by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
These portrait exhibitions reflect the current times in many ways: the anxiety, the fear, the sadness, the unspoken
COVID 19 Portraits – Online Exhibitions at Gallery 1313
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Eduardo Basualdo at Scrap Metal
by Olivia Musselwhite
Basualdo creates a fictional world so the viewer can contemplate their lives and bodies. He creates a space for a humbling experience, forcing one to acknowledge their own limitations.
Sarah Sze: Images in Debris at MOCA
Emese Krunák-Hajagos
Sze’s “sculptures” are very complicated structures, that vibrate with projected images and light that fills them with life, making them a living thing that breathes and moves.
Charles Bierk at Nicholas Metivier Gallery
by Maya Burns
For the first time, alongside his signature portraits, the show contains multi-paneled paintings of objects
Rae Johnson at Christopher Cutts
by Hugh Alcock
It is the tension between the physical and the psychological that makes her work gripping. Hers is a powerful unique voice, wonderfully showcased by Christopher Cutts’ judicious selection.
How COVID-19 is Impacting the Art Galleries in Toronto
by Phil Anderson
The impact is felt by many art galleries as people can’t visit and sales for art would be difficult as the whole economy is now in taters.
Eli Langer at Clint Roenisch
by Mikael Sandblom
We’re missing a lot by not seeing this show in person because the work involves the material, and craft of painting. It’s the kind of work you want to get up close to.
Sadko Hadzihasanovic at Paul Petro
by Kexin Wu
the exhibition showcases a selection of work that exposes and surveys the social engagements of children in weaponized violence.
Oscar Figueroa’s BLUE at Robert Kananaj Gallery
by Maya Burns
We continue the creative process in our experience of the blue by generating our own meaning and our own attachments.
Interview with Gordon Shadrach at United Contemporary
by Phil Anderson
The exhibition has a lot to say and proves Shadrach to be an accomplished artist to watch and listen to.
Carol Wainio at Paul Petro
by Hugh Alcock
There is little doubt that Wainio is a rarely gifted artist with an uncanny ability to conjure out of paint a spellbinding object, rich in possibilities.
Jeffrey Chong Wang at Gallery House
by Talia Williams
The oeuvre of Jeffrey Chong Wang is whimsical and striking. He paints his protagonists as fair-skinned and idealized in style, looking out into the distance with lost and captivating eyes.