SPRING 2010
May 27, 2010
It’s hard to believe, but after 43 exhibitions and a renovation, the gallery celebrated its fifth anniversary on May 14th! We extend warm thanks and appreciation to the colleagues, collectors, critics, artists and curators whose enthusiasm and support are vital to our existence.
The gallery is pleased to announce that Kristan Horton has been selected amongst this year’s contestants for the Grange Prize. The prize recognizes the work of Canadian and international contemporary photographers, awarding $50,000 CAD annually to a winner chosen through an online public vote from among two Canadian and two international artists. This year’s contest will feature American and Canadian artists. Presented by Aeroplan and the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Grange Prize partners with one international art institution each year in an effort to recognize the best in Canadian and international photography. This year’s partner is the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago.
Once again several artists associated with the gallery are on the recently announced nominee list for the 2010 Sobey Art Award: congratulations to Daniel Barrow, Duke & Battersby, Pascal Grandmaison and Jon Sasaki.
Gwen MacGregor and Hadley + Maxwell are among the 36 artists and collectives from 13 countries participating in Quebec’s international biennial, Manif d’art 5, in various locations in Quebec City until June 13th.
"Baroque Baroque", Hadley + Maxwell’s second solo exhibition at the gallery is reviewed by Dan Adler in the May issue of Artforum.
At The National Gallery of Canada an installation of recent acquisitions of contemporary Canadian and international drawings is on view in Ottawa through July 11, including gallery artists Daniel Barrow, Shary Boyle, Marla Hlady, David Merritt and Derek Sullivan. An expanded exhibition version is planned to tour.
The third iteration of a major survey exhibition of David Merritt’s drawing-based practice organized by Museum London opens at the MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, on June 12th (through August 29th). A full-colour catalogue is forthcoming.
Barbara Probst’s work is on view art The Museum of Modern Art in Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography through 2010. This selection of outstanding photographs by women artists charts the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present. Probst’s work will also be seen in the following exhibitions over the summer: Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, Tate Modern, London and Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices 1970 to the Present, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid.
Preparations for a major exhibition of Shary Boyle’s work are now in the final stages. Curated by Louise Déry, Director of the Galerie de l’Université de Québec à Montréal, the exhibition will open at the Art Gallery of Ontario in September and travel in 2011 to the Galerie de L’UQAM, Montreal and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. The exhibition includes recent drawings, paintings and porcelain sculpture as well as several new multi-media installations, and is accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue. Boyle’s work will also be featured this fall in Breaking Boundaries, with Brendan Tang, Marc Courtemanche and Carmela Laganse, at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto