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! 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