Canadian Art Gallery Hop: GALLERIES

Gallery Hop

YOUR GUIDE TO TORONTO GALLERIES

A Space Gallery.

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A Space Gallery: 401 Richmond Street West , Suite 110; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 979-9633
www.aspacegallery.org; Tuesday to Friday 11am to 6pm; Saturday 12pm to 5pm; Various artists, “Codetalkers of the Digital Divide”; “Codetalkers of the Digital Divide” is a group show curated by Cheryl L’Hirondelle, and it is co-presented by A Space Gallery and imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.; October 24, 2009 September 18, 2009; Get directions

James Olley Symphony of Forms 2008. Consignor: Angell Gallery. Image courtesy of consignor

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AGO Art Rental and Sales Gallery: 481 University Avenue, Ground Floor; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 977-4654
www.ago.net/artrentalandsales; Monday to Friday 11am to 5pm; third Saturday of every month 10am to 3pm; Various artists, “Construct”; Architectural compositions and cityscapes featuring works by Howard Podeswa, Matt Killen, Renée Van Halm and many more.; September 25, 2009 October 23, 2009; Get directions

Way Up Way Down Collective and invited participants Titles Books, ephemera and objects.

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Art Metropole: 788 King Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 703-4400
www.artmetropole.com; Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm; Yam Lau with the Way Up Way Down collective, “Titles V”; The fifth instalment of the “Titles” series of exhibitions organized by the Way Up Way Down collective. Artists’ bookworks and other objects by over 40 artists, architects and designers are inserted into the shelves at Art Metropole. Collective member Yam Lau will host a public talk Saturday, September 26, 1pm to 3pm. Exhibition continues until November 7.; November 7, 2009 September 26, 2009; Get directions

Art Square.

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Art Square: 334 Dundas Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 595-5222
www.artsquaregallery.ca; 9 am – 10 pm daily; Camilla Geary Martin & Andrea Maquire; Kindred Spirits" celebrates the transformational aspect of form that embodies the human spirit. This exhibition brings together for the first time work by sculptor Camilla Geary-Martin and painter Andrea Maguire.; September 14, 2009 September 28, 2009; Get directions

Magda Trzaski Muted Dreams Mixed media 13” x 18”.

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AWOL Gallery: 76 Ossington Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 535-5637
www.awolgallery.com; Thursday to Saturday 12pm to 6pm; Sunday 1pm to 5pm; Magda Trzaski, “Inside The Shadow Box”; The intent of “Inside the Shadow Box” is to invite the audience into one artist’s world and her creative process. This exhibit will share the particular idiosyncrasies and inspiration of the artist and look at how she solves problems that invariably come up during the artmaking process. This project will also explore the idea of “being” inside the shadow box, as the gallery itself will be a shadow box, and everyone entering the space will become a participant in the installation.; September 24, 2009 October 4, 2009; Get directions

Bratsa Bonifacho Volens Nolens 2009 Oil on canvas 42” x 42” Courtesy of Bau-Xi Gallery.

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Bau-Xi Gallery: 340 Dundas Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 977-0600
www.bau-xi.com; Monday to Saturday 10am to 5:30pm; Sunday 11am to 5:30pm; Bratsa Bonifacho, “Je T’aime” and Hugh Mackenzie, “80 Proof”; Bau-Xi proudly presents solo shows by Bratsa Bonifacho and Hugh Mackenzie. Bonifacho continues to paint luscious abstract works that he has become known for across the world and has been exhibiting for over four decades. Mackenzie switches easily between representational and abstract images, from figure to landscape and from painting to etching, all of which have made him an important presence in the Canadian art scene.; September 12, 2009 September 26, 2009; Get directions

Cathy Daley Untitled 2009 Pastel on vellum 36” x 70” Courtesy of Birch Libralato.

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Birch Libralato: 129 Tecumseth Street; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 365-3003
www.birchlibralato.com; Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 5pm; Cathy Daley and Andy Patton; September 10, 2009 October 10, 2009; Get directions

Mark Lewis still from Hendon F.C. 2009.

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Clark & Faria: 55 Mill Street , Building 2; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 703-1700
www.clarkandfaria.com; Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 5:30pm; Mark Lewis; October 10, 2009 September 9, 2009; Get directions

Corkin Gallery.

