Grand Opening April 7th. 6 - 9 pm.
...
Meet the Artists - First Thursdays Art Walk

Open Bar
Everyone is invited
Free Admission
Must be on the Guest List.

LCBO requires a guest list.
So please add yourself and friends to the event. (This Facebook Events Page)

Live uncut Music by: Julie Element, Jonathan Crow

Exhibition Dates: April 7th - 30th. 2011.

Since the internet porn has become abundant. Porn effects how we communicate, the dynamics of our relationships, and how we interact as partners. This exhibition will explore the impact porn has had on our lives.

Featured Sculptor (April - May): James Fletcher.

Participating Artists: Lily Butter, Christopher Lea Dunning, Michelle Gates (painting from the United Kingdom), Mathieu Laca, Michèle LeCourtois. Shannon Lee, Patrick John Mills, Luc Pigeault, Zaneta Pernicova, Dawn Sandey, Komi Seshie, Locrin Stewart, Bruce Stewart, Roy Whiddon, Lorena Ziraldo.

James Fletcher will be demonstrating carving April 7 , 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 2011.

Patrick John Mills Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
286 Hinchey Ave. Ottawa Ontario. K1Y 1M2
613 729 0406

Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday. 12 - 5 pm.

PORN IS NOT ART

April 7th - 30th. 2011.

Meet the Artists: April 7th. 6 - 9 pm. (First Thursdays Art Walk)

Live uncut Music by:: Julie Element, Jonathan Crow

Since the internet porn has become abundant. Porn effects how we communicate, the dynamics of our relationships, and how we interact as partners. This exhibition will explore the impact porn has had on our lives.

Featured Sculptor (April - May): James Fletcher.

Participating Artists: Lily Butter, Christopher Lea Dunning, Michelle Gates (painting from the United Kingdom), Mathieu Laca, Michèle LeCourtois. Shannon Lee, Patrick John Mills, Luc Pigeault, Zaneta Pernicova, Dawn Sandey, Komi Seshie, Locrin Stewart, Bruce Stewart, Roy Whiddon, Lorena Ziraldo.

James Fletcher will be demonstrating carving April 7 , 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 2011.

I hope this arbitrary facebook message finds you well; hearth, home, art, love, all that. Hope it's all good. :)
Of course, thanks to your magnificent postering, it is impossible for me to not know about your myriad of shows, and it's always good to see what you are doing for the city and probably the world. Because we need art, and studios that will actively work to promote it. So thank-you for your efforts.
And possibly, you may have noticed, I haven't been to any shows. I do apologize and cry a combination of winter, destitution, and varying neuroses. But I am definitely an ardent follower and with the coming of spring I'm hoping to come out of my shell a little.
All of which brings me around to the newest poster, which I saw on my way to work the other day.
"Porn is not Art" is an evocative title and an intriguing notion for an art show. But I'm fairly certain I disagree with the premise. After all, this year I recorded an album, Pornoetry, which claimed the exact opposite. Or, more properly, claimed that it could be art, and that it should be art. Or should aspire to be.
It is no accident I think, that whenever a new medium emerges - be it photo, video, telephone, Internet, printing press, etc - someone somewhere finds a pornographic application. For whatever reasons it seems to fulfill some sort of human need.
At the same time there is a substantial dark side to it all; corruption, abuse, dangers of false intimacy. Which is why even if I disagree somewhat, I'm glad your show is going up. The chance to talk about something normally taboo should be be embraced. It's what great art is all about.
I wonder, might there be an evening where I can play a few songs on my guitar? I miss playing your space, and, as you can see, I have something to say on the topic. And an album to promote that fits your theme like a glove on the wrong hand. Let me know, but either way, it's good to know your sanctuary holds, and that art lives on in the world. You're an inspiration.

Jeremy

Dear Jeremy

Thank you for your email. I had two posters made. One says "PORN IS NOT ART", and another poster that says,"PORN IS ART". The reason for the show is simple. To make people think about the image PORN has had of our culture.

In the early 90's Madonna pushed boundaries with her Erotica book. But 20 plus years later. The word Erotic, Naked, Sex... these are all tame. With over 90% of males watching porn. And with young adults have parents that work most of the time and who are left alone... When they turn on the computer.... PORN is everywhere on the Internet. Children are learning about sex in a very graphic manner. Porn effects how we communicate, the dynamics of our relationships, and how we interact as partners. This exhibition will explore the impact porn has had on our lives.

Look forward to you playing live uncut songs in the gallery at the grand opening of PORN IS NOT ART.

Thank you for your kind words.

Patrick