May 14th, 2010
Art + Dine Disappoints
Art + Dine Presents: W/ Betty Ann Jordan @ The Drake Hotel — Toronto
“Art After Photography” May 13th
Betty Ann Jordan is a Canadian art writer and consultant who currently leads tours for Queen Street West’s 1st Thursdays.
May 13th, 2010
White Cubed
Susana Reisman @ Peak Gallery — Toronto
“Selective Affinities” til May 29
In Selective Affinities Susana Reisman gives everyday objects what I call “the museum treatment”.
May 13th, 2010
The Multifaceted Moment
Barbara Probst @ Jessica Bradley Art Projects — Toronto
“Exposures” til May 29
Barbara Probst’s ongoing Exposure series takes multiple photographs using different cameras all synchronized to capture the same moment.
May 11th, 2010
The Nouveau Romantics
Carlos and Jason Sanchez @ Nicholas Metivier Gallery — Toronto
til May 22nd
Carlos and Jason Sanchez are Montreal based photographers who create emotionally and politically charged imagery using staged photography in the vein of Jeff Wall.
May 1st, 2010
Keith Carter’s Oddities
Keith Carter @ Catherine Edelman Gallery — Chicago
“Seen & Unseen” til May 1
It is probably a bit unfair that I saw Eggleston’s show at the Art Institute Chicago a couple of days before seeing the work of Keith Carter for the first time.
May 1st, 2010
Most Viewed — April 2010
1. Xiao Guo Hui’s Twisted Pleasures
2. Guido Van Der Werve @ Prefix
3. A Tiny View
Apr 30th, 2010
Rock ‘n Roll in Colour
William Eggleston @ Art Institute Chicago
“Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008″ til May 23
William Eggleston is widely credited with bringing colour photography into the realm of fine art. It’s almost ironic that his reason for using colour was not exactly worthy of fine art high thinking.
Apr 20th, 2010
Cal Lane: Alchemist
Cal Lane @ Art Gallery of Mississauga
“Sweet Crude” til Apr 25
I became interested in Cal Lane’s work a few months ago after seeing an advertisement for her upcoming show, Sweet Crude, in Canadian Art. In the ad, the artist with long brown hair straddles a rusted household oil tank as she cuts a floral pattern into the metal using a blow torch.
Apr 15th, 2010
Poison Pen Perfected
Greg Lamarche @ Show & Tell Gallery — Toronto
“Cut to the Chase” til May 2
I rarely get excited about collage. I can appreciate a good tear up, which I recently experienced looking at Tony Ramano’s poster collages, but never have I been awed by the way a guy can cut and paste.
Apr 12th, 2010
Culture Sculpture
Miler Lagos @ The Department — Toronto
“Harmonizing Forces” til Apr 25
In a window of the gallery, a plank of wood balances on a triangular base like a teeter totter. On one side is a potted pine tree and on the other, a stack of newspapers about a foot high.
Apr 10th, 2010
The Profundity of Junk
Kelly Lycan @ Gallery 44 — Toronto
Part of “Perpetuities and Accumulations” til Apr 10
We all have them. We can’t live without them, but they are basically ignored and forgotten until we have something that we just don’t have a place for and then the good old junk drawer gets a call to duty… for the moment.
Apr 9th, 2010
A Tiny View
Toni Hafkenscheid @ Birch Libralato — Toronto
“Relics of the Future” til May 1
Toni Hafkenscheid uses a special camera and lens to achieve an effect that makes his photographs of real subjects seem like staged scenes of dioramas or small-scale models. This lens blurs information around the edges and focuses the objects in the middle of the picture.
Apr 6th, 2010
Cuddly Urban Life Slices
I.M. Martinez @ Toronto Photographer’s Workshop
“ACCRUAL” ended Mar 27
It’s not like this sort of layering of photographic images hasn’t been done before. But that they feel like mini films, a slew of experiences strung together like a Hudson’s Bay sweater struck a sentimental chord with me.
Apr 1st, 2010
Most Viewed — March 2010
1. The Armory Show 2010 — New York
2. Xiao Gou Hui’s Twisted Pleasures
3. The Independent 2010 — New York
Mar 31st, 2010
Revenge of the Dummy
Spring Hurlbut @ Georgia Sherman Projects — Toronto
“Shut Up” til Apr 24
What did the dummy say in the art gallery? Nothing. He’s given up the comedy circuit for a quieter, more intellectual life in the fine arts.
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