GABRIEL BARIBEAU – Bystander

A scene is unfolding. One which is discomforting. One which is confusing. it is very much in motion, and stopping it feels impossible. Are we spectators? Or are we actors, participating through our gaze? No one seems to be choosing. Agency is ruined, and everyone has become the Bystander.

Artist BIO

Gabriel Baribeau is a Hamilton based artist. His practice focuses on sculpture, and oil painting. His work emphasizes painting’s capacity for contemporary visual poetry and storytelling. He works with themes of environmental precarity, the consumer as a global role, and art as a proponent of social change and community building.

Gabriel Baribeau - Cleopatra - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - The Gifted Horse - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - The Challenger Explodes with Doves - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - Stopped Suddenly - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baibaeu, installation view of BYSTANDER 06 — Gabriel Baibaeu, installation view of BYSTANDER

Gabriel Baribeau - Tour of the Jungle - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baibaeu, installation view of BYSTANDER 05 — Gabriel Baibaeu, installation view of BYSTANDER

Gabriel Baribeau - Instruments and devices deep down in a hole - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - Fall Games - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - A Cluttered Floor - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - Blurry Citizen - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - dirty water and flies - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - Dressing the Bird and the Ballet Video - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - Grilled Corn at Night - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - The Spill - Oil on Canvas

Gabriel Baribeau - The Transition - Oil on Canvas

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