Category: LISTING ARCHIVE

Nayoun Kim, Mr. Detective

December 1, 2011 – January 8, 2012
Opening: Thursday, December 1, 6-9 pm
PENTIMENTO FINE ART GALLERY
1164 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario M4M 1L4
T: 416-406-6772
Email: rockinrolland@sympatico.ca
Hours: Wed – Sunday 12 – 6  pm

SOLSTICE SALON at Pentimento Fine Art Gallery presents the works of 15 gallery artists from December 1 trough January 8, 2012. 

In the tradition of old style salons the works represent the best of each artist from the architectural glass works by Christy Haldane, paintings on Mylar by Virginia McClure, the provocative photographic work of G. Elliott Simpson alongside emerging artists Nayoun Kim (winner of the 2011 Leslieville Mural Competition), Colin Davis and the pop icon based work by Wil Simpson.

Artists list:

Ethel Shoul
Virginia McClure
Wil Simpson
Noreen Mallory
Nayoun Kim
G. Elliott Simpson
David Caesar
Brian Deignon
Colin Davis
Jane Duncan
Christy Haldone
Michelle Reaume
Marcus Berns,
Victoria Wards
Kathryn Adams

Sancti Spiritus, Cuba 1993

December 1, 2011 – January 14, 2012
Opening:Thursday, December 1, 5-9pm
STEPHEN BULGER GALLERY
1026 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario M6J 1H6
T: 416.504.0575
E: info@bulgergallery.com
www.bulgergallery.com  
Hours: Tues – Sat  11- 6pm

“The Suffering of Light” is the gallery’s first solo exhibition by acclaimed American photographer Alex Webb and it is presented in conjunction with the APERTURE release of the monograph with the same name. This exhibition gathers some of Webb’s most iconic images, taken in the far corners of the earth, and chronicles his acute reflections of daily life with his remarkable sense of colour and composition.

Recognized as a pioneer of American colour photography since the 1970s, Webb has consistently created photographs characterized by intense colour and light. His work, with its richly layered and complex composition, touches on multiple genres, including street photography, photojournalism, and fine art, but as Webb claims, “to me it all is photography. You have to go out and explore the world with a camera.” Webb’s ability to distill gesture, colour, and contrasting cultural tensions into single, beguiling frames results in evocative images that convey a sense of enigma, irony, and humour. Featuring key works alongside previously unpublished photographs, “The Suffering of Light” provides the most thorough examination to date of this modern master’s prolific, thirty year career.

Quote: “I only know how to approach a place by walking. For what does a street photographer do but walk and watch and wait and talk, and then watch and wait some more, trying to remain confident that the unexpected, the unknown, or the secret heart of the known awaits just around the corner.”

December 1, 2011 – January 15, 2012
Meet the artist:Saturday, December 3, 2-5 pm.
DAVID KAYE GALLERY
1092 Queen Street West
(entrance on Dovercourt)
Toronto, ON M6J 1H9
416.532.9075
www.davidkayegallery.com
Hours: Mon., Tue. by appointment
Wed. – Fri. 11 – 6; Sat., Sun. 11 – 5 

The irrepressible Toronto-based artist in his exhibition Something About Small: new portraits, or as the artist likes to call the exhibition, HONKING BIG HEADS ON CARDBOARD.

McCLYMENT has chosen his family and himself as the subject matter for this exhibition. He cuts large paper stencils and spray paints the image with enamels on cardboard. The casual presentation of his images belie the artistry in the elaborate stencils he cuts to create these spectacular large-scaled portraits.

