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Keeping Canada and the World Beautiful MAY/MAI 2008GLOBAL ART EXHIBITIONS - PHOTOGRAPHYChronological Listing of Openings
MAY 1, THURSDAY/JEUDI 1 MAI Guest Curator: Gwendolyn Owens. Till July 31, Au 31 Juillet 2008. Galerie hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 12 PM - 6 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mercredi - Samedi: 12h00 a 18h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Impressions Art Gallery OPENING RECEPTION 5 - 9 PM/VERNISSAGE 17h00 a 21h00 - YORKVILLE - - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.impressionsartgallery.ca Gallery Director: Madame Elena Klaoudatou, B. Comm. E - mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 922 3944, Fax: 416 922 7434. Gallery Curator: Mademoiselle Sofia Damil. E - mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 922 3922, Fax: 416 922 7464. 102 Yorkville Ave., Toronto "ABANDON" An Exhibition of photography by Mark Coatsworth. The Exhibition is a four part, photographic documentary series about our world after ecological collapse. From the decline of Canada's Atlantic fisheries, to the resource rush in the far North, to the great floods of New Orleans, ABANDON examines modern societies who ignored the early warnings, and so brought about their own destruction. These series are microcosms of what is happening to our planet on a global scale. This is the story of the things left behind.. Till June 7, Au 7 Juin 2008. Galerie hours: Tuesday & Wednesday: 3 PM - 7 PM Thursday, Friday & Saturday: 10 AM - 7 PM Sunday: 12 PM - 6 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mardi et Mercredi: 15h00 a 19h00 Jeudi, Vendredi et Samedi: 10h00 a 19h00 Dimanche: 12h00 a 18h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Toronto Image Works OPENING RECEPTION 6 - 8 PM/VERNISSAGE 18h00 a 20h00 - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - - SECOND FLOOR: SUITE #207 - www.torontoimageworks.com E-mail: [email protected] . Tel: 416 703 1999, Toll Free: 1 888 867 2252, Fax: 416 703 3991. Gallery Director: Bernice Lyons Page. E-mail: [email protected] . 80 Spadina Ave., Toronto "Srebrenica: The Absence" An Exhibition of photography by Roger LeMoyne. Artist Talk: Saturday May 3 2008 1:30 - 2:30 PM/Samedi 3 Mai 2008 13h30 a 14h30. Since the early 1990's, Roger LeMoyne has spent most of his time documenting the human condition in places such as the D.R. Congo, Afghanistan and the Balkans. He is the recipient of many major awards including the World Press Photo for his Kosovo work and the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize in 2007 for a series entitled "After War." His first book "Details Obscurs" which takes a hard look at the effects of recent conflicts on civilians, was published in 2005. Till May 31, Au 31 Mai 2008. *PIKTO Gallery OPENING RECEPTION 6 - 9 PM/VERNISSAGE 18h00 a 21h00 - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - - THE HISTORIC DITILLERY DISTRICT - CANNERY BLDG. #59, SUITE: #103. East of Parliament 1 block south of Front St., E.. www.pikto.ca E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 203 3443. 55 Mill St., Toronto "The Uchronie Fragments" An Exhibition of photography by Osheen Harruthoonyan. Till June 1, Au 1 Juin 2008. Galerie hours: Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 7 PM Saturday: 10 AM - 7 PM Sunday: 12 PM - 6 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Lundi - Vendredi: 9h00 a 19h00 Samedi: 10h00 a 19h00 Dimanche: 12h00 a 18h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *LEE KA-SING Gallery OPENING RECEPTION 7 - 10 PM/VERNISSAGE: 19h00 a 22h00 - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.leekasing.ca E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 840 5549. 50 Gladstone St., Toronto "PROCESS" An Exhibition of photography by Sang-Taek Oh. Till May 11, Au 11 Mai 2008. