by Alice Pelot
Every artist in the exhibition expresses vulnerability about widely felt anxiety, each filled with pain or humor and each worth engaging with.
Yonder at Koffler Gallery
Category: FEATURES
Osheen Harruthoonyan & Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann at Lonsdale Gallery
by Elizaveta Mironova
Harruthoonyan’s show takes us to a world of dream, surrounded by the cosmos, relaxing the mind. Then upstairs Mann’s exhibition greets the viewer with a world of ecstatic colors that energizes and activates the imagination. The two exhibitions greatly complement each other.
Sara Angelucci: Arboretum at Stephen Bulger Gallery
by Katerina Bong
Most pieces in Arboretum challenges the traditional notion of man taming nature, instead nature dominates the composition of the photographic pieces
John Massey: Black on White at Diaz Contemporary
by Jordan Fee
The chaotic, and sometimes hypnotic nature of these prints draws us in and locks us into a constant battle for understanding, from which escape can be difficult.
Rock About at the Canadian Sculpture Centre
by Katerina Bong
The sculptors in this exhibition are not mere artists, they are inventors who use insignificant and static stones to give them new meaning.
FOCUS: LATIN AMERICA
by Marina Dumont
It will delight art lovers looking to expand their horizons and give art collectors the chance to add stunning contemporary Latin American works to their collections. It is a not-to-be missed event!
P. Roch Smith & Jane LowBeer at loop
by Nika Teper
While Smith physically manipulates the subjects of his work to speak about memory and play, LowBeer creates composite impressions of Ontario’s multifaceted landscapes
Michael Antkowiak at Wil Kucey Gallery
by Simon Termine
Antkowiak provides a comprehensive look into how concepts of identity and ownership – not physical ownership, but rather emotional and ontological ownership of an event or memory – are influenced by technologies like social media.
Y.M. Whelan: Landscape, Portrait, Landscape at Yumart
Elizaveta Mironova
The singular plane in which the geometric shapes are painted allow for long and thoughtful contemplation of what is in the background, what is in the foreground, and what lays beneath.
Rona Ngahuia Osborne and Dan Mace: Wairua at A Space
by Alice Pelot
Rather than focus on the loss of their cultures, Osborne and Mace celebrate what survives
Edward Burtynsky at Nicholas Metivier Gallery
by Andriy Bilenkyy
Well, all you aesthetes and art-lovers concerned with moralization of contemporary art, you may sigh with relief now, as Byrtynsky’s new exhibition puts him back on track to the paradise of beauty and artistry
Gilles Morin: Mystification at Gallery 1313
by Elizaveta Mironova
The complex and highly emotional nature of human beings is spotlighted by the layering of low resolution photographs, allowing Morin to create “experimental and spontaneous works.”