{"id":9422,"date":"2012-04-20T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=9422"},"modified":"2012-11-26T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T14:58:14","slug":"contact-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=9422","title":{"rendered":"Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival PICKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

ART<\/span>ORONTO.CA CONTACT picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

With so much choice, 150 venues and a 1000 photographers it isn\u2019t easy picking just ten exhibits to see.
\nPhil Anderson<\/strong>: I\u00a0 look forward to seeing much more than the ones listed but these ten caught my interest and everyone is sure to have their own list as well. In no particular order here are the ten that I chose to see.<\/p>\n

1. All Present or Accounted For by Beverly Owens\u00a0 \/Atti Gallery \/ 2152 Yonge Street \/ May 1-31
\n2. Yonge Street Rue du Faubourg Saint Denis by Peter MacCallum\u00a0 \/Eric Arthur Gallery \/\u00a0 230 College St. \/ May 10-August 10
\n3. Full Frontal T.O. by Patrick Cummins \/ Urbanspace Gallery \/\u00a0 410 Richmond St. 1st floor \/ May 1-31
\n4. Two and A Quarter – group exhibition \/ Lomography Gallery Store \/ 536 Queen St. \/ May 3 -31<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rebecca Cairns, Untitled, 2012<\/p>\n

5. iPhonegraphy – group exhibit \/ 1X Gallery \/11 Davies Ave \/ April 26- May 25
\n6. Forgotten Places\u00a0 by Marcos Lins\u00a0 \/ Galleria 814 \/\u00a0 814 St. Clair W.\/May 1- June 1<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Marcos Lins, Medieval Darkness, 2011<\/p>\n

7. New Suburban Photomat\u00a0 by Chris Grismer \/ Don\u2019t Tell Mama \/108 Ossington Ave \/ May 1-31<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Chris Grismer, Landscape #1, 2011<\/p>\n

8. Public: Collective Identity\/Occupied Spaces – group exhibit \/ MOCCA\u00a0\u00a0 952 QueenSt. W. \/ April 28-June 3
\n9. Berenice Abbott: Photographs \/ AGO \/ 317 Dundas \/ May 23- August 19
\n10. Photographie – group exhibit \/ Arsenal Toronto \/\u00a0 45 Ernest Ave. \/ April 20-June 9<\/p>\n

Emese Krunak-Hajagos<\/strong>: It is more than you can see in just a few days, so this will be my program for May, day after day. It is really hard to chose, they are all interesting in some way.<\/p>\n

1. Lynne Marsh: Upturned Starry Sky \/ Contact Gallery \/80 Spadina Ave 310 \/April 28\u2013June 15
\n2. Berenice Abbot: Photographs \/ AGO \/ 317 Dundas \/ May 23- August 19
\n3. Gender and exposure in contemporary Iranian photography- group show \/Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography\/401 Richmond St W 120 \/\u00a0May 4\u2013June 9
\n4. Matilda Aslizadeh: Still life \/ Pari Nadimi Gallery \/254 Niagara St \/ April 5\u2013May 26
\n5. Looking Askance by Jamie Campbell \/Gladstone Hotel 4th floor \/ 1214 Queen St W \/ May 2\u2013June 2<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jamie Campbell, Lay the ghost to rest, 2011<\/p>\n

5. Public: Collective Identity\/Occupied Spaces – group exhibit \/ MOCCA\u00a0\u00a0 952 QueenSt. W. \/ April 28-June 3
\n6. Toronto Transformed – group show \/Akasha Art Projects \/ 511 Church Street St 200 \/ April 26\u2013May 26
\n7. Forgotten Places\u00a0 by Marcos Lins\u00a0 \/ Galleria 814 \/\u00a0 814 St. Clair W.\/May 1- June 1
\n8. Toronto: The Bones of you by Mandeep Flora \/Hart House \/7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto \/ April 30\u2013May 27<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Memory by Nancy Rose\/Wychwood Barns Community Gallery \/76 Wychwood Ave \/May 22\u201331<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Nancy Rose, I hope you don’t fall, 2011;2012<\/p>\n

10. New Suburban Photomat\u00a0 by Chris Grismer \/ Don\u2019t Tell Mama \/108 Ossington Ave \/ May 1-31<\/p>\n

Steve Rockwell:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Lynne Cohen: Nothing is Hidden \/ Design Exchange \/\u00a0234 Bay St \/ \u00a0May 3\u2013June 30
\n2. Disembodied Landscape by Victoria Piersig \/ Arcadia Gallery \/\u00a0680 Queens Quay\u00a0 W \/ May 5\u201327<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Victoria Piersig, Penguin and Bark Europa<\/em>, 2011<\/p>\n

3. Public: Collective Identity\/Occupied Spaces – group exhibit \/ Richard Mosse, Noh Sontag \/ MOCCA\u00a0\u00a0 952 QueenSt. W. \/ April 28-June 3
\n4. Between Fantasy and Reality: Contemporary Photography from Cambodia (Chan Moniroth, Vandy Rattana) \/ Art Square Gallery \/\u00a0334 Dundas\u00a0 St W \/ May 8\u2013June 4
\n5. Vantage by April Hickox \/ Katzman Kamen Gallery \/\u00a080 Spadina Ave\u00a0 406 \/ \u00a0May 10\u2013June 2 \/<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 April Hickox, Porthole 1<\/em>, 2011, Courtesy of Katzman Kamen Gallery.<\/p>\n

6. Glass Ceiling by Jill Greenberg \/ O’Born Contemporary \/\u00a0\u00a0131 Ossington Ave\u00a0\/ April 28\u2013June 2\u00a0\/<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jill Greenberg, American Girl Doll<\/em>, 2010, \u00a9 Jill Greenberg, courtesy of O\u2019Born Contemporary, Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n

7. Suzy Lake: Untitled \/ Georgia Scherman Projects\u00a0\/ 133\u00a0 Tecumseth St\u00a0 \/ April 20\u2013May 26
\n8. Elegy by Deborah Samuel \/ Royal Ontario Museum \/\u00a0100 Queen\u2019s Park Cres \/ \u00a0 March 29\u2013July 2
\n9. Yonge Street Rue du Faubourg Saint Denis by Peter MacCallum\u00a0 \/Eric Arthur Gallery \/\u00a0 230 College St. \/ May 10-August 10<
\n10. Crumbled Empire by Andrew Rowat \/ Elaine Fleck Gallery \/ 888\u00a0\u00a0 Queen St W \/ May 1\u201329<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CONTACT 2012 PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

by ARTORONTO.CA<\/strong><\/p>\n

With so much choice, 150 venues and a 1000 photographers it isn\u2019t easy picking just ten exhibits to see.<\/p>\n

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