TOUR 1 / Niagara
September 21, 2013, 1 – 2 p.m.
Canadian Art’s Niagara Gallery Tour encompassed an array of works and venues to represent the area’s diversity. The tour began at Diaz Contemporary with a discussion of James Carl’s s new body of sculptures by Canadian Art’s online editor, Leah Sandals. Touching upon their allusion to the human figure and their reference to the modernist sculptures of Moore, Sandals shed an array of readings on these optical works.
Leah Sandals in front of one of James Carl’s pieces
The show is on display till October 12th at Diaz Contemporary, 100 Niagara Street. Gallery hours: Thursday to Saturday: 11 – 6 p.m.
The tour continued to Rod Grigor’s Sorry, We’re Open exhibition at Walnut Contemporary. Grigor’s hyperrealist paintings shine attention on overlooked aspects urban landscape, forcing them into a position of re-evaluation.
Sorry, We’re Open is on display till October 28th at Walnut Contemporary, 201 Niagara Street. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday: 11 – 5:30 p.m.
Afterwards, the group braved the rain to see George Legrady’s On the Road at Pari Nadimi Gallery. By referencing the Beat Generation and utilizing photographs that Legrady produced in the 1970s, this exhibition attempts to bridge the gap between the past and the present in a non-linear format.
On the Road is on display till October 26th at Pari Nadimi Gallery, 254 Niagara Street. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday: 12 – 5 p.m.
Finally, the tour ended with Jenine Marsh’s exhibition at Cooper Cole Gallery’s second location. Situated in a graphic space which also possesses a physical presence, Marsh’s work can be examined from an array of dimensions.
This exhibition is on display till October 14th at Cooper Cole Gallery, 777 Richmond Street West, Second Floor. Gallery hours: Monday, Friday, and Saturday: 12 – 4 p.m.
Tour Guide & Sobey Art Award Assistant Curator Stefan Hancherowas beside Jenine Marsh’s Scarecrow (2013).
Text and photo: Shellie Zhang
TOUR 8 / Yorkville
September 21, 2013, 3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Our group met at Kinsmen Robinson Gallery. We visited Louie Palu: Mira Mexico. Louie Palu is a photojournalist taking pictures of the drug war in Mexico.
Artist Louie Palu with Noah Richler journalist, Canadian Art contributor.
Louie aims to bring attention to the drug smuggling in Mexico. It is not officially called a war but over 60,000 people have died because of it. Louie also talked about the media and how they manipulate the public on subjects through the photos they choose.
Louie Palu, Execution By The River, 2012
The exhibition is open till October 12, 2013, Kinsman Robinson Galleries at 108 Cumberland Street.
The next gallery was Mayberry Fine Art Gallery where Hashim Wanoon’s paintings were on display. Hashim works are also about the war in Mexico. Children are his inspiration, they are the innocent victims of war.
The show runs till September 29, 2013, Mayberry Fine Art, 110 Yorkville Avenue
At Gallery Gevik Sylvia Lefkovitz were showing. She has a very simplistic style of landscapes and sculptures that captivate your eyes with beautiful scenery.
The exhibition is on display till October 11, 2013, Gallery Gevik, 12 Hazelton Avenue. Gallery hours: Tue – Sat 10:30 – 6 p.m.
In Loch Gallery Phillip Criag showed a lot of interior portraits. As the guide said he is returning to interiors after painting a lot of exteriors in the past.
The show runs till October 2, 2013, Loch Gallery, 16 Hazelton Avenue. Gallery hours: Tue – Sat 10 – 5:30 p.m.
The last stop in our tour was Mira Godard Gallery. Nathan Birch’s works are a little bit challenging since he works with two or three canvases for one image. To see the painting as a whole you need to look at it from the side.
Nathan Birch, “Beach and Forest” 2010, acrylic on canvas, 27 x 67 in. (triptych)
The exhibition is open till September 28, Mira Godard Gallery, 22 Hazelton Avenue. Gallery hours: Tue – Sat 10 – 5:30.
Text and photo: Celeste Ringrose