Jay Dart Show

Yesteryears

Jay Dart solo exhibit

April 25 - May 4 • Fountain Gallery

Yesteryears, yesteryears... I’ll tell ye about yesteryears. But it’ll fill yer face with tears and put fears in yer ears. I should know, been here for years. It’s the loneliest place y’ever seen, like nowheres y’ever been. It wasn’t proper and it sure wasn’t clean. Yesteryears was fugged up and mean. Yesteryears, yesteryears, yesteryears – it’s all so clear. S o grab yer guns and head for the hills. Come join me in the North. But be prepared for what yer gonna find: forests filled with wildlifes, ghosts buried in the snows, lonely souls everywheres. I had my home attempt-exploded! I seen my foremothers died! I’m the last one. I’m the last of my kind!! – Barry the Mannalo

The Yesteryears album is a prologue to an ongoing project and features portraits of characters from a folktale about forefathers and foremothers; pioneers from history; and folkloric events. These faces are from different parts and elsewhere places. They are graphite drawings enhanced by computer technology. In conclusion, they represent the past times and the futures.

Jay Dart is a drawerist from Toronto. For years he drawed fictional hockey players, floor plans for imaginary mansions and estates, and planets that probably don’t exist. After graduating from the visual arts program at the University of Guelph, the Dart freelance illustrated and graphic designed for the agriculture and entertainment sectors. He has also been involved with the producing of the RESFEST Digital Film Festival and the programming of short films for the Toronto International Film Festival. Yesteryears is Dart’s first solo exhibition of drawing work.

Opening reception: Friday, April 25th, 7-10pm