Artist's Statement
Replace the flash of the paparazzi camera with the soulful search of a paintbrush and voila - Carole Freeman's show of celebrity portraits, If the Paparazzi Could Paint, showcasing the Toronto International Film Festival. Freeman's powerful imagery transports portraiture into a contemporary context; the subject matter being not just famous faces and objets de film, but the character of paint itself.  

A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, England, Freeman's show of dynamic yet sublime painterly works on paper, mylar, and panel include larger-than-life and close-up portraits of iconic directors and actors. With a nod to Warhol, Lucien Freud, and Elizabeth Peyton, this exhibition of celebrity is a natural link in a long chain of figurative artwork and the perfect vehicle for Freeman's masterful control of her medium.

Freeman’s curiosity for people, and insight into character, combined with a love of film and narrative made the subject matter and timing of her first solo exhibition click. If the Paparazzi Could Paint is not only a celebration of the celebrity and fame present every year at the Toronto International Film Festival, but the celebration of a passionate artist driven to overcome obstacles to enter the arena of the international art world. In these richly painted images illuminating those venerated by our fame-obsessed society, Freeman has created a stellar addition to that annual September Toronto party called TIFF.

Work also exhibited at:

Hyatt Regency Hotel                  Canadian Film Centre
TIFF Official Headquarters             Annual TIFF Barbeque
370 King Street West                      22489 Bayview Avenue
September 9 – 19, 2010                  Sept 12, 2010
                                                         Art services donation to silent auction.

Price Range
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