Cindy Blazevic

November 30 – December 11, 2011
Opening: Friday, December 2, 7 pm
GALLERY 1313 Main Gallery
1313 Queen Street West,
Toronto, ON M6K 1K8
T: 416 – 536-6778
E mail: director@g1313.org
www.gallery13131.org
Hours: Wed – Sun 1- 6

Step aside flags, anthems, invented traditions and overworked symbols of identity, you who were cultivated as mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion, but whose negative assertions of nationalism bore so much responsibility for the havoc of the 1990s.  In this new post-war order, the shared heritage of rebuilding and the efforts to join the EU — perceived symbol of civilization, modernity and wealth—have become the new pan-Balkan identity, binding and tethering society, complete with its own culture and insignia. Pascal Paquette

Grey Area is a collection of post-war documentary photography and painting that examines a less celebrated part of Europe, the Western Balkans, with its intermediate position, its historical and political complexities, and its perpetual status of limbo – a past unsympathetic to easy analysis or clear verdicts and a future wavering uncertainly between EU membership and minor nation-statehood.

Grey Area is an exhibition about the collective post-war experiences, symbols and culture in the Western Balkans.  The show is an offshoot of and footnote to the artists’ archive project, The Culture Lobby, which took place in the Western Balkans 2008-2010.

Isabelle Hémard, Floating Things (detail), linocut with gold leaf, diptych, $200.

December 1 – 17, 2011
Opening Night Fundraiser & Open House:
Thursday, December 1, 6 – 9 pm
Open Studio Gallery
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104
Toronto ON,  M5V 3A8
T/F: 416-504-8238
E-mail: sara@openstudio.on.ca
W: http://www.openstudio.on.ca

Forgo the rush and hassle of mall shopping, and choose instead from hundreds of original, affordable works of art during Open Studio’s annual Artist Proof Sale. Open Studio—one of Canada’s premier printmaking studios and galleries—hosts a celebration of printmaking every December, giving art lovers a chance to connect with and purchase unique works of art. Attend the grand opening of the sale on Thursday, December 1st, and you will also have a chance to meet many of the artists who created the artwork in the sale. On the opening night of the sale, the Preview and Open House kick off at 6:00 pm; at 6:30, the cash registers are opened for those who have been anxiously waiting to take home artwork by both old and new favourites. During the Open House, enjoy food, cash bar and festivities, including printmaking demonstrations by special guest artists. To make your holiday gift shopping really easy, Akau Framing will be on site to take framing orders during the Open House on December 1st. Also available will be an exclusive range of t-shirts, aprons, posters and original artists’ greeting cards, perfect for the holidays or any time of year, as well as Open Studio’s artist-designed playing cards and pins, which make great stocking stuffers for the art-lover on your holiday gift list.

The Artist Proof Sale provides art lovers with an exciting opportunity to purchase original, one-of-a-kind fine art prints, at prices ranging from $50 – $300. Hundreds of original works of art – including screenprints, etchings, lithographs and relief prints – will be available over the course of the sale. An amazing variety of artistic styles and types of work will be available by both established and up-and-coming artists from around the country. The Artist Proof Sale is an excellent opportunity for those who are looking to start or add to their art collections. It’s also a terrific way for those who are looking for original holiday gift ideas or who prefer to shop locally to check items off gift lists while also supporting a worthy cause.

The Artist Proof Sale and Open House is an important fundraiser for Open Studio, with fifty per cent of the sale price of each print going to Open Studio, a charitable organization that works to provide affordable access to printmaking facilities, programs and services for artists from across Canada and abroad. Open Studio’s fundraising activities help to support this artist-run centre’s vital artistic programming, which includes exhibitions, artist talks, tours, demonstrations, hands-on workshops for the public and professional development opportunities for artists, including scholarships and residencies. This is always a popular and busy event, with fierce competition for some works, so come early!

Opening: Thursday, November 24, 6-10 pm
PARTS GALLERY
1150 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON M4M 1L2
T: 416.465.8500
Hours: Wed–Sat 12–6, Sun 12-5 pm
info@partsgallery.ca
www.partsgallery.ca

Please join us this Thursday evening for Leslieville’s annual Holiday Wanderlust.

Along with many of our gallery artists, we will be featuring paintings by Kim Atlin and a new series of ink on paper drawings by Gary Clement.

