by Miriam Arbus
November 2–13, 2011
GALLERY 1313
It underlines the increasingly present tensions in our contemporary framework between that which is alive and that which is lifelike.
Nicholas Stedman: Tribot
Category: BRIEFS
Susan Hiller: The Last Silent Movie
by Haafiz Karim
September 22 – November 26, 2011
PREFIX INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
While the audio recordings provide a tremendous auditory experience, the etchings are a visual equivalent.
Gregory Scott
by Michelle Lun
Art Toronto 2011
CATHERINE EDELMAN GALLERY, Chicago
Humorous, witty, and a commentary on the art world, Scott’s works generate a viewing experience that fools the eye and plays with the mind.
Art Toronto, 2011 / Angelo Musco
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
October 28–31, 2011
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE
There is a large photograph by Angelo Musco showing hundreds of human bodies like a spider’s web.
¡Patria o Libertad! Johanna Reich: ‘Monument’
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
September 9 – October 30, 2011
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
She steps back, looks at it for a moment and then steps up on the stool and disappears into the painting.
¡Patria o Libertad! ANTUAN:‘Left or Right’
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
September 9 – October 30, 2011
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
A man comes into this arena and starts to punch the faces on the bags. He punches and punches them harder and harder until sweat is running down his face and his knuckles become red.
General Idea: Mondo Cane Kama Sutra
by Haafiz Karim
July 30, 2011–January 1, 2012
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
What makes this piece so remarkable is the neon colour of the poodles presented on the canvases and the scale of the panels creating a gigantic eye-capturing façade.
Kent Monkman: The Art Game
by Daniel St. Germaine
October 28 -31, 2011
Toronto International Art Fair, 2011
The centrepiece of Art Toronto 2011 is the fair’s flagship work by Toronto-based Cree artist Kent Monkman, curated by Steven Loft. The Art Game is a life-size maze, constructed from booth walls identical to the Art Fair itself, which will lead the audience through an art world “funhouse”.
Richard Barnes: Animal Logic
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
Bau-Xi Photo
Have you ever wanted to know what is happening in the rooms marked Closed for visitors in the museums? Internationally known, award winning artist Richard Barnes spent ten years in those rooms
Mystical Endeavours
by Martina Wegener
OCAD U Student Gallery
Mystical Endeavours brings together the work of these artists in a spectacular display of mystical and fantastic proportions