November 3 – November 27, 2011
Opening: Thursday, November 3, 6 - 9 pm.
Opening: Thursday, November 3, 6 - 9 pm.
De Luca Fine Art | Gallery
217 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON, M5R 2J3
T: 416-537-4699
E-mail: contact@delucafineart.com
www.delucafineart.com.
217 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON, M5R 2J3
T: 416-537-4699
E-mail: contact@delucafineart.com
www.delucafineart.com.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5pm
The The Lure emerges from olfactory
investigations borrowing from fact and fiction. Inspired by the mirage
of aromas from perfume salons that attempt to seduce passers-by, Janet
Bellotto entertains the gallery with an installation of illuminating and
fragrant objects and scintillating video. At a time when illnesses
travel instantaneously around the globe, scent emerges and vanishes like
a mirage, and yet resonate memories and emotions. The objects in
Bellotto’s work acts in the tradition of aromatherapy while entertaining
how certain smells can conjure up memories of place. The Lure attempts
to tap into the history of per fumum (Latin) – which translates as
“through the smoke”, where aromatic smells have been used for medicinal
and cosmetic purposes.
Janet Bellotto is an artist from Toronto, who splits her time teaching in Dubai at Zayed University. She graduated from the Sculpture/Installation program from the Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, and received an MFA in Sculpture/Studio Arts from Concordia University. Her practice encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, video and performance. She continues to write and curate, while exhibiting both locally and internationally.
Recent exhibitions include: 2011 Untitled Original, CDA Projects, Istanbul Contemporary Crosscurrents: Portraits and Electronic Arts, Streaming Museum in Dubai (www.streamingmuseum.org); A Cozy Lie, Redhead Gallery, Toronto; 2010 – 12th Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt; Drowning Ophelia, Stratford Gallery, Stratford; 2009 – Point of Encounter, Tashkeel, Dubai; 2008 – In-Situ, The JamJar, Dubai; WAVE, The LAB, New York City; 2007 – Dehisce, kkprojects, New Orleans, USA.
De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, established in 2004, is now located at 217 Avenue Road. The gallery represents and introduces Italian and International Artists to Canadian audiences. In collaboration with select Italian Galleries, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery introduces established and emerging Canadian Artists to Europe.
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