FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2022
Barbara Cole Returns to the Human Figure in Her New Underwater Series BEAT Exhibiting at Bau-Xi Gallery
Toronto, ON – Fine art photographer Barbara Cole exhibits a new series of her signature underwater figurative photography, BEAT, at Bau-Xi Gallery, July 9, 2022 – July 23, 2022.
BEAT brings together an ensemble of figures who elicit ethereal conversations about the movement of bodies and water. Guided by the weightlessness of Cole’s signature underwater photography, each figure, donned in white, independently investigates what it means to move in what is both an insulated and changeable space. These figures speak to the extreme experiences of isolation these past few years and the body’s recovery underwater, where movement and time are slowed down to reveal their essential beauty. BEAT is a manifestation of the body celebrating itself as it moves back freely into the world.
This marks the first time Cole has returned to photographing the human figure underwater since the COVID-19 pandemic began. BEAT expands upon Cole’s treatment of water as a medium of transformation with newfound immediacy, uplifting our desires for reconnection, freedom, and lightness of being.
Exhibition Details
BEAT
July 9, 2022 – July 23, 2022
Bau-Xi Gallery
350 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON
M5T 1G5
416-977-0400
For direct inquiries to the gallery, please contact: photo@bau-xi.com
About Barbara Cole
Barbara Cole is a fine art photographer working in several photographic mediums, including underwater photography and modernized wet collodion. She was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1953. Her work is noted for its ethereal imagery depicting figures in various states of weightlessness, transformation, and self-actualization. As an innovator in her field, Cole’s use of traditional and inventive techniques are part of her ongoing search for timelessness. She has held numerous exhibitions across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Her work has also been extensively commissioned internationally for corporate collections. She has exhibited in the Canadian Embassy in both Tokyo and Washington D.C. The acclaimed documentary series Snapshot: The Art of Photography II, features an episode devoted exclusively to Cole’s photographic practice. She is currently working on an upcoming book from teNeues.
Website: www.barbaracole.com
Instagram: @barbaracoleart
About Bau-Xi Gallery
Bau-Xi Gallery was founded in Vancouver in 1965 to showcase the many Canadian artists in need of gallery representation on the West Coast. Today, the Bau-Xi group of galleries represents emerging and established visual artists across a variety of media and genres, remaining committed to the promotion and presentation of exceptional contemporary art. Bau-Xi Gallery has flagship locations in Toronto and Vancouver. Bau-Xi Gallery acquired Foster/White Gallery (Seattle) in 2001, most recently acquiring Canada House Gallery (Banff) in 2018.
Website: www.bau-xi.com
Instagram: @bauxigallery
