Brian Rideout's 'Bleed Gutter Margin' Exhibition Opens April 2 at Towards Gallery in Toronto

Brian Rideout's upcoming exhibition 'Bleed Gutter Margin' opens April 2 at Towards gallery in Toronto. The show features paintings that meticulously reproduce magazine images, including page numbers, creases, and padding from their original sources. Rideout focuses on photographs depicting how collectors live with art, with works by Donald Judd and On Kawara appearing in his compositions to create meta-commentary on art world narratives, myth-making, and success cultivation. The exhibition text notes the title borrows from print production terminology, expanding Rideout's examination of visual culture by highlighting presentation mechanics. Through formal strategies, he draws attention to underlying technical, cultural, social, and economic systems embedded in image production, circulation, and consumption. The artist was visited in his studio the day before paintings were transported to the gallery, as part of an ongoing series documenting artists' workspaces, focusing on peripheral elements like works in progress, books, and tools rather than finished pieces.