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Corkin Gallery: 55 Mill Street , Building 61; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 979-1980
www.corkingallery.com; Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 5pm; Barbara Astman, “Wonderland”; “Wonderland” employs the imagery of postcards to investigate a synthesis of personal memory and the hyperreal. Drawing from Susan Sontag’s text in On Photography that “to collect photography is to collect the world,” Barbara Astman presents a series of photos that display glimpses of postcards amongst stacks of countless postcards. By reproducing photo-reproductions, Astman studies the language of visual imagery, engulfing the viewer in a narrative of detail and scale.; September 9, 2009 October 18, 2009; Get directions

Ann Roberts Ledas One, Two & Three Porcelain, 13.5” tall / photo: Pirak Studio.

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David Kaye Gallery: 1092 Queen Street West , (entrance on Dovercourt); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 532-9075
www.davidkayegallery.com; Monday and Tuesday by appointment; Wednesday to Friday 11am to 6pm; Saturday and Sunday 11am to 5pm; Ann Roberts, “Aegean Sagas: New Sculpture”; Having revelled in the pleasure of Greek bodies drawn on pots or sculpted in mid-gesture, Ann Roberts travelled to Greece, finding a land of sea and mountains in which Zeus, the seducer, lurked everywhere amongst strong contemporary females. This resulting exhibition contains echoes of that place and its long mythical history.; September 3, 2009 September 27, 2009; Get directions

Lisa Steele & Kim Tomczak A teacher was talking 2003–8 Archival inkjet print 42” x 30”.

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Diaz Contemporary: 100 Niagara Street; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 361-2972
www.diazcontemporary.ca; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm or by appointment; Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak, “The funniest thing...” and Kelly Mark, “It’s Just One God Damn Thing After Another”; For the past several years, Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak have been asking young people questions—in Canada, in Germany and in France. In this series of work, these short interviews are inscribed as texts onto images of young individuals in front of institutional doorways. These photo-text works speak to the deep solitude of youth while never abandoning the current social environment within which each person exists. Toronto-based artist Kelly Mark looks for moments of poetic individuation in the routines and rituals of everyday life. Sharp and humourous, her work investigates, documents and validates the singular moments of our lives. This exhibition will include new work in various media—including drawing, text, neon and video—which wittily comments on contemporary culture.; September 3, 2009 October 10, 2009; Get directions

Peter Byrne Carnivore 2009 Ink on paper 23” x 29”.

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Drabinsky Gallery: 114 Yorkville Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 324-5766
www.drabinskygallery.com; Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm; Peter Byrne, “Drawings”; In “Drawings,” Peter Byrne presents a visual language of colour and line that communicates where words and film leave off. Form and gesture self-organize as if these were sketches of an elusive song or the diagram of a charming orchestral machine. With the freedom of a doodle and the ease of an artist, Byrne’s drawings are a landscape of his dreaming and they exist for the pure pleasure of mark-making.; September 10, 2009 September 30, 2009; Get directions

Tim Pitsiulak Repairing the Snowmobile, Cape Dorset 2008 Ink, coloured pencil 26” x 40”.

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Feheley Fine Arts: 14 Hazelton Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 323-1373
www.feheleyfinearts.com; Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5:30pm; Tim Pitsiulak, “Fines Lines: Drawings”; Feheley Fine Arts is pleased to present Tim Pitsiulak’s first solo exhibition. This show features a collection of new large-scale works by the Cape Dorset artist. The strength of his graphic work is highlighted in his highly skilled yet imaginative drawings. These include certain traditional elements of hunting and animal behaviour, but are also deeply embedded with details of contemporary objects and modern machinery now used by the Inuit for hunting and leisure.; September 12, 2009 October 31, 2009; Get directions

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography.

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Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography: 401 Richmond Street West , Suite 120; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 979-3941
www.gallery44.org; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm; Chih-Chien Wang, “The Jelly Project #2”; Chih-Chien Wang’s “The Jelly Project #2” combines several media to rethink ways of seeing. Jelly is the central medium, which dialogues with photography, video and text to examine ideas. Jelly is a fictional documentation carrier, and the artist uses it to pursue the subjective recognition of time and space.; September 12, 2009 October 17, 2009; Get directions

James Fowler Golden Gate Bridge Acrylic on canvas 24” x 30”.

