawings are
delicate yet hip like an insider’s view of the
complexity of life’s journey. He first went to art
school in Nairobi but then returned to Canada and
graduated from OCA in Toronto. He has lived in New
York and
performed his works at Franklin Furnace and A Space.
He has performed in Warsaw, Poland
and at the legendary Joseph Beuys Free
University at Documenta 77 in Kasse,l Germany when
conceptual art was at a height. He founded TRY
organization in Toronto, a theatre company for ex
mental patients, where he wrote the text for
The
Schizophrenic Opera, House with No Rugs and
The Inner and
Outer Universe.
He will be showing a series of small drawings
titled
Geometry Street In Headbones Drawers Gallery. At
the opening June 15, Ron Giii will perform,
accompanying with his ukulele, the piece
Internet Christ which he wrote in a mental hospital in 2017 and
performed at Cinecycle in Toronto. Ron Gii is living
now in Vernon, an avatar of his genre. He is
represented by Paul Petro Gallery in Toronto.
June 15 will be the opening for these three
exhibitions from 2 - 5 PM when Cesar Forero and Alex
Boudreault will perform
Tarot
at
3:30 PM. Ron Gii will perform
Internet
Christ at 4 PM and Janelle Hardy’s
River Dance
Song will be showing throughout the duration in
the Video Room.
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