Opening for Coming Out: A Mini Retrospective of the artwork by Leslie Coleman. Leslie methodically explores an expanding diversity of inventive imagery destined to situate his life experience as a gay man of colour living between Toronto and Belize.
artwork by Leslie Coleman
Curated by Sandy Mcleod
A mature Canadian-Belizean artist, Leslie Coleman lives between Toronto and Belize. Leslie has devoted decades to a pursuit of mastering the timeless classic oil painting methods and B&W photography darkroom technique. This art for music lovers charts his expanding repertoire, seeking out, a stroke at a time, new freedom to open up his vision, full of fresh focus for the road ahead. Leslie methodically explores an expanding diversity of inventive imagery destined to situate his life experience as a gay man of colour, while connecting us to his recent realities of dealing with survival and recovery from several life-threatening health challenges… an outsider artist, Leslie exhibits his independent art spirit, freed from conforming to the established models, out to defy our (and his own) expectations.
Co-presented by Colectivo Toronto
Free
2023/06/15 - 2023/06/30
Additional time info:
Opening Night Reception, Thursday, June 15, 6:30 – 9:00 PM Free reception at Bacan (an Argentinean and Venezuelan restaurant) . Come meet the artist Leslie Coleman and curator Sandy McLeod and Colectivo Toronto.
Bacan
369 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M9