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Gallery 533: 533 Richmond Street West, Suite 203; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 955-0004
www.gallery533.ca; Wednesday to Thursday 12pm to 5pm; Friday 12pm to 6pm; Saturday 11am to 5pm; James Fowler, “Paintings”; Abstract paintings from Canadian artist James Fowler. These works are intricately crafted, orderly and boldly colored, reminiscent of a bird’s-eye view of a vibrant metropolitan maze. Fowler has been described as a contemporary Piet Mondrian, though less rigid, with looser lines and more interesting and experimental colour palettes.; September 24, 2009 October 22, 2009; Get directions

Gallery at 129 Ossington.

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Gallery at 129 Ossington: 129 Ossington Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 532-1310
www.129ossington.com; Wednesday to Saturday 12pm to 5pm; Stewart Jones, “Places and Spaces”; “Places and Spaces” is an exhibition of new works by Toronto painter Stewart Jones. In this body of work, Jones continues to capture seldom-noticed perspectives of downtown Toronto and other urban settings. He reveals skewed angles and offset compositions of alleys, buildings, power poles and wires. His views are slightly altered as natural light and deep shadow transform each setting into an expressive personal representation of the city we might otherwise overlook. It is as though during an everyday stroll through city streets, Jones happens to glance upward at the mundane and then transfer this personal view to canvas, creating something commonplace yet utterly captivating.; September 3, 2009 September 26, 2009; Get directions

Gallery DK.

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Gallery DK: 1332 Queen Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 913-7116
www.gallerydk.com; Thursday to Sunday 12pm to 5pm; Felicity Somerset, “Time and Place”; Photographic images explore inscriptions on a variety of surfaces, recording a moment in history and a personal story unknown to us.; September 3, 2009 September 27, 2009; Get directions

Pierre Gauvreau Luxe, calme et volupté (Charles Baudelaire) [Luxury, Calm, Sensual Pleasure] 1981 Acrylic on canvas 50” x 60” © Pierre Gauvreau/SODRAC 2009.

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Gallery Gevik: 12 Hazelton Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 968-0901
www.gevik.com; Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm; Pierre Gauvreau, “A Retrospective, 1980–2009”; A retrospective of works from Automatiste painter Pierre Gauvreau. Gauvreau’s backgrounds are often abstracted landscapes with playful drawings and designs in the foreground evoking images of flora and fauna. The tension of drawing versus painterliness and other dualities (figure versus abstract; suggestion versus definition) is apparent throughout Gauvreau’s oeuvre. His works recall a dreamlike state: mysterious, abstract and hallucinatory. As an early disciple of Paul-Emile Borduas (inspiring the nickname the “born painter” from Borduas himself), Gauvreau’s paintings emulate the work of his mentor in formal terms: the immediacy of all-overness, divisions of space, the energetic use of touches of colour and inventiveness. Opening reception Saturday, September 12, 1pm to 5pm.; September 12, 2009 October 2, 2009; Get directions

Gallery TPW.

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Gallery TPW: 56 Ossington Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 645-1066
gallerytpw.ca; Tuesday to Saturday 12pm to 5pm; Kelly Lycan, “White Hot”; This monochromatic installation and photo-based exhibition of recycled objects and revisioned collections looks at the idea of value and the relationships between market culture and visual culture. Kelly Lycan will be reworking the installation throughout the course of the exhibition and hosting the “White Hot” flea market every Saturday at the gallery.; September 12, 2009 October 10, 2009; Get directions

Viola Frey Junkyard Planet 1970 Ceramic with glazes © Artists' Legacy Foundation Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY / photo Michael Tropea.

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Gardiner Museum: 111 Queen's Park; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 586-8080
www.gardinermuseum.com; Monday to Thursday 10am to 6pm; Friday 10am to 9pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5pm; Viola Frey, “Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey”; California native Viola Frey was an innovative artist whose work combined painting, ceramics and sculpture. It continues to resonate on both personal and universal levels. This will be the first comprehensive assessment of Frey’s career and legacy since her death in 2004, and it will feature Frey’s significant works from a variety of collections.; September 10, 2009 January 10, 2010; Get directions

Kristan Horton ORBITS: Doorknob 2009 Large-format print 35” x 48” Edition of 5 Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Art + Projects.

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Jessica Bradley Art + Projects: 1450 Dundas Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 537-3125
www.jessicabradleyartprojects.com; Wednesday to Saturday 12pm to 5pm; Kristan Horton, “Orbit”; In this new series of photographs, everyday objects emerge from a vortex of movement and layering resembling Futurist abstractions. Horton takes apart and recreates his subjects in an intensive material studio practice, ultimately realizing his artworks through inventive and experimental technological means.; September 12, 2009 October 10, 2009; Get directions

Shaoul Smira Broken Chain 2009 Oil on canvas 70” x 50”.