Drop in for some holiday cheer and plenty of unique gift ideas starting at $50 !!

 Karo Alexanian, Unité, 2001, mixed media on canvas, 20½” x 20½”

November 26, 2011 – January 6, 2012
Opening: Saturday, November 26, 10-6 pm
GALLERY GEVIK
12 Hazelton Ave
Toronto, ON M5R 2E2
T: 416.968.0901
Hours: Tues – Sat 10-6
E-mail: info@gevik.com
www.gevik.com

As the holiday season commences, so too will searching for the perfect present. Painting or sculpture makes a wonderful gift; it can be unexpected and it is always personal.

For this exhibition, Gallery Gevik has selected a number of its artists’ small canvases to make the seach simpler and to provide refreshing alternative gift ideas.

This exhibition features works by

Karo Alexanian

Janine Carreau

Pauline Conley

Christian Deberdt

 Henry Wanton-Jones

Tony Kew

Sylvia Lefkovitz

Danièle Lemieux

Rita Letendre

Daphne Odjig

Pierre Patry

Carol Wald

Jeff Willmore

Mirror sculpture by Robert Kananaj

November 24, 2011 – January 21, 2012
Opening: Saturday, November 26, 3-7 pm
Robert Kananaj Gallery
1267 Bloor St. West
Toronto ON M6H 1N7
T: 416 289 8855
www.robertkananajgallery.com
info@robertkananajgallery.com
Hours: Tues to Sat 11 – 6 pm

The group show  includes artists whose work has been shown at the gallery previously, and some new ones as well.

Exhibiting Artists:

Vullnet Alushaj
Isaac Applebaum
Clara Bacou
Claude Breeze
Agron (Gon) Bregu
Soraya Hutchinson
Robert Kananaj
Lula Motra
Mike Parsons
Tim Noonan
Tina Oehmsen-Clark
JP Rautio
Stefan Thompson
David Van Drunen
Szonja Vucsetics
Ilir Zefi

Azza El Siddique, digital print on silk organza over silkscreen print on cotton

December 3, 2011 –  January 22, 2012
Opening: Friday December 9, 5 – 7 pm
TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA
55 Centre Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5G 2H5
T: 416.599.5321 x. 2239
E: alopes@textilemuseum.ca
www.textilemuseum.ca
Hours: daily 11-5, Wed 11-8

GRAFT features a selection of printed textiles created by OCAD University students in response to the 50th anniversary of the discovery of stem cells by Canadian researchers, Drs. James Till and Ernest McCulloch. 

“Till and McCulloch’s discovery in 1961 was unparalleled at the time and their findings continue to influence the field of stem cell research to this day,” said Drew Lyall, Executive Director of the Stem Cell Network. Inspired by this landmark research, the array of creative interpretations featured in the exhibition explores the intersection of art and science.

Working with textile media through silk screen and digital design techniques, each banner offers a unique perspective on the visual culture of science, highlighting the imaginative dimensions entailed in rendering visible that which is invisible to the eye. Designs range from illustrations of the medical uses of stem cells to abstract depictions of regeneration and birth.

Placing textile practice in the larger context of scientific visualisation and communication, GRAFT is presented as part of the Textile Museum of Canada’s ongoing interdisciplinary initiatives, establishing continuities between inherited and innovative creative practices and promoting the knowledge-building role of the visual arts.

GRAFT is organized by the Ontario Science Centre in collaboration with OCAD University and presented by the Textile Museum of Canada.

About the Museum: An international repository of cultural heritage, the Textile Museum of Canada is one of Toronto’s most engaging visual arts organizations. With almost 13,000 objects representing more than 200 countries and regions and 2000 years of human history, the TMC is uniquely positioned to speak to cultures and identities in a global context. The Museum offers a broad variety of exhibitions based on its permanent collection and the contemporary work of Canadian and international artists. Programs bring artifacts and art practices to the public in engaging and interdisciplinary ways that connect art and design, tradition and innovation.