May 1–August 31, 2011
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, courtyard
Author: artoronto
Contact 2011-Giorgio Barrera: Battlefields 1848 – 1867
Contact 2011-Edward Burtynsky: Oil
April 9–July 3, 2011
Opening: April 30, 7–9 pm
Institute for Contemporary Culture,
Royal Ontario Museum
CONTACT Photography Festival 2011
Past Exhibitions
50thTORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION
July 8, 9 & 10, 2011
Nathan Phillips Square
Art Talks and Art Walks dates and times too…
As the largest juried outdoor art exhibition in Canada, TOAE offers a fresh-air alternative to conventional art shows and galleries.
JESUS MORA
July 9 – 17, 2011
Opening: Saturday, July 9, 6 – 9 p.m Artist will be present
Spence Gallery
Mora wins the 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship. His new arcrylic paintings continue his organic creations that conjure up “fantasy that resembles nature, dreams, imagination, mythology and history”.
RECENT WORKS by SOPHIE PRIVÉ and TIM LAURIN
July 13 – August 13, 2011
TELEPHONE BOOTH GALLERY
Privé’s paintings depict beautifully rendered figures that float in a landscape of relationships and conversations that permeate daily life.Laurin’s current focus is on traditional and non-traditional print media
NEW WORKS by ÉTIENNE GÉLINAS
July 14 – August 7, 2011
Opening: July 14, 6 – 9 Artist in attendance
Thompson Landry Gallery
In his latest series, Gélinas’ signature artistic style, a blend of geometrical, scientific and numerical concepts, fused with an aesthetic flare, has been pushed to stunning new levels.
GORDON WIENSHY: BRIDS
July 9-23, 2011
Opening : Saturday July 9, 2 – 4pm, artist in attendance
BAU-XI GALLERY
Wiens’s finely layered paintings reflect an interest in the transient, fragile nature of existence.
DREW BURNHAM: BRUSH
July 9 – 23, 2011
Opening Reception and Book Launch:
Saturday July 9, 2 – 4 pm artist in attendance
BAU-XI GALLERY
Drew Burnham is well known for his stylized fluid lines and vivid colours portraying the natural environment.
ADAM MAKARENKO: GREEN REFUGES
July 9 – 23, 2011
Opening: Saturday July 9, 2-4pm artist in attendance
BAU-XI PHOTO
Makarenko has garnered incredible notoriety for an emerging photographer. In his new series, the artist focuses on the issue of preservation of our fragile environment.
Steve Rockwell:“Making Mince Meat Out of dArt Magazine”
July 7 – July 30, 2011
Opening: Thursday, July 7, 6 – 10 p.m.
DE LUCA FINE ARTS / GALLERY
Steve Rockwell, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery and BQM~the
Burger Shoppe, are pleased to introduce the dArt Burger.