{"id":14465,"date":"2012-09-13T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T14:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=14465"},"modified":"2012-10-07T10:41:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T14:41:32","slug":"howard-lonn-signals-back-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=14465","title":{"rendered":"Howard Lonn: Signals Back to the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Howard Lonn, Shape Imitator (Study), 2012, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 inches<\/p>\n

September 13 \u2013 October 6, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening Reception: Thursday, September 13, 6 \u2013 8 p.m.
\nNICOLAS METIVIER GALLERY<\/strong>
\n451 King Street West,
\nToronto, M5V 1K4
\nT: 416.205.9000
\nwww.metiviergallery.com<\/a>
\nHours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 – 6 p.m.
\nNicholas Metivier Gallery is pleased to announce Signals Back to the World,<\/em> an exhibition of new works by Howard Lonn<\/strong>. The exhibition will open on September 13 and will be on view through October 6 with a reception for the artist on Thursday, September 13 from 6\u2013 8 p.m. This will be Lonn\u2019s third exhibition at the gallery.<\/p>\n

Since the mid 1980s, Howard Lonn<\/strong> has been steadily building his reputation in the Canadian painting community, earning the respect of critics, collectors and fellow artists. Working on both canvas and paper, Lonn is an ambitious artist known for his visual language of deconstructed architecture and visceral technique. Approaching each painting as a problem, Lonn\u2019s \u2018solution\u2019 involves a multitude of processes including layering, scraping and dripping paint. Rather than feeling overworked, Lonn\u2019s expressive brushstrokes and, in some cases, gaudy colour conveys immediacy and gives the work a playful sensibility.<\/p>\n

The exhibition, Signals Back to the World<\/em>, is comprised of twelve paintings, Lonn\u2019s most cohesive body of work to date. Finding inspiration in the urban landscape, Lonn\u2019s compositions combine architectural, human and abstract elements that defy logic.<\/p>\n

In a recent text about Lonn\u2019s work, curator Ihor Holubizky<\/strong> states, “Lonn, like other thinking artists, will do anything to achieve the results that cannot be anticipated. He transforms and mutates his graphic sources by building up and tearing down.<\/p>\n

In the end a structure necessary for his painting appears, and makes it knowable, yet not to describe, but to propose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 13 \u2013 October 6, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening: Thursday, September 13, 6-8 pm<\/p>\n

NICOLAS METIVIER GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finding inspiration in the urban landscape, Lonn\u2019s compositions combine architectural, human<\/p>\n

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