March 10 to March 31, 2011
Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
RSVP Requested (or click here)
T: (1) 416-537-4699
Best known as a creative provocateur and the Gladstone Hotel’s resident artist, Bruno Billio exhibits and lives in an intimate 316-square-foot space, blurring the lines between the man and his work. At Bruno’s last exhibit for the Gladstone’s “Come Up To My Room” event, guests were privy to remnants of the previous night’s dinner party, where plates of chicken bones (and even a broken chair) were splayed out untouched on Bruno’s elegant dining room set.
It’s the juxtaposition of reality and surrealism that strikes you hardest when surveying Bruno’s work. Stacked books, with their spines covered in black tape, have become his trademark. Bruno’s artistic practice is informed by the active displacement and staging of the found object, a contemporary art strategy with an historically established lineage. By de-familiarizing the everyday object, Bruno effectively reinterprets the material and social valence of the object in space. The conventional use of the commodity is literally evacuated when sculpturally monumentalized as installation. Bruno both empties meaning and renews the proscribed object.
At once an installation artist, sculptor, and designer, Bruno’s installations tend towards architecture, revealing structural play and whimsy. He has exhibited internationally in Milan, London, Miami, New York, and Los Angeles.
In addition, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery with The Italian Institute of Culture presents an installation by Bruno Billio, at the Canadian Stage’s
“Spotlight on Italy”
Running From: March 15 th to March 26 th, 2011
In honour of the 150th anniversary of the reunification of Italy, Canadian Stage Company present Spotlight on Italy.This two-week festival features productions by innovative Italian companies and an abundance of artistic events, classes and experiences that honour modern Italian culture and art.
Everyday: Internationally acclaimed Italian artist Bruno Billio uses light to transform the Canadian Stage Company's Berkeley location for Spotlight on Italy. At once an installation artist, a sculptor, and a designer, Billio's centrepiece will be an 18' tall Black and Yellow Tower.
Canadian Stage Company was founded in 1987, and is one of Canada’s leading not-for-profit contemporary theatre companies. Led by Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn, CanStage produces and showcases innovative theatre work from Canada and around the world, allowing its audience to encounter daring work guided by a strong directorial vision and a 21st Century aesthetic. The company reinforces the presence of Canadian art and artists within an international context through work that mirrors the cultural diversity of Toronto.
For more information or to purchase tickets, refer to www.canadianstage.com/italy
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