EXPLICIT FANTASTIC
October 9-November 30, 2008
KEEP SIX CONTEMPORARY
938 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Canada
Explicit Fantastic is a multidimensional exhibition, which will explore the issues of sex and sexuality in contemporary culture by introducing international and alternative perspectives. The exhibition will focus on the works of living contemporary artists from different cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations and feminist perspectives and who use sexuality and the body as means of expression through mediums such as painting, photography, film, sculpture, installation and performance.
Curator Rafi Ghanaghounian
Visual Artists: Bruce La Bruce
Shary Boyle
Kelsey Brookes
Richard Kern
CUM
Wil Munro
Dan Witz
TILT
Junko Mizuno
Rikki Kasso
Allyson Mitchell
Tomori Nagamoto
Thrush Holmes
Writers:
Tamai Kobayashi, Lisa Foad, Steve Venright, Greg Kearney, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Russell Smith, Kristyn Dunnion, Dwayne Morgan, Sean Dixon, Joey Comeau, Zoe Whittall, Tamara Faith Berger
Film/video:
Keith Cole & Michael Caines, Kelly McCray, Lisa Pereira, Deanna Bowen, Kirsten Johnson, Dayna McLeod, Scott McEwan & Michael Holmes, Pete Dako, FASTWURMS, Natalie Wood, Peter Kingstone, Jared Mitchell, Peter Kingstone, Dayna McLeod, Lisa Pereira & Bennett Jones-Phillips, Kelly McCray, Dawn Boyd
Panel: Kirsten Johnson, Kelly McCray, Scott McEwan, Natalie Wood.
Moderated by RM Vaughan, Jared Mitchell, Keith Cole, Deanna Bowen, Lisa Pereira. Anthony Easton.
