{"id":12471,"date":"2012-06-22T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=12471"},"modified":"2012-07-29T00:44:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T04:44:04","slug":"tom-ngo-refractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=12471","title":{"rendered":"Tom Ngo: Refractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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June 28 \u00ad- \u00a0July 28, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening: Thursday, June 28, 7-9 p.m.
\nArtist Talks: Thursday, June 28, 6-7 p.m.
\nOPEN STUDIO GALLERY<\/strong>
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\nToronto, ON M5V 3A8
\nT: 416.504.8238
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\nHours: Tue \u2013 Sat 12 \u2013 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Open Studio is pleased to present the second of two 2012 Visiting Artists’ \u00a0Exhibitions<\/strong> featuring Toronto-based artists Tom Ngo and Derek Sullivan.<\/p>\n

Each year, Open Studio selects four professional artists with or without printmaking experience to create works in the print medium of their choice, working closely with a professional print artist to realize their projects. These exhibitions by Ngo and Sullivan are the result of this intensive work period.<\/p>\n

After receiving his Master’s of Architecture, Tom Ngo<\/strong> began to explore architectural representation in the field of art, and has since been working as a mixed media artist. He is represented by LE Gallery and also produces designs and concepts for the firm of Moriyama & Teshima. Keeping current with architectural practice informs his artwork \u2039 melding it with his work to shape a critical outlook on contemporary art and architecture. Ngo’s work employs absurdity and nonsense as a means of questioning the logic of building design.<\/p>\n

His print series Refractions, created during his Visiting Artist Residency at Open Studio, adds another variable to his exploration of structures by examining the effect of screenprinting on the design of his absurd constructions. Each piece was generated by printing fragments of floor plans and then extrapolating the plans into buildings. These buildings then went through another stage of splicing, collage and multiple-timed exposures to create new arrangements. The arrangements were edited and redrawn to create the final constructions. The resulting works stand as absurd buildings seen through the lens of the screenprinting process.<\/p>\n

A text by Chloe Town<\/strong> accompanies the exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 28 \u00ad – July 28, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening: Thursday, June 28, 7-9 p.m.
\nArtist Talks: Thursday, June 28, 6-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

OPEN STUDIO GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

adds another variable to his exploration of structures by examining the effect of screenprinting <\/p>\n

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