With this new location, Nicholas Metivier promises to curate and manifest more grandiose exhibitions and events than ever before; the community is waiting with breath that is bated.
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
May-June, 2018 / Toronto and GTA
With so much choices, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 200 exhibitions, it isn’t easy picking exhibits to see.
Hafkenscheid’s presents a filmic dirge on his exiled and aging father. Andy Patton’s collection of large-scale paintings informed by ancient Chinese practices in calligraphy, dripping with poeticism.
Kaufman brings attention to increasingly fraught relationship between mortals and the natural world, as the human mind can create images of wonder, but also significantly contribute to the rampant deterioration of a once-thriving global ecosystem.
Birch Contemporary’s latest exhibition sees Steven Beckly, Martin Bennett and Sarah Sands Phillips conceptually re-imagining the potential of their media.
With so much choices, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 200 exhibitions, it isn’t easy picking exhibits to see.
In The Distance of the Moon, Tooth makes a strident efforts to prolong the images beyond the impermanence of memories and transform them into personal histories.
In a dual exhibition, the artists allow their distinct artistic endeavors to reflect, comment upon, and compliment each others’ oeuvres, showcasing a thematically-succinct sister act.
Ryerson Image Centre’s latest curatorial effort, simply titled Climate Change, confronts many ecological concerns head on, displaying its socially conscious inclinations for all to witness.
From Girling’s outward examination of fragile physical appearances, to Cade’s inward probing of the uncanny relationship between the mind and streams, these exhibitions manifest vivid considerations about the world that surrounds us.