TORONTO, November 21, 2003 -- The Art Gallery of York University has announced the inaugural exhibition by newly appointed Director/Curator Philip Monk, which runs from December 3 through February 1.
"What It Feels Like For A Girl," inspired by the controversial Madonna music video of the same title, features five prominent Toronto women artists, musicians and performers who have been given a free rein to create new works ranging from performance to painting and printmaking to video.
The five artists – video artist Karma Clarke-Davis, performance artist Louise Lilliefeldt, rock star Peaches, painter Fiona Smyth and printmaker Julie Voyce – will all contribute to the AGYU exhibit as well as a concurrent show at Queen Street West gallery, Zsa Zsa, December 6 to 14.
The AGYU exhibit kicks off with a bus tour led by Toronto writer and performer Mariko Tamaki who will take passengers on an instructional and entertaining journey into all things "girlie". The bus departs the Art Gallery of Ontario (Dundas Street at McCall) for York’s Keele Campus at 6 p.m. returning at 8:30 p.m. The reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the gallery, located in Suite N145 of the Ross Building, 4700 Keele St.
Public programs for "What It Feels Like For A Girl" include a discussion panel – Gender Fictions/Realties: Feminist Readings of What It Feels Like For A Girl - as well as screenings, music performances, poetry readings and exhibited works.
The Art Gallery of York University is a university-affiliated public non-profit contemporary gallery supported by York University, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.
The AGYU is open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays until 8 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Detailed information on the exhibition is available at www.yorku.ca/agyu.
Artwork by Julie Voyce. Top left: Casper. Bottom right: Striking Oil.
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For further information, please contact:
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