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 1 PM - 6:00 PM/13h00 a 18h00 ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY 2, FRIDAY/VENDREDI 2 MAI Aires, Los Angeles, the North Pole and elsewhere. Current events are evoked blending impressions with History. Faces, unusual encounters, urban landscapes, desolate stretches. Humanity comes face to face with the anxious universe we have created and which we wish to endow with meaning. We collide with nature and its contrasting greatness. Different worlds meet – solemnly or mockingly. Contrasts arise and the question “Are we?” remains unanswered. - Tendance floue - À Paris, Bombay, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, au Pôle Nord et ailleurs, nos regards se sont posés, entre préoccupations intimes et politiques. Des faits d’actualité sont évoqués, où les impressions se mêlent à l’Histoire. Des visages, des rencontres insolites, des paysages urbains, des étendues désolées. L’homme est confronté à l’univers inquiet qu’il a créé, et auquel il cherche à donner un sens. Il se heurte à la nature, qui lui oppose sa grandeur. Différents mondes se rencontrent, avec gravité ou dérision. Des contrastes s’opèrent. Et la question « Sommes-nous ? » reste en suspens. - Tendance floue - In collaboration with The French Consulate in Toronto. Avec le soutien du Consulat général de France à Toronto. Till May 31, 2008/ AU 31 Mai, 2008. Galerie hours: Monday - Wednesday: 9:30 AM - 6 PM Thursday: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM - 6 PM Friday: 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Lundi - Mercredi: 9h30 a 18h00 Jeudi: 9h30 a 11h30 et 13h30 a 18h00 Vendredi: 9h30 a 15h30 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *BRAYHAM OPENING RECEPTION 7 PM/VERNISSAGE 19h00 - CONTEMPORARY ART - - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.brayhamcontemporaryart.com Gallery Director: Angela Brayham . E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 647 435 7367. 1270 Queen St., E., Toronto "Art Gun Control" - Between Memory and History - An Exhibition of colour photographs by Steven James Brown. Toronto photographer, Steven James Brown does not use photography to document reality, but to alter it. Brown employs unconventional props and lighting techniques to achieve intriguing still life colour photographs. His avant-garde style features intriguing subject matter, while remaining simple, iconographic, and vibrant. Brown uses 4 x 5 positive transparency film and a large-format camera to create his arresting and often ethereal imagery. Till June 15, Au 15 Juin 2008. Galerie hours: Wednesday to Sunday 11 AM - 7 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mercredi - Dimanche: 11h00 a 19h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY 3, SATURDAY/SAMEDI 3 MAI OPENING RECEPTION 2 - 5 PM/VERNISSAGE: 14h00 a 17h00 - THE HISTORIC DISTILLERY DISTRICT - East of Parliament 1 block south of Front St., E.. - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.corkingallery.com Gallery Director: Madame Jane Corkin. E-mail: [email protected] . E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 979 1980, Fax: 416 979 7018. Bldg. #61. 55 Mill St., Toronto "Anikora-Seifuku " An Exhibition of digitally constructed images by Ryoko Suzuki . In Anikora - Seifuku, Ryoko Suzuki challenges the conventional understanding of social documentary with digitally constructed images that comment on the specific social roles of women living in contemporary Japan. Depicting popular Japanese dolls, akin to Barbie dolls in North America, the artist's face is superimposed to create uncanny, larger than life-size characters that illustrate traditionally "appropriate" gender roles: nurse, schoolgirl and waitress, among others. The distorted, unrealistic bodies of the dolls, reminiscent of animé, express the notion of the supercute, or "kawaii." This idea confronts the cute, but often highly erotic, fictionalized portrayal of women that is prevalent in Japanese comics, advertising and children's toys. & "Empty Lots" An Exhibition of images of abandoned parking lots by Chad Gerth . Chad Gerth's Empty Lots series explores and documents the intricacies of urban and human landscapes through images of abandoned parking lots slowly being reclaimed by nature. Made in Gerth's hometown of Chicago, these images represent the contemporary city not