THIEF OF MIRRORS

2013

Happy New Year everyone! I'm in the process of updating my website, so a new site is around the corner, and with it, a renewed sense of responsibility and diligence. I haven't been updated in years so it kind of feels like I have a second apartment that I never use, never clean, and forget is open to the public. Apologies to people who check my site hoping to learn what I'm up to. I have a series of exhibitions/performances coming up in British Columbia this month. I will be installing at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria soon. The show is a group show called Traces, featuring my work alongside the wonderful Ed Pien and Alison Norlen. The opening is January 18th. Details here. I will then begin a series of performances in Victoria at Intrepid Theatre's Winter Lab. Details here. I will then proceed to the PUSH festival where I will be performing for the third year in a row. I will be presenting Winnipeg Babysitter on January 26th. Details here.

DANIEL AT NUIT BLANCHE

I'll be presenting a new performance in the 8 facade windows of the Drake Hotel (Toronto) tonight. I've employed 8 performance assistants for this. It's a pretty ambitious and totally insane 25 minute narrative titled, "Staring into Broken Light Bulbs". Simultaneously, the public opening of the Winnipeg Now exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery will take place. This is also a Nuit Blanche event. Both events will run all night, or until I completely dissolve into a puddle of fatigue. Toronto details here. And Winnipeg details here.

SEPTEMBER

I performed last week at International House in Philadelphia. This has become a kind of annual gig and I really love it. Special thanks again to Herbie, Robert, Jesse and Jesse for bringing me back again. This Saturday, September the 22 I will be presenting WINNIPEG BABYSITTER at Plug In ICA in Winnipeg. This is presented in conjunction with MY WINNIPEG PROJECT. Details here. Then at the WAG, a few nights later, I will present my latest "registered projection", The Thief of Mirrors, along with a new series of pastel drawings. Details here. On the same night (September 29), I will present my brand new performance, "Staring into Broken Light Bulbs", in Toronto. This is a 30-minute, 9-channel projection piece on the facade of the Drake hotel. It's my homage to Hitchcock's Rear Window. Details here.

DANIEL AT MASS MOCA

I'll be presenting a new installation in the "Oh Canada" exhibition" at MASS MOCA this weekend. Come to the opening if you can. The train ride from Montreal is 8 hours, but beautiful (and cheap!) I'll be performing my new piece, "The Thief of Mirrors" but that has yet to be scheduled. The show is up for almost a year.Details here.

BAIE ST PAUL RESIDENCE, AUGUST 2011

I will be participating in the Symposium International D'art Contemporain de Baie St Paul this month. Details here.

DANIEL IN FRIEZE MAGAZINE, APRIL 2011

There's a nice review of my solo exhibition at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects in the latest issue of Frieze by Rose Bouthillier.

DOCUMENTATION OF MONTREAL INSTALLATION

I have posted documentation of the installation of 2 registered projections, titled Learning to Breathe Underwater and House on Fire, at the Musée d’Art Contemporain’s Sobey 2010 exhibition. "Learning to Breathe Underwater" is a composited, and projected image of a prince having sex with a mermaid on a canopy bed. It is made using 3 video projections and 5 overhead projections. The drapery of the canopy bed is projected through dishes of water animated by fans. The viewer uses an aluminum “slipping slide” fastened to an overhead projector to activate the act of intercourse between the prince and mermaid.

"House on Fire" uses 3 overhead projectors to create the image of a large box of Kleenex tissue. A large mechanized pinwheel suspended over one of the projectors provides a never-ending billow of tissue rising from the box. There are 10 cardboard-mounted slides piled next to another projector. Each features a 2-frame, “lenticular” animation of a pattern, which is animated only when the viewer drags it across the surface of the projector. See it here.

DANIEL PERFORMS AT THE MUSEE D'RT CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTREAL

I will be presenting EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY again this Wednesday, March 16th, 7:00 PM at the MACM, one last time. This event is co-sponsored by the MACM and SBC gallery. Details here. It's also the last week to see my solo exhibition GOOD GETS BETTER at SBC.

