WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES
Ron Terada
Upcoming Exhibition
Jun 23 – Sep 04 2023
Ron Terada, TL; DR 4, 2019–20. 52 acrylic-on-canvas paintings, 305 x 1,585 cm. Courtesy Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography.
- PRESENTING DONOR
Eleanor and Francis Shen
- MAJOR DONORS
Jay Smith and Laura Rapp
Elisa Nuyten- SUPPORTING DONORS
Philip Lind and Ellen Roland
Robin and Malcolm Anthony
Shabin and Nadir Mohamed
- GUEST CURATOR
Kitty Scott
Vancouver-based artist Ron Terada will present his first major solo exhibition in Toronto since 2018, including his monumental painting series TL; DR, 2017–22, and a newly commissioned sign sculpture in the Fleck Clerestory that also lends its title to the exhibition.
TL; DR is a series of paintings featuring headlines generated from The Verge, an online tech-news source, and recasting them in the distinct font used by The New York Times. TL; DR is internet slang for “too long; didn’t read,” and Terada’s wry works speak to our shared sense of frustration when faced with the overwhelming experience of today’s often catastrophic news. The exhibition features the latest body of work in the TL; DR series: an epic cycle of 325 paintings that tells a story of 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
About the Artist
Ron Terada
Ron Terada (b. 1969, Vancouver; lives/works: Vancouver) has developed a wide-ranging conceptual art practice over more than two decades, which includes painting, photography, video, and music, as well as publications, posters, billboards, and signage. Terada is a graduate of the Emily Carr College of Art and Design.