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Julie M. Gallery for Contemporary Art: 15 Mill Street , Building 37, Suite 103; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 603-2626
www.juliemgallery.com; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 5pm; Shaoul Smira, “New Works”; In Shaoul Smira’s work there is a free flow from abstraction to figuration, from order to chaos and back again. Forms and figures are superimposed one on top of the other in sensuous chaos. The process of creation becomes for Smira an act of discovery, relinquishing his control and allowing his works to speak for themselves.; September 12, 2009 October 18, 2009; Get directions

Justina M. Barnicke Gallery.

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Justina M. Barnicke Gallery: 7 Hart House Circle; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 978-8398
www.jmbgallery.ca; Monday to Friday 11am to 6pm; Thursday 11am to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 5pm; Mark Lewis, “In a City”; The North American premiere of Mark Lewis’ Cold Morning, three films commissioned for the 53rd Venice Biennale, in the context of a select survey of the artist’s Toronto-set films. The exhibition attempts to situate Lewis’ work as a way of understanding Toronto’s modernity. Presented in conjunction with the Art Gallery of Ontario and with the Toronto International Film Festival.; September 8, 2009 October 26, 2009; Get directions

Koffler Gallery off-site at the ROM.

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Koffler Gallery off-site at the ROM: 100 Queen’s Park; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 638-1881
www.kofflerarts.org; Monday to Thursday 10am to 5:30pm; Friday 10am to 9:30pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5:30pm; Joshua Neustein, “Margins”; Concurrent with the ROM’s “Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World,” exhibition,  “Margins” is a newly commissioned installation by acclaimed New York–based artist Joshua Neustein. Shaping a dialogue with the scrolls, the exhibition is a poetic reflection on writing, religion and archaeology. Presented by the Koffler Gallery and the Institute for Contemporary Culture.; June 27, 2009 January 3, 2010; Get directions

Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer Diskos 8 2008 Resin on plywood, 23.6” x 7.2”.

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Lausberg Contemporary: 880 Queen Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 516-4440
www.galerie-lausberg.com; Tuesday to Thursday 12pm to 6pm; Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer, “3D Colour”; September 10, 2009 October 26, 2009; Get directions

(Left) Brett Davis Caryatids Bronze 17” x 21” x 4” © Brett Davis (Right) Serafino Catallo Disambiguation #2 Mixed media on board 36” x 36” © Serafino Catallo.

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Leonardo Galleries: 133 Avenue Road , 417 Spadina Avenue, Suite 201; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 924-7296/(416) 488-4057
www.leonardogalleries.com; Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm or by appointment; Serafino Catallo, “Disambiguation” and Brett Davis, “Ancient Future”; Inspired by the colour field painters, Catallo investigates in abstract principles and celebrates inherent characteristics of the medium itself. Meanwhile, in Davis’ framework supremacy of the vertical is balanced with a contemporary format: a fragmented female figure abandoned in its state of (in)completion. Artists’ talk on October 3 at 2pm. RSVP.; September 24, 2009 October 22, 2009; Get directions

Osheen Harruthoonyan Transference 2008 Split-toned gelatin silver print 30” x 40” Edition of 5 © Osheen Harruthoonyan.

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Lonsdale Gallery: 410 Spadina Road; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 487-8733
www.lonsdalegallery.com; Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 5pm; Various artists, “Peep Show”; “Peep Show” is a preview of the next wave of Lonsdale Gallery programming. The exhibition opens on Thursday, August 13, from 7pm to 10pm. It shows cutting-edge artists who work in a variety of media: painting, fibre, installation and digital media. Alongside these works, profiles on each artist will appear to give context to their present and future projects. Artists include Jamie Bradbury, Bogdan Luca, Osheen Harruthoonyan, Amanda McCavour and Alex McLeod.; August 12, 2009 September 27, 2009; Get directions

(Left) Gary Clement Hospital ClusterWatercolour and ink on paper 20” x 26” Courtesy of Gary Clement (Right) Richard Mongiat Leeches 2008–9 Vinyl acrylic paint on canvas 72” x 48” Courtesy of Richard Mongiat.

