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A guide to the best exhibitions and events in the visual arts
The explosive drama of international headline news informs a sequence of meticulously staged large-scale photographic tableaux by the Montreal duo. From Apr. 29 to May 22. Nicholas Metivier Gallery, 451 King St. W.
Ordinary materials like concrete, fabric, cardboard, plastic, foam and tape are the starting points for an array of “anti-monuments” in an exhibition of sculptures by the B.C. artists Elspeth Pratt and Lynda Gammon and the Beacon, New York, artist Matt Harle, curated by Micah Lexier. Until May 30. Oakville Galleries, 120 Navy St.
Aquin uncovers poetic beauty in the midst of China’s ongoing industrial boom in his award-winning photo series “Chinese Dust Bowl.” Until Apr. 10. Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen St. W.
From the dynamism of Parisian street scenes to poetic views of the French countryside, this survey show of more than 100 images from the National Gallery of Canada’s permanent collection pays homage to the pioneering vision of French photographers such as Nadar, Eugène Atget, Maxime Du Camp, Édouard Baldus, Gustave Le Gray and Auguste Salzmann, among others. Until May 16. 380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa.
A classic sidekick and psychological foil takes centre stage in Hurlbut’s “Shut Up,” a display of installation and photo works based on 1950s ventriloquists’ dummies. March 25 to Apr. 24. Georgia Scherman Projects, 133 Tecumseth St.
The Montreal artist’s ongoing fascination with the ephemeral nature of light, shadow, colour and gesture underlies “Intrigues,” a mid-career roundup of projections, videos and photographic works made since 2001. From Apr. 10 to May 9. Cambridge Galleries, 1 North Sq.
Themes of life, death and spiritual rebirth get epic treatment in an expanded version of the noted German artist’s Palmsonntag (Palm Sunday). To Aug. 1. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W.
Patterson grapples with childhood memories of a long-lost best friend in Grudge Match, a sculptural construction and stop-motion animation that posits a futurepast narrative for the pair’s missing relationship. Fuglem responds to the intangibilities of space in a site-specific installation on view concurrently. Opens May 1. Rodman Hall Art Centre, 109 St. Paul Cres., St. Catharines.
The Bucharest-based artist stormed onto the international art scene in the late 1990s with graffiti-styled line drawings that made critical fodder out of everything from post–Cold War politics to local gossip. This spring, Perjovschi puts Toronto at the centre of his satirical world view in Late News, a new floor-to-ceiling installation that fills the ROM’s Institute for Contemporary Culture. Continues to Aug. 15. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park.
The veteran conceptual artist transforms a biodiesel-powered delivery van into a mobile art/environmentaleducation lab for a collaborative project carried out with No.9: Contemporary Art & the Environment, the Toronto District School Board and the Art Gallery of Ontario. From Apr. 1 to May 31. Various locations.
Lee adds a painterly touch to his ongoing exploration of photographic processes and the authenticity of modern image-making in “Painting Photography,” a show of recent works created by printing found digital imagery on vintage photo paper, then manipulating the still-wet ink. Opens May 20. Clark & Faria, 55 Mill St.
This exhibition reads like a hot novel filled with alter-ego self-portraits: the works show a nurse, a trial, a stewardess and a banquet. It’s about history and theatre, the artist and the muse. I work very much like a playwright or a theatre director since I invent characters. Even characters from my past keep knocking at my door, saying, “You got a job for me?” It’s constantly unfinished business but it’s always a bigger social picture that interests me.
Natalka Husar is a Toronto artist. Her show “Burden of Innocence” runs to Jan. 17 at the McMaster Museum of Art, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, and opens Feb. 3 at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 358 Gordon St., Guelph.
Krista Buecking’s drawings of architectural icons in ruin formed the starting point for a 2007 group show at the gallery about the state of “seeming to be” something. LOVE SONG FOR A FUTURE GENERATION continues this theme of the relic with paired drawings of historical “fragments” that suggest a collapse of time, of progress and of the status of objects. Her work has a meticulous quality that reminds me of Colette Whiten or Robert Wiens, and her architectural references echo Robin Collyer, Didier Courbot and Scott Lyall.
Susan Hobbs is the director of Susan Hobbs Gallery. Krista Buecking’s solo exhibition runs Dec. 17 to Jan. 30, 137 Tecumseth St.
The curator Roald Nasgaard shines fresh light on the abstract techniques and anti-establishment thinking of Montreal’s Automatiste painters with 60 key works by Borduas, Riopelle and others. To Feb. 28. Varley Art Gallery, 216 Main St., Unionville.
“Tut mania” swept across Canada in 1979 thanks to a monumental exhibition of objects and artifacts from the Egyptian pharaoh’s era that appeared at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The fever returns to Toronto this winter with an updated and expanded version of that show, featuring more than 100 ancient treasures dating from 2600 BC to 600 BC. Until Apr. 18. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W. Please note this article has been updated and corrected.
Join us on Thursday, September 23, and Saturday, September 25, for exciting events that celebrate the visual arts.
Canadian Art’s under-40 patron group launches its second year with a program of extraordinary behind-the-scenes art events.
Congratulations go to winner Pandora Syperek and runners-up Deirdre McAdams and Vency Yun.
The Canadian Art Foundation, with RBC, is pleased to announce the 15 semifinalists in the 12th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
In this video, recorded on Saturday, May 29, 2010, as part of the Canadian Art Gallery Hop in Vancouver, Kitty Scott, director of visual arts at the Banff Centre, and Douglas Fogle, chief curator of the Hammer Museum, joined artists Lisa Anne Auerbach and Althea Thauberger to offer their thoughts on the artist’s role in the world.
Canadian Art is currently seeking an Online Production Manager to join its team. Applications are due September 10, 2010.
Canadian Art magazine is currently seeking an editorial professional to join its team. Applications are due September 15, 2010.
Canadian Art’s under-40 patron group had a fun make-your-own dining experience with one of Toronto’s hottest young artists
Learn about the influences that shaped the PS1 curator’s thinking as he prepared for his exhibition “The Talent Show”
Join us September 23 for a gala benefit and September 25 for a free day of talks at galleries citywide
In recent years, both the Dia and MASS MoCA have mounted tribute exhibitions to late American artist Sol LeWitt. This week, Mercer Union wraps up its own notable homage, which recreates a 1981 wall drawing LeWitt did for the then-fledgling space.
For the past number of years, there's been controversy regarding the future of Halifax’s Khyber Arts Society. Seen by many as a key venue locally and nationally, the Khyber was back in the news this month as a city report recommended a new three-year plan for its space.
Play and strife come together, DIY style, in Todd Tremeer’s Little Wars (Make Me), an interactive project that debuted this month at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. In it, viewers can collaborate on a wall-sized battle mural and “bring the war home” via paper-cutout soldiers.
Summer is often marked by contrasts, a dynamic that the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery seems to pick up on in its current pairing of solo shows: John Kissick’s manic, multifaceted paintings and Gwen MacGregor’s calm, geoscience-toned fieldwork.
MKG127 acknowledges Toronto’s above-average summer temperatures with “Heat,” an exhibition that ironically offers some cool respite while displaying works that evoke bubbling tar, existential crises and blistering guitar solos.
