\nMay 3 –\u00a0 May 6, 2012
\nOCAD UNIVERSITY<\/strong>
\n100 McCaul St.<\/p>\n
Stepping into OCAD\u2019s main building on May 3rd, a sunny Friday afternoon, I was immediately surrounded by a happy buzzing of young people. They were all over the place, many of them graduating this year and proudly showing their work to friends and relatives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OCAD U’s annual “GradEx” transforms the university\u2019s main building and the acclaimed Sharp Centre for Design into one of Toronto’s largest and most anticipated exhibitions of emerging talent.<\/p>\n Andrew Wright: Penumbra<\/strong> \u00a0 Andrew Wright\u2019s explorations of form, light and photographic phenomena come together in the exhibition Penumbra<\/em> to reveal an unexpected perspective on land, sea, and sky alike. This mid-career survey of works from 2001\u201313 invites us to reconsider the ways we relate to and visualize the world around us. His rigorous practice intersecting conceptual and traditional forms of art making raises questions about the way we see.<\/p>\n Janieta Eyre: Constructing Mythologies<\/strong> While Eyre’s work is highly constructed, unlike images of women and femininity that we so often encounter in everyday life, she rejects implicit gender roles and offers alternative myths that extend beyond a simple critique.\u00a0 This exhibition features photographs from five different series created by Eyre that focus on constructions of beauty and sexuality in various stages of women’s lives, from girlhood to motherhood.<\/p>\n SCHATZBERG by Jerry Schatzberg<\/strong> This exhibition highlights the photographic work of Jerry Schatzberg from the 1950s\u2009\u2013\u200970s.\u00a0 Jerry Schatzberg reinvented the conventions of his time.\u00a0 Influenced by New Wave films from Europe, this body of work conveys a cinematic atmosphere with an emphasis on location, wide shots and odd angles to convey action, scale and mood.\u00a0 Through engagement with his notable subjects, he builds character and story through gesture and presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the Playroom: Photographs by Jonathan Hobin<\/strong> Just as children make a game of pretending to be adults as a way to prepare and ultimately take on these roles in later life, so too do they explore things that they hear or see, whether or not they completely understand the magnitude of the event or the implications of their play. <\/em>Most of the images are very creepy but in an interesting, engaging way.<\/p>\n Collected Shadows \/ Archive of Modern Conflict<\/strong> This year, the museum is exhibiting works from the Archive of Modern Conflict entitled Collected Shadows. <\/em>The walls <\/em>\u00a0are covered with historical photograps, many of them small in size, form as early as 1850’s through WWI and WWII, capturing moments of the Cold War and beyond as well. You will need to spent a lot of time in this show to fully understand and appreciate it. A separate room hostes the\u00a0installation The Viewing of Six New Works <\/em>by Michael Snow<\/em>, a Canadian and internationally renowned artist. The flashing, colored lights inspired a mother and her young daugter to do yoga execises in this room at the opening reception.<\/p>\n Not a photgraphy lover?<\/strong> Go to next door to Edward Day Gallery<\/p>\n NADA SESAR-RAFFAY \/ FREE FORM<\/strong>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/OCAD.jpg\" "\\"OCAD\\"")
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\nApril 30 – June 29, 2013
\nOpening Reception: May 3, 6 \u2013 8:30 p.m.
\nUniversity of Toronto Art Centre<\/strong>
\n15 King’s College Circle<\/p>\n<\/a>Andrew Wright,\u00a0Untitled Photography #4<\/em>, 2013,Courtesy of the artist and Patrick Mikhail Gallery<\/p>\n
\nApril 30 – June 29, 2013
\nOpening Reception: May 3, 6 \u2013 8:30 p.m.
\nUniversity of Toronto Art Centre Art Lounge<\/strong>
\n15 King’s College Circle<\/p>\n<\/a>Janieta Eyre, Burning Cake, from the series Motherhood<\/em>, 2002<\/p>\n
\nApril 29 \u2013June 2, 2013
\nOpening Reception: May 4, 12 \u2013 6 p.m. Artist present 2 – 4 p.m.
\nNikola Rukaj Gallery<\/strong>
\n384 Eglinton Ave W<\/p>\n<\/a>Jerry Schatzberg, Andy Warhol<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMay 2\u00a0– 31, 2013
\nGladstone Hotel<\/strong>
\n1214 Queen St W<\/p>\n<\/a>Jonathan Hobin, Obama Nation 1<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMay 2 \u2013 June 2, 2013
\nMuseum of Contemporary Canadian Art<\/strong>
\n952 Queen St W<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nApril 18 \u2013 May 20, 2013
\nEdward Day Gallery<\/strong>
\n952 Queen St West<\/p>\n