Friday, January 06, 2012

Listening to the Music


Listening to the Music
Art Exhibition by
John Cadiz

"Lively and anarchic, Cadiz's paintings replicate dreamscapes where the real and the unlikely slide together as easily, and tastily, as warm butter and hot milk."  
- R.M.Vaughan, The Globe and Mail

Feb 16 to Feb 26
Opening Night
Thursday February 16
7p.m.

Ideasincorporated Gallery
1081 Bathurst St.


416-854-5687  johnmcadiz@gmail.com 
Listening to the music 23 x 24
1992
I regularly returned to Trinidad for carnival and developed a reputation for keeping to myself.  When I did this painting I was dealing with some residual stuff that crept into the work.

One false move 24 x 30
2009
From a dream in which I was sleeping  in our bed with Monica and the kids.  It felt really cozy until I realized that there was something else in the bed.  A large serpent  had quietly entwined itself around us and if I moved something bad would happen.

Arima morning mist 24 x 35
2011
One morning I went out to see the sunrise.  There was a thin mist hugging the ground, which for a tropical island is very unusual.  I’m starting to move away from paintings of our house in Trinidad so placed the viewer outside the fence.

The Question 15 x 19
2011
$750
This one is based on a nightmare. I was driving along a country road in the dark.  There were bloodied bodies lying on the road ahead.  Military types flagged down the car and motioned to an old crone to come forward.  I knew she was going to ask me a question and if I didn’t answer it correctly I’d be killed like the others.  I’ve used Trinidad carnival imagery for the person stopping the car.


Apparition at Awenda 24 x 16
2010
$850
Camping at Awenda is always fun.  But there’s a period around dusk when the ordinary, in this case a person walking with a flashlight, can take on a different meaning. This, to me, is how religious myths come in to being.

The last Resort 24 x 33
2011
The annual holiday at a tropical resort  courtesy  Monica’s parents.  When I’m there I don’t exercise, eat badly and drink too much. Then I have a morbid fantasy that I’m going to die while drinking a mohito.  It’s always the last resort.


Las Lap
1988
$1500

After the shift 12 X 18  2006

The Return of St. Peter  13X 18 1987

Do you believe in magic? 24 X 28 2006

Stoned in Trinidad 16 X 20 1995
Bush Fires 1990

Jab Jab

Jour Ouvert

Wallflowers 1987
$1250






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