Jason Baerg

The Plain Truth

September 1-14

The Plain Truth:

The RYBW Series In his most recent body of work, Jason Baerg has produced a series of oil paintings that reflect past, present and future iterations of our positioning in physical, physiological and virtual space.

The compositions were created as part of an online commission for Urban Shaman's on-line initiative, stormspirits.ca for the Virtual Museum of Canada. http://www.stormspirits.ca/plaintruth This project concurrently draws inspiration from the themes from the Metroscope, an interactive documentary in development with APTN, the NFB and SUNTV.

Created in the Unreal Game Engine in 3D, technically implemented by Project White Card, The Plain Truth was inspired from an airplane passenger's window view of the Great Plains of North America by Jason Baerg. The Plain Truth: RYBW series was designed by the Artist to encourage a sense of engagement, reflection and empowered visioning. The compositions include four colours: Red, Yellow, Black and White. Realized as paintings for a solo exhibition in Montréal in November 2007 at Galerie Sandra Goldie. The work was presented in Winnipeg at the Urban Shaman Gallery in the Marvin Francis Memorial Media Gallery from January18 to March 1, 2008 and is proud to open September 12, 2008 at the Paul Petro Gallery in Toronto.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:

Jason Baerg, Thankful Métis: 2008 carves an exciting passage for success as the Northern Lights; a 3D simulation of the Aurora Borealis is being co-produced by the Banff New Media Institute. Ten mobisode scripts have been created for APTN and we are gearing up for this project to be a major success. As a Visual Artist, Baerg has presented at such institutions as the Walter Philips Gallery, the Canadian Indian Art Centre in Ottawa/Hull, and The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. He has sat on numerous national art juries, for such governing bodies as Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canada Council of the Arts. Jason has won numerous awards through such facilitators as the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. For more details including contact information, please visit www.jasonbaerg.com