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Loop Gallery: 1273 Dundas Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 516-2581
www.loopgallery.ca; Wednesday to Saturday 1pm to 5pm; Sunday 1pm to 4pm; Gary Clement, “Cluster” and Richard Mongiat, “How Things Work Underwater”; Loop Gallery’s inaugural exhibition at its new venue at Dundas and Dovercourt. “Gary Clement: Cluster” presents works on paper that explore urban, astronomical and organic structures. “Richard Mongiat: How Things Work Underwater” offers a painterly dive into an imaginary watery world where Carlos Castaneda and Jacques Cousteau might share a picnic on the ocean floor.; September 5, 2009 September 27, 2009; Get directions

Mercer Union.

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Mercer Union: 1286 Bloor Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 536-1519
www.mercerunion.org; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm; Diane Borsato, “The Chinatown Foray” and Taku Dazai; Diane Borsato’s solo exhibition “The Chinatown Foray” assembles a new series of public actions and discreet interventions. In the back gallery, Taku Dazai presents a newly created animatronic work.; September 11, 2009 October 17, 2009; Get directions

Laura Kikauka For the Love of Gaud (Damien's Worst) night light version 2009 Mixed media.

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MKG127: 127 Ossington Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(647) 435-7682
www.mkg127.com; Wednesday to Saturday 12pm to 6pm; Laura Kikauka, “For the Love of Gaud (Damiens Worst)”; “For the Love of Gaud (Damiens Worst)” is a new series of sculptural works by Laura Kikauka. The new series mimics For the Love of God by Damien Hirst—the human skull encrusted with diamonds, the most expensive contemporary artwork ever created. Kikauka’s version takes on skulls of all forms, modified and encrusted with costume jewellery: gothic stoner pieces, talking radio, back scratcher, fridge magnet, ashtray, etc. In parallel with the new sculpture series, she also presents an ongoing series of gently modified thrift-store paintings which have been enhanced with battery-powered light emitting diodes and switches.; September 12, 2009 October 10, 2009; Get directions

Jean-Pierre Gauthier Nul/Flirting with the Puck 2008 Detail Kinetic installation 148” x 98” x 122” Courtesy of the artist.

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Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art: 952 Queen Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 395-0067
www.mocca.ca; Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm; Thursday and Friday 11am to 9pm; Various artists, “Arena: Road Game”; The work in “Arena: Road Game” examines Canada’s fascination with the game of hockey. Using the game as a starting point, the exhibition explores hockey within the wider context of ideas and issues related to contemporary culture.; November 1, 2009 September 10, 2009; Get directions

OCAD Student Gallery.

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OCAD Student Gallery: 285 Dundas Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 977-6000 ext. 263
www.ocad.ca/mini/student_gallery; Wednesday to Saturday 12pm to 6pm; Various artists, “Illustration @ OCAD”; Zine aficionados coexist with those working in surrealism, pop culture and narrative, presenting works in an array of media. Artists include Samantha Chiusolo, Adrian Forrow, Mahban Ghadakpour, Christopher Kuzma, Patrick Kyle, Ryan Lake, Ginette LaPalme, Shen Plum, Mahmood Popal, Jacqueline Pytyck and Fiona Smyth.; September 9, 2009 October 3, 2009; Get directions

John McEwen Striking Stone 2009 Steel and granite 32’’ x 32’’ x 78’’ © Reproduction courtesy of the artist and Olga Korper Gallery.

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Olga Korper Gallery: 17 Morrow Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 538-8220
www.olgakorpergallery.com; Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm; John McEwen, “Internal Logic”; Opening reception Thursday, September 10, from 6pm to 9pm.; August 29, 2009 October 3, 2009; Get directions

Peter Kingstone Party 2009 Digital print, 14” x 19”.

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Pari Nadimi Gallery: 254 Niagara Street; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 591-6464
www.parinadimigallery.com; Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm; Peter Kingstone, “Them!”; For his first solo show at Pari Nadimi Gallery, Peter Kingstone will present new work in an exhibition entitled “Them!” Kingstone’s “Them!” works with the idea that the 1954 horror film Them! is a documentary. The 1950s film is about the meeting of giant ants and humans in the New Mexico desert. Kingstone’s installation does not address interspecies war, but instead investigates ideas of community. The exhibition is comprised of three different pieces working together in the gallery: Suburb is a living sculpture, a 3-foot by 3-foot ant farm, where the ants live amongst a miniature suburban landscape. Twelve 19-inch by 14-inch photographs suppose that giant ants have been able to live within human communities. And Them!: Dr Medford’s Story is a 45-minute video that discusses the ant world and the human community. The exhibition proposes a radical rethinking of the way life is lived. The concept of community is questioned with a new proposal in its place.; September 17, 2009 November 7, 2009; Get directions

Janet Jones.

