Leonardo Gallery presents:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brett Davis
Ancient Future
Serafino Catallo
Disambiguation
September 24 to October 22, 2009
Reception: Thursday, October 1, 7-9 pm
Artists' Talk: Saturday, October 3, 2 pm
Leonardo Gallery is pleased to announce exhibitions by two established gallery artists
Serafino Catallo entitled Disambiguation and Brett Davis entitled Ancient Future.
By breaking down and building up relationships between colour, line and form, Catallo’s
work celebrates painting for its inherent character and means of application. Inspired by
the colour field painters of the mid-century, he further investigates in abstract principles
by applying rather unorthodox techniques, such as staining and dripping, sanding, and
etching in textures. His compositions, thus formed from sharply compartmentalized and
asymmetrical shapes to diffused planes of opulent colours, emphasize his argument
according to which “art is a mode of reason; it is as scientific as it is emotional”.
Serafino Catallo has completed his BFA at York University, Toronto, specializing in
painting and colour theory. His works are a celebrated part of several international
private, public, and corporate collections including those of DeLoitte & Touche, AT&T,
Chrysler Corporation, and Delta Airlines. His first published series of prints were
released in the fall of 2000. Catallo has been represented by Leonardo Gallery since
2006.
Ancient Future chronicles Brett Davis’s overall sculptural practice. His framework, the
supremacy of the vertical, reveals its roots in the tradition of the Classical Western art
and architecture. Used only as an organizing principle in this exhibition, this convention
has been balanced out by the fact that it is presented in a contemporary format: a female
figure, fragmented, “abandoned in its state of creation projecting a state of
(in)completion”… With this concept, Davis hopes that his work “reinforces the feelings of
optimism and good faith in our present-day society that in an attempt to project into the
future reflects on the knowledge and ingenuity of ancient civilizations.”
Brett Davis was born in Toronto, Ontario. He has graduated with honours from
Toronto’s Central Technical School in 1981 majoring in sculpture, and is a member of
the Sculptures Society of Canada and The Royal British Society of Sculptures. Brett has
created custom and commission based cast bronze sculpture for more than 25 years,
which earned him an international reputation in Asia, England, USA and Canada. This is
his first exhibition in Leonardo Galleries.
Leonardo Galleries, located in the Yorkville district of Toronto, is devoted to the
promotion of contemporary art. The gallery represents artists from established and
emerging categories and has a significant collection of works of art in painting, printmedia, sculpture and photography, Leonardo Galleries also specializes in conservation
framing and expert art restoration.
As a member of the Yorkville Art Galleries Collective, Leonardo Galleries participates in
the free monthly Yorkville Art Gallery Walk, which is held the first Thursday of each
month and usually coincides with exhibition openings.
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Laurie Lockhart, Publicist
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Zoya Balija, Leonardo Galleries
Tel: 416-924-7296
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