PFOAC - Dil Hildebrand at YYZ 2011

The Plot Thickens (1)
2011
oil on canvas
25.5 x 30.5 cm
(10" x 12")

Presenting... Yellow Stripe
2011
oil on canvas
25.5 x 30.5 cm
(10" x 12")

The Plot Thickens (3)
2011
oil on canvas
25.5 x 30.5 cm
(10" x 12")

Mapping
2011
oil on canvas
26 x 31 cm
(11" x 12")

Cranking
2011
oil on canvas
30.5 x 25.5 cm
(12" x 10")

Scope
2011
oil on canvas
30.5 x 25.5 cm
(12" x 10")

Dots Where I Like
(Not Where They Should Be)
2011
oil on canvas
30.5 x 25.5 cm
(12" x 10")

Masking
2011
oil on canvas
25.5 x 30.5 cm
(10" x 12")

For this, his first solo exhibition in Toronto, Dil Hildebrand presents a new body of work. Back to the Drawing Board represents a focal shift away from the photographic and toward a diagrammatic approach to the image; an incarnation that abandons the image altogether. A major essay on this new body of work written by Mary Reid will be available at YYZ.
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Dil Hildebrand was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and obtained his MFA at Concordia University, Montreal in 2008. In 2006 he won the RBC Canadian Painting Competition and has since participated in many exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States and abroad. Upcoming exhibitions include group shows at OBORO, Montreal (curated by David Elliott) and Espace Virtuel, Chicoutimi. In 2010, Hildebrand participated in the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale 2010 in Beijing, China, and produced Long Drop: The Paintings of Dil Hildebrand, a monograph by Anteism Press. With critical texts by Louise Déry, Richard Rhodes and Christine Redfern, Long Drop surveys a selection of Hildebrand's paintings on canvas and paper from 2006 to 2009. His work has been collected by major museums throughout Canada, including the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the National Gallery of Canada.

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Dribble
2011
oil on canvas
183 x 213 cm (72" x 83")

Parabola
2011
oil on canvas
114 x 109 cm (45" x 43")

Climbing
2011
oil on canvas
91.5 x 61 cm (36" x 24")


Cascading 2011 oil on canvas 28.5 x 21 cm (11" x 8")		PhaseTwo 2011 oil on canvas 25.5 x 21 cm (10" x 8")		Lighting 2011 oil on canvas 25.5 x 21 cm (10" x 8")