Artist Information:
Bruce Eves
toronto,
Canada
Member Since: Mar 2002
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Artist Statement:
BRUCE EVES ARTIST STATEMENT
Working against the backdrop
of a global art practice that
is all too often a
self-contained tautology, my
body of work has often been
described (and dismissed) as
merely "political". But it is
not political in the
traditional sense. From the
earliest point in my career I
have delved into the question
of the "gay sensibility". As
an amalgam of Aubrey Beardsley
and Johnny Rotten, I have been
influenced by the theoretical
issues raised by performance
and conceptual art, but rather
than take the standard trip
down memory lane into the
suck-and-fuck paradigm, I've
positioning myself as an
ironic spectator.
Cherry-picking at will from
mutually exclusive sources -
the morning headlines, the
official record of 20th
century art, the signs and
signifiers of the gay male
underground – has allowed me
to explore the spaces between
these charged relationships.
While it is old news that the
male body continues to be a
provocation, ironically, a
critique of masculinity has
gone largely unexplored. ¶
Therein lies the challenge:
The proposition explored in
much of my work is that it
should be possible to be
simultaneously hot and sweaty
and critical and detached. It
is desirable -- ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
BRUCE EVES
506 Dovercourt Road, Toronto
Ontario Canada M6H2W4.
(t)416-532-5973
(e)evesham@sympatico.ca
http://www3.sympatico.ca/evesha
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http://bruceeves.ning.com
GALLERY REPRESENTATION Galerie
La Petite Mort (Ottawa).
Leslie/Lohman Gay Art
Foundation (New York).
ON-LINE REPRESENTATION
Londonart.co.uk (London, UK).
ArtLexis (New...
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Bruce Eves's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Bruce Eves's Portfolio.
BRUCE EVES ARTIST STATEMENT
Working against the backdrop of a global art practice that is all too often a self-contained tautology, my body of work has often been described (and dismissed) as merely "political". But it is not political in the traditional sense. From the earliest point in my career I have delved into the question of the "gay sensibility". As an amalgam of Aubrey Beardsley and Johnny Rotten, I have been influenced by the theoretical issues raised by performance and conceptual art, but rather than take the standard trip down memory lane into the suck-and-fuck paradigm, I've positioning myself as an ironic spectator. Cherry-picking at will from mutually exclusive sources - the morning headlines, the official record of 20th century art, the signs and signifiers of the gay male underground – has allowed me to explore the spaces between these charged relationships. While it is old news that the male body continues to be a provocation, ironically, a critique of masculinity has gone largely unexplored. ¶ Therein lies the challenge: The proposition explored in much of my work is that it should be possible to be simultaneously hot and sweaty and critical and detached. It is desirable -- ... |
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