by Victoria Rainoff
Both Bate’s and Kim’s exhibition deal with time; the captured moments of the universe in Bate’s case and the layers of time and destiny in Kim’s work.
Gareth Bate and Sung Ja Kim at loop
Category: FEATURES
Joe Fleming: The Escape Club at General Hardware Contemporary
by Steve Rockwell
I wanted to believe that the show’s title, The Escape Club, might have a direct tie to fantasy in the Disney sense, serving as an invitation to go on some magical tour of, say, a Fleming Fantasia.
The Anxious Body / Angell Gallery
by Simon Termine
In our increasingly social world flourished through technology, The Anxious Body is an intricate group exhibition striving to the influence of social media and current socio-political paradigms on contemporary visual art.
Interview with Judi Michelle Young
by Alexis Moline
June Callwood (Canada’s revered writer and activist) had encouraged me to write down my family’s story – but I felt I had to do the “visuals” first…. as I am a “visual artist”
FOCUS: Los Angeles / Art Toronto 2017
by Steve Rockwell
My own familiarity with LA art scene begins to thin out somewhat in the middle of the 2010 decade. So much has happened in Los Angeles since. What I managed to glean was merely a core sample of a vital, if not explosively dynamic arts community.
ART TORONTO, 2017
October 27 – 30, 2017
by Steve Rockwell, Emese Krunák-Hajagos & Carolyn Peralta
walking the fair is an almost overwhelming experience with so many artwork and interesting programming
Guillermo Del Toro: At Home With Monsters / AGO
by Patricia Tabascio
At Home With Monsters challenges the exhibition-goer’s expectation of viewing art that is horrifying, unsettling and that is highly personal to Del Toro and his work, while also questioning the very idea of monsters.
Phil Irish and Pedie Wolfond / Lonsdale Gallery
by Meghan O’Callaghan
As Phil Irish’s exhibition Peak Velocity winds down in anticipation for the solo show of fellow Ontarian artist, Pedie Wolfond, I had the pleasure of visiting the Lonsdale Gallery in that liminal gallery time when exhibitions are coming and going.
Far and Near: The Distance(s) Between Us
by Simon Termine
The exhibition is an elaborate, multi-faceted delve into the entrenched divisions and cultural constraints affecting the lives of Chinese Canadians.
Ellen Bleiwas: Passage No. 170424 / Angell Gallery
by Emily Austin
Felt, like stone, has a utilitarian aesthetic based on the way it was produced. The material, sensorial and psychological elements present throughout the exhibition are beautifully and intelligently consolidated.
Sandra Gregson and Carolyn Dinsmore at loop
by Victoria De Chellis
Both artists’ works are representative of the natural world, and the ever-changing environment and ecological factors influencing today’s climate
Cesar Forero at the Canadian Sculpture Centre
by Victoria Rainoff
Cesar Forero created and underwater world for us, guided us into it with his performance and then left us there to play