{"id":3014,"date":"2011-09-12T00:56:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T00:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2011-11-07T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T16:01:01","slug":"scott-conarroe-by-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=3014","title":{"rendered":"Scott Conarroe: By Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/image009-M.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3002\" title=\"image009 M\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/image009-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Scott Conarroe, Prairie Tracks, Saskatchewan, 2008. \u00a9Scott Conarroe, courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 10 &#8211; November 6, 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening: Sunday, September 11,\u00a0 2\u00a0&#8211; 4 p.m<br \/>\n<strong>The Varley Art Gallery of Markham<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0216 Main Street<br \/>\nUnionville \u2013 Markham\u00a0\u00a0ON L3R 2H1<br \/>\nT: 905-477-9511<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.varleygallery.ca\/\">www.varleygallery.ca<\/a><br \/>\nHours: Tues., Wed., Fri., Sun. 11am \u2013 4pm,<br \/>\nThurs. 11am \u2013 8pm, Sat. 10am \u2013 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Windsor<\/p>\n<p>Curated by James Patten<\/p>\n<p>In 2007 Scott Conarroe embarked on a journey across North America to photograph railway infrastructure. His pictures of this sprawling socio-geographical network are a remarkable testament to its past glory and future potential. In these large arresting photographs, railway tracks unify urban and rural environments. Largely empty of trains or people, these contemplative, elegiac photographs evoke a range of responses to what is arguably the defining technology of the modern nation state.<\/p>\n<p>Scott is the recent winner of the Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography for 2011. The prize was endowed by the Government of Canada in 1986 on the occasion of Prince Andrew&#8217;s marriage and is awarded annually to a professional Canadian artist for personal creative work. The winner is chosen from among the recipients of arts grants in the Canada Council&#8217;s annual competitions for professional photographers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curator Tour of Scott Conarroe: By Rail<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sunday 16 October at 2pm<\/strong><br \/>\nVisiting from the McIntosh Gallery in London, Ontario, join curator James Patten for a special, one-time discussion on this touring exhibition. Come explore the artwork of Scott Conarroe; consider the role and history of the railways and discuss issues in contemporary photography.<\/p>\n<p>The Varley Art Gallery of Markham is supported by the Varley-McKay Art Foundation of Markham, the Town of Markham, the Ontario Arts Council, the Department of Canadian Heritage, memberships, and private donations.<\/p>\n<p>Admission: Adults $5.00 | Seniors and students $4.00 | Youth (6-11) $3.00 | Children (under 6) free | Family (up to 2 adults and 4 children\/youth) $12.00 | Gallery members free | Reciprocal members free (plus *HST).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3000\" title=\"image007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>September 10 &#8211; November 6, 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening: Sunday, September 11,  2 &#8211; 4 p.m<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Varley Art Gallery of Markham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His pictures of this sprawling socio-geographical network are a remarkable testament to its past glory and future potential <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=3014\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listings_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3014"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3018,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3014\/revisions\/3018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}