Jason McLean / Images Festival: Michael Snow
March 20, 2010 — April 17, 2010
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Jason McLean The Morning After, 2008 Jason McLean with Omer Arbel for Bocci,Vancouver. 55 x 42 x 2 inches (140 x 107 x 5cm) | Jason McLean Blue in 95, 2008 Jason McLean with Omer Arbel for Bocci, Vancouver.
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Jason McLean End of the Roll, 2010 acrylic ink, rapiograph ink on paper and tube. 81 3/4 x 66 1/2 inches (207.5 x 169 cm) | Jason McLean Strathcona Heights, 2007 acrylic ink, rapiograph ink on found photo. 49 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches (126 x 100.5 cm) |
JASON MCLEAN "in the corner there is light"
Opening reception 3 to 6 pm, March 20th
Since opening in 2005, the gallery has included Jason McLean’s work in two group exhibitions. Jessica Bradley Art + Projects is now pleased to present Jason McLean’s first solo exhibition in Toronto.
McLean's diverse practice encompasses drawing, sculpture, installation and sound, as well as various collaborative projects and performances. He is also well known in the international Zine and underground comic book community and has participated in Paul Butler's renowned Collage Party. McLean developed his practice in Vancouver where he studied at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He has lived and worked in Toronto since 2008.
Jason McLean's work often takes the fascinating form of visual reportage that registers sights, sounds, personal histories, vernacular expressions and pop music lyrics. Best known for his drawings, McLean uses a diverse and unique variety of materials including found objects that he covers with meandering narratives and engaging imagery. For this exhibition Mclean is collaborating with designer Omer Arbel of Bocci (Vancouver) on custom light fixture pieces and will also show a never-seen-before major collage work inspired by contemporary exhibitions invitation cards along with new drawings and some of his signature sports equipment pieces.
McLean’s work has been seen across Canada as well as in Europe and the United States where he is also represented by private galleries. Recent group exhibitions include PULP Fiction (Museum London and traveling) and Arena: The Art of Hockey (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and traveling). McLean has completed a billboard piece for the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad, currently on view in Vancouver until the end of April.
MICHAEL SNOW 34 Films
(upstairs gallery)
April 1-10, 2010
Part of Images Festival 23
34 Films (2006) records 16 rectangles of coloured gels that appear on the screen one after another to create an improvised composition. This 16mm film was originally made in response to an invitation to Snow by the gallery to collaborate on an exhibition with British artist Jonathan Monk, which took place from November 9 to December 2, 2006. Both artists made short films which neither showed to the other in advance. The installation included the two films with objects that each artist selected as a response to the other's work. 34 Films has not been seen since this exhibition.
Michael Snow has exhibited internationally for over five decades. His films have been included in hundreds of film festivals and in retrospectives in Tokyo, Brussels and Geneva. Recent solo exhibitions have included Angels Barcelona (2009), BFI Southbank Gallery, London (2008), and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2005).
Artists:
Jason McLean
Michael Snow