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A guide to the best exhibitions and events in the visual arts
The exhibition “27 x Doug” tracks the shifting formal and personal concerns within more than 25 years of portrait photography by the veteran Winnipeg artist. Curated by J. J. Keegan McFadden. Opens July 15. Gallery One One One, FitzGerald Bldg., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Liz Pead, Liss Platt and Leah Modigliani work to shatter the class and gender stereotypes associated with our national pastime in this travelling exhibition prepared by the MacLaren Art Centre. From Apr. 29 to June 19. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, 710 Rosser Ave., Brandon, MB.
Asher’s striking, harshly lit portraits of people from her hometown manage to convey a remarkable intimacy in the midst of urban alienation. “No Cause for Concern” is the Winnipeg photographer’s first solo exhibition. Jan. 15 through Feb. 27. Platform, 121–100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, MB.
From inaccessible shelters made of modernist furniture to a human-propelled car, the Berlin/Montreal– based artist Michel de Broin has an uncanny knack for transforming simple mechanical devices into apt metaphors for the complexities of contemporary life. “More Ghost,” a solo show featuring the artist’s new sculptural and video works, offers an overview of his evocative oeuvre. Through Nov. 21. Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.
Themes of happiness, compassion and cultural resilience emerge in “ALL FOR YOU: Fall Cycle,” Houle’s recent series of video portraits chronicling the lives of residential-school survivors. “Transformations,” a group of new paintings by Adrian Stimson focusing on missing and murdered Aboriginal women, shows concurrently. Until Oct. 3. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, 710 Rosser Ave., Brandon, MB.
“Regarding Heroes,” a retrospective organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, features 100 portraits from Karsh’s personal collection. The show marks the centenary of the late photographer’s birth and appears alongside an exhibition of his Canadian subjects. Opens Sept. 26. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd., MB.
Broadcasting from an undisclosed desert location, a collective of politically minded artists anonymously explores the ethical and moral obligations of mainstream media through a group of cartoon- cat spokespeople. From Nov. 12. Gallery 1C03, 515 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB.
“Pandora’s Box” proposes a corrective reading of the classical Greek myth via the work of 10 international female artists. To July 18. (Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
More than 60 iconic paintings produced within our country’s first century hint at a burgeoning national identity. Until Sept. 6. (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd., MB.)
Staats investigates the “emotional architecture of shelter” as it relates to Six Nations land through archival film stills and digital photographs. Aug. 20 to Sept. 26. (Urban Shaman Gallery, 203–290 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
Jennifer Stillwell’s installations defy notions of efficiency and function, playfully exploring the sculptural potential of everyday objects like tofu and electric fans. Until Jan. 31. (Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
The physical and cultural landscape of the Canadian Shield inspires new work by Michael Belmore and Frank Shebageget, on view at Winnipeg’s Urban Shaman Gallery from Jan. 16 to Feb. 21. (203–290 McDermot Ave., MB.)
Political cartoons by the Aboriginal journalist Everett Soop showcase the late artist’s wry sense of humour in a survey at Gallery 1C03 opening March 5. (515 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
Seventies-inspired tropes of psychedelia and sexual freedom inform Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob’s Wildflowers of Manitoba, a performative installation that offers a neo-utopian vision of young men seeking spiritual transcendence on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. To Feb. 9. (Plug In ICA, 286 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB.)
Full talks and tours schedule, Douglas Coupland conversation info, and magazine launch details posted for free day of activities
Applications due May 9 for $55,000 in prizes
Free art tours for high-school students to take place in April and May
New writers on contemporary art encouraged to apply by June 1
Dates already set for next year’s Toronto festival
Applications for this $7,000 student award are due April 6
Event to feature a conversation with Douglas Coupland, gallery tours, a magazine launch and more
Films on Shary Boyle, Elmgreen & Dragset, Michel de Broin and Jon Gnarr set to open the festival on March 22
Opening-night celebration and art-industry talks highlight fifth year of fair
Don’t miss the North American premieres of films on Candida Höfer and Thomas Struth, happening February 23
The 85-year-old artist Arnaud Maggs nudged out Fred Herzog and Alain Paiement as winner of the second annual Scotiabank Photography Award, announced last night in Toronto. This $50,000 win follows the opening of a major Maggs survey at the National Gallery of Canada.
As one of the primary exhibitions for Contact 2012, “Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces” is ambitious. Charlene K. Lau observes that the two-venue show mirrors the fractures of contemporary life: public and private, visible and invisible, place and non-place.
In this review, writer and artist Joni Murphy considers Abbas Akhavan’s current solo show in Montreal, which activates a variety of themes—war and art, destruction and nation building, human and animal—with a distinctively light touch.
Melding William Morris-style ornamentation with more contemporary concerns, artist Luke Painter detours around dry academicism for something more vibrant and visceral. Mariam Nader reviews his current Toronto show at LE Gallery, finding depth in decoration.
Frieze opened its first New York edition last week with some surprising highlights: sculptures that were free for public viewing outside the big commercial tent. Canadian Art art director Barbara Solowan was there, and brought back this slideshow.
