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such things I do just to make myself more attractive to you
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Los Angeles
January 10 - February 14, 2004
January 10 - February 14, 2004
Bruce LABRUCE
(b. Southampton, Ontario, CA)
Lives and works in Toronto
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2012
Obscenity, La Fresh Gallery, Madrid, ES
2011
Ulrike's Brain, Die Toten: Life Sciences and Pulp Fiction, Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE
Bruce LaBruce's Polaroid Rage: Survey 2000-2010, Wrong Weather Gallery, Porto, PT
2010
L.A. Zombie, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2009
Untitled Hardcore Zombie Project, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Blowback, Antigua Casa Haiku, Barcelona, ES
2008
Explicit Fantastic: Sex(y) in Contemporary Culture, Keep Six Contemporary, Toronto, CA
Otto, premiere at Museum of Modern Art, New York City, US
2007
Bruceploitation, Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2006
Survey of Polaroids, 2001-2006, 1313 Gallery, New York City, US
2005
Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
2003
Blame Canada, John Connelly Presents, New York City, US
2002
Photographs, Peres Projects, San Francisco, US
2001
Photographs, Bailey Fine Arts, Toronto, CA
2000
Bruce LaBruce, MC MAGMA, Milan, IT
Power Race – Bruce LaBruce, Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, CA
1999
Bruce LaBruce, Alleged Gallery, New York City, US
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011
Queering Sex, curated by Kathryn Garcia and Sarvia Jasso, Human Resources, China Fine Art Objects, Los Angeles, US
Transgression, Beers Lambert Contemporary, London, UK
Every Line & Every Other Line, PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Winnipeg, CA
2010
Cinema X: I Like to Watch, MOCCA, Toronto, CA
Auto-Kino, presented by Phil Collins, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, DE
Imperfect As They Are: Superheadz Digital Harinezumi Camera Show, The New Museum, New York City, US
2009
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Bruce LaBruce: Blowback, Antigua Casa Haiku, Barcelona, ES
Straight to Hell presents: In cock we trust, Exile, Berlin, DE
Explicit Fantastic: Sex(y) in Contemporary Culture, Keep Six Contemporary, Toronto, CA
2008
Pretty Ugly, curated by Alison Gingeras, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York City, US
Expenditure, Busan Biennale 2008, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, KR
Summer Video Program, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Like watching a train wreck, Groeflin Maag Galarie, Zurich, CH
2007
Blame Canada, two person show with Terence Koh, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Gravity's Rainbow, Peres Projects, Athens, GR
BODYPOLITICX, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
The Male Gaze, The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, US
Achtung FSK 18 – Vol 2, Galerie Tristesse in conjunction with the Porfilmestival Berlin, DE
2006
The Brotherhood, Neon Parc in conjunction with They Shoot Homos
Don't They, Melbourne Summer Festival, Australia; Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, AU
Mid-Life Crisis, Salander-O'Reilly, New York City, US
Self-Absorption and Theatricality in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, CA
Into Me / Out of Me, P.S. 1, New York, US; Kunst Werk Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE; MAC, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, IT
Mega Zines, Visionaire Gallery, New York City, US
2005
Regarding Terror: the RAF-Exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
2004
The Sound of the Crowd, Ritter/Zamet, London, UK
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, curated by Matthew Higgs, traveling show, California College of Arts Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts San Francisco, US; McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, US; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA; University Art Museum, California State University at Long Beach, US; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Alberta, CA
2003
Attack – The Kult 48 Klubhouse, K48 & Deitch Projects, New York City, US
Hovering, guest curated by Daniele Balice & Anne Du Boucheron, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras, New York City, US
My people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs, curated by Bob Nickas, TEAM Gallery, New York City, US
Selected Theatre Projects:
2011
Perriot Luniare, adapted and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU 1), Berlin, DE
2009
The Bad Breast, or, The Strange Case of Theda Lange, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU 2), Berlin, DE;
brut Theater, Vienna, AT
Macho Family Romance, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, CH
2008
CHEAP BLACKY; or, The Nine Stages of Death and Dying of the Bourgeois Family, Donau Festival, Krems, AT
2007
CHEAP BLACKY; or, The Nine Stages of Death and Dying of the Bourgeois Family, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 2), Berlin, DE
Selected Films:
2010
Gerontophilia, in development with Telefilm Canada
Von Gloeden, in development with Telefilm Canada and The Harold Greenberg Fund
LA Zombie, directed by Bruce LaBruce, produced by PPV Networks, Dark Ally Media, and Wurstfilm, DE, FR, US
2008
Otto; or Up with Dead People, written and directed by Bruce La Bruce, DE, CA
2007
Give Piece of Ass a Chance, directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
2004
The Raspberry Reich, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, produced by Juergen Bruenning Filmproduktion, DE
1999
Skin Flick/Skin Gang, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, DE
1996
Hustler White, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce and Rick Castro, UK
1994
Super 8 1/2, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, US
1993
No Skin Off My Ass, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
1992
Slam!, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
1987
Boy/Girl, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce and Candy Parker, CA
LABRUCE has been featured in the LA Times, Art in America, Dazed & Confused, Tema Celeste, Blend, Blackbook, Vice, Boiler, The New York Times, Film Review, Butt, and recently had a catalogue published by the KW Institute for Contemporary Art.