through its distinctive skyline but through the flatness of its terrain and the common yet unremarkable areas that exist in any city. Shot from a high, almost vertiginous point of view, the cityscape is transformed into a barely recognizable, abstract plane of shape and colour. The modernist, machine-like grid construction of so many North American cities is here exemplified by the rigidly defined boundaries of both the lots and the photographs themselves, tightly cropped and carefully composed. Gerth calls these spaces, these empty lots, "gaps of nothingness ... like grass in the cracks of the sidewalk or a rhizomic void in the skyline." They exist not as places of civic or social importance, but as vacant spaces beyond control of the city. & " Roadkill " An Exhibition of work by Marc Séguin. Roadkill consists of large scale, figurative oil paintings that explore the communicative potential of traditional artistic methods. Incorporating entirely original found material - the roadkill of the title is actual roadkill attached to the canvas - these works are surreal, haunting meditations that eliminate all narrative potential. Ghost-like apparitions float in empty space, with the faces and identities of these strange figures obscured by paint, masks and hoods. Employing his signature style, Séguin creates complex, emotionally charged works with little embellishment. At its core his work examines not only the dark, hallucinatory world of his subjects but the very processes and methods of oil painting itself. Marc Séguin's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in major public collections throughout Canada. He lives and works in New York City. Till July 13, Au 13 Juillet 2008. Galerie hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM Sunday 12 PM - 5 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mardi - Samedi: 10h00 a 16h00 Dimanche 12h00 a 17h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Gallery Arcturus OPENING RECEPTION 2:30 - 5:30 PM/VERNISSAGE: 14h30 a 17h30 THE FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBJECTIVE ART - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.arcturus.ca Curator: Madame Cathy Stilo. Space Manager: Madame Tara Mowbray. E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 977 1077, Fax: 416 977 1066. Artist-In-Dialogue & visitors comments contact: Madame Deborah Harris. E-mail: [email protected] . 80 Gerrard St., E., Toronto "m e e t i n g s" ...beyond memory and history upper gallery: An Exhibition of photography by Adriana Capozzi, Ed Drass, Janos Gardonyi, Sheila Goldgrab, Shirley Grosser, Lenka Holubec and Immen Wallace. & "It is extraordinary requirement of portrait photography that the subject must first agree to be seen. That agreement meets us with each looking, face to face with a moment." Participating photographers An Exhibition of photography by Aaron Ansarov, Shozo Ushiroguchi, David Bean, Marie Fournier, Sheila Goldgrab, Paddy Jane, Jamie Latrobe, Miriana Mitrovich, Joachim Oepkes, Simeon Posen, Gary Stark, Ayokah and Daniel Volkovich. Till June 14, Au 14 Juin 2008. Galerie hours: Tuesday - Friday: 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM Saturday: 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mardi - Vendredi: 12h00 a 17h30 Samedi: 11h00 a 17h30 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Beach Studio Tour 6 - 9 PM www.beachstudiotour.ca E-mail: [email protected]. Theresa Maxwell co chair Tel.: 416 686 8738, Sheila Thompson co chair Tel.: 416 690 9295. Near Queen E. St., between: Sarah Ashbridge Dr., Wodbine Ave., Victoria Park Ave., Toronto. "SPRING 2008: Beach Studio Tour" - 15 STUDIOS, 23+ARTISTS/CRAFTS PEOPLE - Application Deadline: November 10, 2007. Till May 5, 2008.
MAY 4, SUNDAY/DIMANCHE 4 MAI www.beachstudiotour.ca E-mail: [email protected]. Theresa Maxwell co chair Tel.: 416 686 8738, Sheila Thompson co chair Tel.: 416 690 9295. Near Queen E. St., between: Sarah Ashbridge Dr., Wodbine Ave., Victoria Park Ave., Toronto. "SPRING 2008: Beach Studio Tour" - 15 STUDIOS, 23+ARTISTS/CRAFTS PEOPLE - Application Deadline: November 10, 2007. Till May 5, 2008.
