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  • See It26.08.2010

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    Sol LeWitt: Primary Legacy

    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.
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  • See It26.08.2010

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    Todd Tremeer: War Games

    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.
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  • See It26.08.2010

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    John Kissick/Gwen MacGregor: Two for the Road

    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.
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  • See It26.08.2010

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    Heat: Marvelous Meltdowns

    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.
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  • See It19.08.2010

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    Tales to Astonish: Return to the Twilight Zone

    Lately, CGI effects and 3-D technology have redefined fantasy filmmaking. But the exhibition “Tales to Astonish” hearkens back to an earlier, more “innocent” age of science-fiction storytelling with chrome ghosts, wooden cosmonauts and gunmetal heroes.
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  • See It12.08.2010

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    Strange Nature: Environment as Content

    In a summer plagued by record-breaking temperatures and resource-extraction disasters, the Richmond Art Gallery’s timely group exhibition, “Strange Nature,” ponders the delicate and often fraught balance between human and natural worlds.
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  • See It12.08.2010

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    Danny Singer: Songs of Place

    Artist Danny Singer creates poetry out of prairie spaces in detailed panoramic photos and videos. In his latest exhibition, the Vancouver-based, Edmonton-born artist takes his cameras into small towns of the Canadian west.
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  • See It12.08.2010

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    Losing It: Mental Notes

    Anxiety, dementia and mental illness provide potent entry points in “Losing It,” a Halifax group show. Featuring panhandler-sign replicas, dislocated projections and sculptural “coping mechanisms,” the show mixes horror with humour.
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  • See It05.08.2010

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    Will Munro: Total Eclipse

    The late DJ, artist, restaurateur and community organizer Will Munro, who passed away in May following a battle with brain cancer, influenced many in Toronto’s art, music and queer communities. Now, the AGO celebrates Munro’s life with a survey of his multivalent practice.
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  • See It05.08.2010

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    Shelley Miller: Refining History

    History’s legacies run both sweet and sour in the intricate, sugar-based murals and sculptures of Montreal’s Shelley Miller. Since 2006, Miller has investigated sugar’s history and its links to slavery and colonization. Now, a range of her works are on view.
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  • See It05.08.2010

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    Celebration of the Bow River: Swift Currents

    From hand-carved boats to T-shirt slogans to three-foot floating spheres, a notable range of public-art projects are paying homage to watercourses in Calgary this summer. They’re all part of “Celebration of the Bow River,” a unique six-artist, four-month series.
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  • See It29.07.2010

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    Triumphant Carrot: The Persistence of Still Life

    Summer group shows can often be seen as sleepy. Make the theme still lifes, and culturati will suspect a real snorer. But the wittily titled “Triumphant Carrot” blockbuster brings excitement to the genre and season with top-flight artists and diverse works.
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  • See It29.07.2010

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    Flavio Trevisan: Studies of a New Past

    Toronto artist Flavio Trevisan’s first solo show at Diaz Contemporary features map-based works that extend from the wall, calling to mind ancient, frescoed reliefs. A trained architect, Trevisan seems to both expand and shrink our urban landscapes.
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  • See It29.07.2010

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    We Want Miles: Creative Traffic

    The Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal sometimes seems to have cornered the market on theatrical art exhibitions. Last year’s look at J.W. Waterhouse was a sensory extravaganza, and this summer it’s Miles Davis’ turn.
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  • See It22.07.2010

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    Fiona Tan: Falling Waters

    One of the highlights of last year’s Venice Biennale was Fiona Tan in the Dutch Pavilion. Now the Vancouver Art Gallery, a co-commissioner of Tan’s Venice work Rise and Fall, shows the film, which uses water imagery to address memory and identity.
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  • Sol LeWitt: Primary Legacy

    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.

  • The Khyber Controversy: Three Years' Grace

    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.

  • Todd Tremeer: War Games

    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.

  • John Kissick/Gwen MacGregor: Two for the Road

    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.

  • Heat: Marvelous Meltdowns

    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.

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