Juan Ortiz-apuy: American Tourister
Solo exhibition at Whippersnapper Gallery
Curated by Joshua Barndt and Adrian DiLena
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 16. 7-9 PM
Public Exhibition: February 16 - March 17




In American Tourister, artist Juan Ortiz-Apuy has modified an original set of the iconic American Tourister travel suitcase to mechanically inflate and deflate as passersby traverse the sidewalk in front of the Whippersnapper Gallery. A short text written by the curators accompanying the exhibition can be found on the links below:

Link to gallery's website
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The installation The Freedom Fighter Manual is being written about in this upcoming book by Marc James Léger titled The Brave New Avant Garde: Essays on Contemporary Art and Politics
Published by Zero Books and scheduled to be released Feb. 16 2012

Link to book on Amazon

Documentation of the exhibition Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Disruptions
The exhibition took place at the MacLaren Art Centre, a public gallery in Barrie Ontario.

Off the Hook (Silent Auction)
Maclaren Arts Centre, Barrie Ontario
With more than 150 works of art by over 100 artists, this year’s auction will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7:00 pm. A public preview takes place in all three upper-level MacLaren galleries from November 5 through 11.
For more information or to reserve tickets, please contact Sheila Delaney at 705-720-1044 ext. 226 or sheila@maclarenart.com

Link to gallery's website
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Winner of the 3rd Annual HRM Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program.
Mayor Peter Kelly and Halifax Regional Council are pleased to announce Juan Ortiz-apuy as the winner of the 3rd Annual HRM Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program for his work entitled Species of Spaces (Sentence).

The purchased work can be viewed at Halifax City Hall during Nocturne: Art at Night, Saturday, October 15, from 6 p.m.- midnight. All the shortlisted works can also be viewed online at:
http://www.halifax.ca/culture/publicart/contemporaryartaward.html

Link to media release

2011 Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program
Exhibition of shortlisted artists at Halifax Hall, Halifax City Hall
Opening reception: Wednesday, September 7, 2011. 5-7 PM
Public exhibition: September 1 - October 15, 2011
Final selection will be announced Friday, October 14

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Juan Ortiz-apuy: Disruptions
Solo exhibition at the Maclaren Arts Centre
Curated by Ben Portis
Opening reception: Thursday, September 15, 2011. 7-9 PM
Public exhibition: September 15 - October 30, 2011
Artist talk: Thursday, September 15. 10:30 AM at Georgian College Campus Gallery
http://maclarenart.com/exhibitions/disruptions

The exhibition features sixteen recent language and library works in a range of media, including bronze sculpture, wood cabinetry, drawing, photography and video.The exhibition is accompanied by an artist-designed publication with an essay by the curator. Disruptions is one of the cornerstone exhibitions for Carnegie Days 2011, MacLaren's annual festival of art and language during which it celebrates its building’s origin as a 1917 Carnegie public library.

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