MAY 5, MONDAY/LUNDI 5 MAI along the fence of the Consulate General of Italy.. An Exhibition of 10 digital prints, each 60 x 70.5 inches by RAFFAELA MARINIELLO. Venue of this Exhibition: Consulate General of Italy - Fence on Dundas St W at Beverly St, Toronto. Raffaela Mariniello was born in Naples, Italy in 1961 where she currently lives and works. Her first introduction to photography was working for a press photography agency in her early twenties. Her works can be found in several international public and private collections and she is represented by Studio Trisorio, Naples. In Collaboration with CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2008. Avec le soutien du FESTIVAL DE PHOTOGRAPHIES - CONTACT 2008. Till June 29, Au 29 Juin 2008. Galerie hours: Monday - Friday: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Lundi - Vendredi: 14h30 a 16h30 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY 9, FRIDAY/VENDREDI 9 MAI Mardi - Samedi: 12h00 a 17h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY 10, SATURDAY/SAMEDI 10 MAI Mardi - Samedi: 11h00 a 17h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY 15, THURSDAY/JEUDI 15 MAI Mercredi - Samedi: 12h00 a 18h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **new* gallery OPENING RECEPTION 5 - 8 PM/VERNISSAGE: 17h00 a 20h00 www.new-gallery.ca E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 588 1200. 906 Queen St., W., Toronto "WRAP, STITCH, & BURN" - explorations in mixed media - An Exhibition of work by Nieves Carrasco, Valerie Knapp and Carolynn Bloomer. Till May 25, Au 25 Mai 2008. Galerie hours: Wednesday - Sunday: 1 PM - 6:00 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mercredi - Dimanche: 13h00 a 18h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Propeller OPENING RECEPTION 7 - 10 PM/VERNISSAGE 19h00 a 22h00 Centre for the Visual Arts - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.propellerctr.com E-mail: [email protected], Tel: 416 504 7142 984 Queen St., W., Toronto "Transitional Environments" An Exhibition of photography by & "The Photobooth Project" An Exhibition of photography by Daphne Gerou. Till May 25, Au 25 Mai 2008. Galerie hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 12 PM - 6 PM Sunday: 12 AM - 5 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mecredi - Samedi: 12h00 a 18h00 Dimanche: 12h00 a 17h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Visual Arts Ontario OPENING RECEPTION 7 - 9 PM/VERNISSAGE 19h00 a 21h00 - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.vao.org E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 591 8883, Fax 416 591 2432. 1153A Queen St., W., Toronto "Fragrance" An Exhibition of photography by LYNN HUNTLEY-WYCZOLKOWSKI. Lush are the organic landscapes of Lynn Huntley Wyczolkowski that feed our visual appetites. By virtue of her exhibition, curated by Monica Vaes, we hungrily consume eloquently articulated images savouring rich, sensuous hues and hypnotic compositions that morph from the abstract to the literal. Each enchanting work is imbued with floral 'Fragrance', remembered or imagined, and charged with a pallet of emotions simultaneously evoking imprinted experiences, personal and historical, that resonate with interconnectedness and nostalgic qualities. . Curated by: Monica Vaes. Till June 3, Au 3 Juin 2008. Galerie hours: Tuesday - Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM Saturday: 12 AM - 5 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mardi - Vendredi: 9h00 a 17h00 Samedi: 12h00 a 17h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *G + Gallery OPENING RECEPTION - PM/VERNISSAGE h00 a h00 - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.indexg.com E-mail: [email protected] , Tel: 416 535 6957. 50 Gladstone St., Toronto "MeiKong/HongKong" An Exhibition of recent photography by My Le Nguyen and Melodie Ng. Curated by: Holly Lee. & "Symbolic Ambiguities " An Exhibition of photography by Linda Briskin and Kye Marshall. Till May 25, Au 25 Mai 2008. Galerie hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 1 PM - 6 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mardi - Samedi: 13h00 a 18h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *p|m Gallery For more info & the time of an opening call: 416 937 3862. Dundas Street East and Carlaw Avenue - SUITE: #149 - www.pmgallery.ca E-mail: [email protected] , Fax: 416 737 3050. 1159 Dundas St., E., Toronto - Edith Dakovic - Till June 30, Au 30 Juin 2008. Galerie hours: Wednesday: 11 AM - 8 PM Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 11 AM - 6 PM ADMISSION FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heures d'ouverture de la galerie: Mercredi: 11h00 a 20h00 Jeudi, Vendredi et Samedi: 11h00 a 18h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Latcham Gallery For more info anad the time of the opening call: Tel: 905 640 8954 - 12th Annual Toronto Photography Festival - CONTACT 2008 - Dans le cadre du festival de photographies - CONTACT 2008 - www.latchamgallery.ca E-mails: [email protected] or [email protected] . Fax: 905 640 6246. 6240 Main St., Stouffville "Celebrations 2008" - art by local elementary students - This annual showcase of art by local school children celebrates the creativity, energy and ideas of children from Whitchurch-Stouffville elementary schools. Filling the Gallery from floor to ceiling, these works of art from paintings to prints, sculptures to sketchbooks bring life and colour to the town. The exhibition includes work done by students from about ten local public, separate and private schools.. Till May 24, Au 24 Mai 2008.
MAY 16, FRIDAY/VENDREDI 16 MAI Mardi - Vendredi: 11h00 a 17h00 Samedi: 12h00 a 18h00 Dimanche: 12h00 a 17h00 ENTREE GRATUITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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