June 30 – August 26, 2012
by Phil Anderson
THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
two elements in the show, and both are collections: a series of Polaroids and a litany of questions
Interview with Dave Dyment
Category: FEATURES
Burning Birch X3
by Kathleen Reichelt
THE TRASH PALACE
May 26,2012,9:30pm
Without a pre-selected theme, the program revealed a number of shared commonalities from contemporary artists around the world
Davide Luciano: Potholes
by Sara Namias
PENTIMENTO FINE ART GALLERY
May 3 – June 3, 2012
His passion, creativity and innate sense of humor, are the characteristics that set his work apart, including in still photography, his second great love
Interview with Luis Jacob
by Phil Anderson
Spirits of the Grotto
Dufferin Underpass
“I hope people who live in the area will form unique relationships with the various “spirits”.
Interview with Marcos Lins
by Aeree Rho
GALLERIA 814
May 1– June 1, 2012
When I see a place or an object I kind of have a feeling …As long as you have good eyes, the sky is the limit.
Janet Bellotto / Following the Lure of the Scent
by Edward Rubin
DE LUCA FINE ART GALLERY
intellectually engaging in the infinite number of ideas that it conjures up, is at its very root, sensuous, seductive, and romantic
Interview with curator Andrea Fitzpatrick and artists Samira Eskandarfar and Amirali Ghasemi
by Barbara D. Waginski
GALLERY 44
May 4 – June 16, 2012
human beings despite the place they are living in, are more similar to each other than different and thus these differences can be an opening for dialogue and engagement
Interview with Darcy Killeen, Executive Director of CONTACT
by Seowon Bang
April – June, 2012
CONTACT is the largest photography festival in the world. “And we’re also trying to be the best photography festival,”
Tasman Richardson: NECROPOLIS
by Amanda Pignotti
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
February 4 – April 1, 2012
the blackened architectural layout of the exhibition facilitates frustration, subtle panic and anxiety
Unframed Honesty / Rodrigo Echeverria Noriega at Oz Studios
by Seowon Bang
OZ STUDIOS
January 9 –23, 2012
Noriega’s Canadian debut uses a variety of mediums to depict a village that draws from imagery of the artist’s native country
The Artist Project
by Seowon Bang
Queen Elizabeth Building
March 1 – 4, 2012
I call it ‘indie darling of art fairs’, but don’t be fooled into thinking that The Artist Project is a neat little show that you can take in lightly. Produced by MMPI, a mega production company that presents well-known art fairs all over the world, The Artist Project is just as large in scale and brimming with big talents waiting to be discovered.
In The End A Good Story Is All That Remains
by Earl Miller
FRAN HILL GALLERY
January 12 – February 19, 2012
As its title and subtitle imply, the human figure informs storytelling, whose attendant connotations of fantasy, intimacy, and attentiveness set the tone.