DANIEL IN LONDON, MADRID and BOLOGNA

I will be touring through Europe in early March. Please notify your respective European family and friends:

March 4th in Madrid at LA CASA ENCENDIDA - Details.
March 5th in Bologna at INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL BILBOLBUL - Details.
March 10th in London presented by BRANCHAGE PROJECTS - Details.

BOOK LAUNCH AT DRAWN & QUARTERLY - THURS. FEB 24TH

My book NO ONE HELPED ME will have its official Montreal launch at Drawn & Quarterly this Thursday, 7PM. Details here.

SOLO EXHIBITION AT SBC GALERIE, MONTREAL

My Montreal exhibition of drawings GOOD GETS BETTER runs du 12 février au 19 mars 2011. The Musée d'Art Contemporain and SBC will co-present an encore presentation of EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY on March 16. Details here

SOLO EXHIBITION AT JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS

My Toronto exhibition of drawings GOOD GETS BETTER runs November 20, 2010 — December 23, 2010 at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects.

GUESS WHAT!!!

I won the Sobey Art Award last Thursday!

Since then I have received so may warm congratulations and sweet, supportive messages, and I really do feel incredibly lucky and thankful. I especially wanted to acknowledge and thank:

the Sobey family

the 2010 Sobey Curatorial Panel: Grant Arnold, Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery; Jen Budney, Associate Curator, Mendel Art Gallery; Philip Monk, Director, Art Gallery of York University; Lesley Johnstone, Curator, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; David Diviney, Curator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

the 5 other, incredibly talented, shortlisted artists:
Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby
Brendan Fernandez
Brendan Tang
Patrick Bernatchez

my musical collaborators:
Greg Goldberg
Linton

my art dealer:
Jessica Bradley

my technical collaborator:
Terence Cooke

the greatest friends in the world:
Karen Azoulay
Peggy Messing

the cities of Winnipeg and Montreal, and all of Canada's artist-run centres.

Deep Thanks! xo

Read the details in the Globe and Mail.

DANIEL AT JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS, TORONTO

Jessica Bradley Art + Projects is pleased to announce Daniel Barrow's solo exhibition, "Good Gets Better", opening on November 20, 2010. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 20 from 3 to 6 pm, with the artist in attendance. The exhibition runs through to December 23.

DANIEL PERFORMS AT THE MUSEE D'RT CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTREAL

I will be performing EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY at the MACM on November 17th at 7:30 PM. One night only. Limited seating!

Rencontre avec artistes et performance

Une rencontre avec les artistes Brendan Lee Satish Tang, Brendan Fernandes, Patrick Bernatchez ainsi que Emily Vey Duke et Cooper Battersby aura lieu le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 17 h, animée par Sarah Fillmore, commissaire de l'exposition. La rencontre se déroulera dans les salles mêmes de l'exposition et se feront en anglais sauf celle de Bernatchez qui sera en français. Suivra à 19 h 30 une performance d'environ une heure de l'artiste Daniel Barrow dans la salle BWR. L'entrée à ces deux activités est gratuite.

DANIEL AT THE BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

I will be performing next weekend (October 23rd) at the British Film Institute's London Film Festival. Tell your UK based family and friends. Details here.

DANIEL AT THE MUSÉE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN

I will be exhibiting 2 projection installations at the Musée d’art contemporain in the PRIX ARTISTIQUE SOBEY 2010 exhibition. The opening is happening on October 8th. Details here. I will be performing later the same night at the DARE-DARE fundraiser. I will also be performing EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY at the Musée d’art contemporain on Wednesday, November 17th - also in conjunction with the SOBEY exhibition.

DANIEL AT FOXY PRODUCTION, CHELSEA, NYC

I will be participating in FOXY PRODUCTION's summer group show PENCIL. The opening is happening this Thursday, July 1st. Details here.

SOBEY SHORT LIST

I am once again short listed for the Sobey Art Award. :-)