(b. Southampton, Ontario, CA)
Lives and works in Toronto
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2012
Obscenity, La Fresh Gallery, Madrid, ES
2011
Ulrike's Brain, Die Toten: Life Sciences and Pulp Fiction, Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE
Bruce LaBruce's Polaroid Rage: Survey 2000-2010, Wrong Weather Gallery, Porto, PT
2010
L.A. Zombie, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2009
Untitled Hardcore Zombie Project, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Blowback, Antigua Casa Haiku, Barcelona, ES
2008
Explicit Fantastic: Sex(y) in Contemporary Culture, Keep Six Contemporary, Toronto, CA
Otto, premiere at Museum of Modern Art, New York City, US
2007
Bruceploitation, Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2006
Survey of Polaroids, 2001-2006, 1313 Gallery, New York City, US
2005
Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
2003
Blame Canada, John Connelly Presents, New York City, US
2002
Photographs, Peres Projects, San Francisco, US
2001
Photographs, Bailey Fine Arts, Toronto, CA
2000
Bruce LaBruce, MC MAGMA, Milan, IT
Power Race – Bruce LaBruce, Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, CA
1999
Bruce LaBruce, Alleged Gallery, New York City, US
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011
Queering Sex, curated by Kathryn Garcia and Sarvia Jasso, Human Resources, China Fine Art Objects, Los Angeles, US
Transgression, Beers Lambert Contemporary, London, UK
Every Line & Every Other Line, PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Winnipeg, CA
2010
Cinema X: I Like to Watch, MOCCA, Toronto, CA
Auto-Kino, presented by Phil Collins, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, DE
Imperfect As They Are: Superheadz Digital Harinezumi Camera Show, The New Museum, New York City, US
2009
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Bruce LaBruce: Blowback, Antigua Casa Haiku, Barcelona, ES
Straight to Hell presents: In cock we trust, Exile, Berlin, DE
Explicit Fantastic: Sex(y) in Contemporary Culture, Keep Six Contemporary, Toronto, CA
2008
Pretty Ugly, curated by Alison Gingeras, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York City, US
Expenditure, Busan Biennale 2008, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, KR
Summer Video Program, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Like watching a train wreck, Groeflin Maag Galarie, Zurich, CH
2007
Blame Canada, two person show with Terence Koh, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Gravity's Rainbow, Peres Projects, Athens, GR
BODYPOLITICX, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
The Male Gaze, The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, US
Achtung FSK 18 – Vol 2, Galerie Tristesse in conjunction with the Porfilmestival Berlin, DE
2006
The Brotherhood, Neon Parc in conjunction with They Shoot Homos
Don't They, Melbourne Summer Festival, Australia; Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, AU
Mid-Life Crisis, Salander-O'Reilly, New York City, US
Self-Absorption and Theatricality in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, CA
Into Me / Out of Me, P.S. 1, New York, US; Kunst Werk Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE; MAC, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, IT
Mega Zines, Visionaire Gallery, New York City, US
2005
Regarding Terror: the RAF-Exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
2004
The Sound of the Crowd, Ritter/Zamet, London, UK
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, curated by Matthew Higgs, traveling show, California College of Arts Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts San Francisco, US; McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, US; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA; University Art Museum, California State University at Long Beach, US; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Alberta, CA
2003
Attack – The Kult 48 Klubhouse, K48 & Deitch Projects, New York City, US
Hovering, guest curated by Daniele Balice & Anne Du Boucheron, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras, New York City, US
My people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs, curated by Bob Nickas, TEAM Gallery, New York City, US
Selected Theatre Projects:
2011
Perriot Luniare, adapted and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU 1), Berlin, DE
2009
The Bad Breast, or, The Strange Case of Theda Lange, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU 2), Berlin, DE;
brut Theater, Vienna, AT
Macho Family Romance, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, CH
2008
CHEAP BLACKY; or, The Nine Stages of Death and Dying of the Bourgeois Family, Donau Festival, Krems, AT
2007
CHEAP BLACKY; or, The Nine Stages of Death and Dying of the Bourgeois Family, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 2), Berlin, DE
Selected Films:
2010
Gerontophilia, in development with Telefilm Canada
Von Gloeden, in development with Telefilm Canada and The Harold Greenberg Fund
LA Zombie, directed by Bruce LaBruce, produced by PPV Networks, Dark Ally Media, and Wurstfilm, DE, FR, US
2008
Otto; or Up with Dead People, written and directed by Bruce La Bruce, DE, CA
2007
Give Piece of Ass a Chance, directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
2004
The Raspberry Reich, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, produced by Juergen Bruenning Filmproduktion, DE
1999
Skin Flick/Skin Gang, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, DE
1996
Hustler White, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce and Rick Castro, UK
1994
Super 8 1/2, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, US
1993
No Skin Off My Ass, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
1992
Slam!, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
1987
Boy/Girl, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce, CA
Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies, written and directed by Bruce LaBruce and Candy Parker, CA
LABRUCE has been featured in the LA Times, Art in America, Dazed & Confused, Tema Celeste, Blend, Blackbook, Vice, Boiler, The New York Times, Film Review, Butt, and recently had a catalogue published by the KW Institute for Contemporary Art.