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Peak Gallery: 23 Morrow Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 537-8108
www.peakgallery.com; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm; Janet Jones, “A Las Vegas of the Mind”; Like the places described in beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s 1958 book A Coney Island of the Mind, these paintings begin from the artist’s psychological response to contemporary urban spaces. These phantasmagoric environments appear as unreal, destabilizing landscapes that seem at once beautiful and terrifying.; September 8, 2009 October 3, 2009; Get directions

Alex Anagnostou Ovoid Form Emerald 2009 10’’ x 16’’ x 8’’ blown glass with hot worked glass threads.

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Petroff Gallery: 1016 Eglinton Avenue West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 782-1696
www.petroffgallery.com; Monday through Saturday 10am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 5pm; Alex Anagnostou and Susan Avishai, “What Lies Within”; Alex Anagnostou’s Mesmerizing Filament Series consists of glass orbs filled with fractured, suspended glass cane work, expressing the duality and contradictions of life. Susan Avishai’s Abstract Series offers primordial, layered, organic webs that seem to succumb to gravity and magnetic pull. The imagery is, of course, what the viewer makes of it. The work encourages dialogue.; September 8, 2009 October 18, 2009; Get directions

Michelle Salter Walk and Chew Gum 2009 Mixed media on paper 20’’ x 13 ½’’ (framed 24’’ x 17 ½’’) .

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Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts: 984 Queen Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 504-7142
www.propellerctr.com; Wednesday to Saturday 12pm to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 5pm; Michelle Salter, “Refraction: Experiments in Abstract-surrealism”; Michelle Salter’s exhibition, “Refraction: Experiments in Abstract-surrealism,” searches for insight and understanding in the ideas of rediscovery and process, thereby uncovering new potential in their application. Underlying her work is the questioning of what defines art and style.; September 16, 2009 September 27, 2009; Get directions

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Royal Ontario Museum: 100 Queen's Park; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 586-8000
www.rom.on.ca; Monday to Thursday 10am to 5:30pm; Friday 10am to 9:30pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5:30pm; Various artists, “Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913–2008”; Starting September 26, the Institute for Contemporary Culture at the ROM presents “Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913–2008,” showcasing classic images from Vanity Fair magazine’s early period and photographs featured in the magazine since its 1983 relaunch. The exhibit is a collaboration between Vanity Fair and the National Portrait Gallery, London.; January 3, 2010 September 26, 2009; Get directions

Spence Gallery.

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Spence Gallery: 600 Markham Street; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 795-2787
www.spencegallery.com; Wednesday to Friday 5pm to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 8pm; Nahum Flores, “Geologies”; Nahum Flores is one of the rising stars on the Toronto art scene. Since arriving in Canada he has dedicatedly pursued his art career through studies at the Ontario College of Art and Design, exhibiting in various group shows and participating in international events. Geologies serve as a metaphor for Flores’ mixed media work on canvas and wood panels, where multiple layers of material coincide. This work denotes environments and spaces where amorphous animated characters emerge. The juxtaposition of numerous layers of material mirrors terrains with a sense of history and buried pasts and beliefs that yield to new realities. As a Latin American, Flores is affected by the social, historical and environmental issues that have shaped this region.; September 25, 2009 October 18, 2009; Get directions

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Stephen Bulger Gallery: 1026 Queen Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 504-0575
www.bulgergallery.com; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm; Élaine Excoffier, “Kiev”; “Kiev” addresses the provocative history of eroticism through juxtaposing representations of the female form and investigations of photography’s historical processes and techniques. Using a Kiev 60 and paper negatives, Éliane Excoffier presents ghostly, fragmented figures that offer a modern view on the voyeuristic images of the early 20th century.; September 19, 2009 October 24, 2009; Get directions

Beverly Owens Peter Parker 2009 Photo fusion on metal 20” x 60” Courtesy of the Beverly Owens Project.

