Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Waiting for the Barbarians (The Realia Series)

Posted March 28, 2013 by artBahrain in Ongoing

galerie antoine ertaskiran
Montreal, Canada
Until 27 April 2013

Juan Ortiz-Apuy. Realia Series Lovers I, 2013, inkjet print, 27 x 39 (69 x 99 cm)

Inspired by J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name, Juan Ortiz-Apuy’s first solo exhibition at galerie antoine ertaskiran, entitled Waiting for the Barbarians (The Realia Series), presents a body of work that ranges from objects and interactive sculpture to design, photography and interventions. firmly anchored in art history, the series also functions as a study of Minimalism. Ortiz-Apuy approaches Minimalism in criticism but also in admiration, at times using it as a design language, at others as a setting on which to build a narrative or biographical content. These three main themes, a novel, globalization and a period in art history, are all played out simultaneously in the exhibition – sometimes exchanging and coming together, and sometimes breaking apart.

Juan Ortiz-Apuy was born in Costa Rica in 1980, and lives and works in Montreal. Ortiz-Apuy has a BFA from Concordia University, a post-graduate diploma from the Glasgow School of Art, and an MFA from NSCAD University. Recent solo exhibitions include the MacLaren Arts Centre, the Whippersnapper Gallery, and the Sporobole Art Center. Among other recognitions, he was the recipient of the Halifax Regional Municipality Contemporary Visual Art Award in 2011. His work has been reviewed and published in numerous magazines, newspapers and books, such as The Brave New Avant Garde by Marc James Léger, and articles in Le Devoir, the Montreal Mirror and the Barrie Advance. Upcoming solo exhibitions at A Space Gallery (Toronto), ARPRIM, Eastern Edge Gallery (St. John’s), and ARTSPACE.

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Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Waiting for the Barbarians (The Realia Series)

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