Rafael Ochoa, digitally altered found image, 2011
December 10 – 23, 2011
Opening: Saturday, December 10, 2-5 pm
LOOP GALLERY
1273 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON, M6J 1X8
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Hours: Wed–Sat 12–5 p.m., Sun 1–4 p.m.
Loop Gallery is pleased to announce a group exhibition by York University MFA students entitled Temporary. Temporary includes work by Andreas Buchwaldt, Jon Claytor, Patrick Cull, Matthew Gardiner, Phil Irish, Thea Jones, Braden Labonte, Rafael Ochoa, and Luke Siemens.
These current York MFA artworks are temporarily exhibited together, on the condition that they adhere to a guiding rule: they must continue the original artistic intent of the work while playing nicely with others. Each piece is either bent, creased, folded, re-mediumed or re-considered to fit in by pulling back the original number to about 33%. Think of the frame surrounding content in a blog or print publication—or patterns in the selected visual content, like an image of a person attending a kind of symposium. Although there are thematic utterances internal to the works, these are not a reading stricture on the total statement. This framework is only a phase that has run its course and viewers will value works realized through sincerity most.
This exhibition is part of a series of programming by part of YU Special Projects. YU Special Projects is a special initiative of the Visual Arts Department of York University. Focused on making connections between the art community in downtown Toronto and York undergraduate and graduate students, YU Special Projects provides various exhibitions, professional development/exchanges and opportunities towards the enrichment of student experience. Temporary and YU Special Projects are generously supported by the York University’s Provost’s Office through the Academic Innovation Fund. For more information on YU Special Projects, please contact Jessica Thalmann at jessica.thalmann@gmail.com.
Please join the artists in celebrating the opening reception on Saturday, December 10th from 2–5 p.m.