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The Beverly Owens Project: 1140 Queen Street West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(647) 402-3570
www.thebeverlyowensproject.com; Wednesday to Friday 12pm to 6pm; Saturday and Sunday 11am to 5pm; Beverly Owens, “Unarmored I Stand”; Proportional, symmetrical theories of the Renaissance have a suggestive, superman quality, with the Vitruvian man as homogeneous being. Owens’ work in encaustic and metal creates an ebb and flow of the malleable and the rigid, reflecting human polarities. Owens dilutes the superhuman, creating a heterogeneous being—a Clark Kent, a Diana Prince.; September 2, 2009 November 1, 2009; Get directions

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

Candice Brietz Becoming Cameron 2003 Dual-channel installation 31 seconds.

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The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: 231 Queens Quay West; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 938-4949
www.thepowerplant.org; Tuesday to Sunday 12pm to 6pm, Wednesday 12pm to 8pm, open holiday Mondays; Candice Brietz, “Same Same”; A major survey exhibition of multi-channel video installations by Candice Breitz that explore the impact of Hollywood films, pop music and other mass cultural forms on the scripting of everyday life. The exhibition features the new work Factum, commissioned by the Power Plant and Partners in Art, shot in Toronto and focused on identical twins. Curated by Gregory Burke, director of the Power Plant. Commissioning partner is Partners in Art, with support from the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund. Presented in association with Future Projections at the Toronto International Film Festival.; September 19, 2009 November 15, 2009; Get directions

Nicolas Ruel Mori Tower West I 2009 Limited series of five images in each size Photography on stainless steel 40” x 60”.

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Thompson Landry Gallery: 55 Mill Street , Buildings 5 and 32; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 364-4955
www.thompsonlandry.com; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 5pm; Nicolas Ruel, “8 Secondes”; An exhibition of large-scale photographic works on stainless steel by Montreal artist Nicolas Ruel. This new series of works depicts 30 urban civilizations in both day and night settings, all captured in sustained intervals of eight seconds.; September 24, 2009 October 18, 2009; Get directions

University of Toronto Art Centre.

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University of Toronto Art Centre: 15 King's College Circle, North Wing; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 978-1838
www.utac.utoronto.ca; Tuesday to Friday 12pm to 5pm; Saturday 12pm to 4pm; Gord Peteran, “Furniture Meets its Maker”; Gord Peteran has launched a boundary-crossing career, opening up the category of furniture to an unprecedented range of psychological and conceptual content. He uses all of fine cabinetry, found objects, assemblage and sculptural techniques to create works that do not always function as furniture, that are quite distinct from craft and which are not classifiable as design or sculpture.; September 8, 2009 December 5, 2009; Get directions

Jenn E. Norton Very Good Advice 2009 Video 5 minutes.

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Vtape: 401 Richmond Street West , Suite 452; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 351-1317
www.vtape.org; Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm; Saturday 12pm to 4pm; Jenn E. Norton, “Very Good Advice”; Locating herself slyly in the world that is “through” the looking glass, Toronto-based artist Jenn E. Norton inhabits the digital equivalent of Wonderland with her new work “Very Good Advice.” She’s not quite here and yet not “away” either. It’s up for discussion.; September 12, 2009 October 9, 2009; Get directions

Wynick/Tuck Gallery.

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Wynick/Tuck Gallery: 401 Richmond Street West , Suite 128; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 504-8716
www.wynicktuckgallery.ca; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm; Kim Ouellette, “New Work” and Gallery artists, “Preview”; In one of our galleries, Kim Ouellette continues her unique sewn drawings on Hudson Bay blankets, which often refer to her memory of the Canadian landscape and historical events. This year, Ouellette adds ink to the thread. In the other gallery we will preview the fall and winter season with works from Gerald Ferguson, Jonathan Johnson, Colette Laliberté, Angela Leach, Doris McCarthy and Monica Tap.; September 19, 2009 October 10, 2009; Get directions

Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins YY reZidency 2009.

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YYZ: 401 Richmond Street West , Suite 140; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 598-4546
www.yyzartistsoutlet.org; Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm; Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, “YYZ MALL” and Kenneth Doren, “Rule Britannia: a low opera in grand shite style”; Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins act as artist-producers who enable the practice of five chosen groups of artists as collaborators for “YYZ MALL.” The traits of individuality, eccentricity, difference, and humour mirror the cultural meshwork that makes independent businesses in Toronto unique. Kenneth Doren’s “Rule Britannia…” is about the past as well as the human potential to act, or simply knowing that we just don’t have it in us. This performance installation rethinks western classical music, performed and produced using multimedia elements and piano duet.; September 5, 2009 October 17, 2009; Get directions

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