FALL 2011 NEWSLETTER
September 17, 2011
THIS YEAR KICKS OFF WITH SEVERAL GALLERY ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTED IN TORONTO EXHIBITIONS:
On Tuesday September 20 The Toronto Sculpture Garden celebrates its 30 year history of memorable projects by some of Canada’s best artists with an anniversary commission featuring Jed Lind’smonumental sculpture Gold, Silver & Lead. Opening reception 6 to 8 pm (115 King St. E, between Church and Jarvis).
On Friday September 23 Albatross Omnibus, a major solo exhibition of Derek Sullivan’s work opens at The Power Plant. This exhibition is The Power Plant’s 2011 commission project and brings together Sullivan’s interest in books, design and architecture in a stunning installation with a special artist book edition. Sullivan will also have a solo exhibition opening at the gallery on November 12.
Three gallery artists are featured as part of this year’s much-anticipated season opener, The Canadian Art Hop. Jon Sasaki will transform the gala dinner and auction on Wednesday September 21 with one of his largest ever installations.
On Saturday September 24 Jed Lind takes part in the Art Hop panel with Sarah Anne Johnson and An Te Liu at 11am in Cinema 3, TIFF Bell Lightbox. And at 3:30 pm in the gallery, Canadian Art magazine editor Richard Rhodes discusses Ben Reeves’ most recent paintings with the artist, followed by a reception.
On Sunday September 25 Oakville Galleries opens Rooms, a new sound installation by Marla Hlady.
NOTABLE
Gallery artists Nicolas Baier, Daniel Barrow, Shary Boyle, Hadley + Maxwell, Kristan Horton and Luanne Martineau have been chosen by MASS MoCA curator Denise Markonish to participate in Oh, Canada. This year-long extravaganza of contemporary Canadian art resulting from three years of research and hundreds of studio visits opens on May 27, 2012 in the impressive former industrial spaces which have become an international contemporary art landmark in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Shary Boyle is completing a new sculptural installation commissioned for the BMO Project Room scheduled to open January, 2012.
Don’t miss Boyle’s new live drawing performance with musician Christine Fellows. Commissioned by Harbourfront Centre in association with the Power Plant. Everything Under the Moon is at World Stage from February 18 - 23, 2012. Tickets go on sale in November.
From September 16 through January 8, 2012 an extraordinary suite of recent drawings by Kristan Horton will be on view at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery in The Limits, an exhibition that explores artistic expressions of time and finitude.
In October Zin Taylor is exhibiting at The Artist’s Institute, Hunter College, New York. Taylor continues to have a busy schedule in Europe, with a recently opened solo exhibition at Supportico Lopez, Berlin and he is participating in Melanchotopia at Witte de With, Rotterdam. Taylor’s major solo exhibition for the Ursula Blickle Foundation travels to KIOSK, Ghent this fall; his accompanying artist book Growth was recently published by Sternberg Press.
Pascal Grandmaison has a solo exhibition at Galerie Eponyme in Bordeaux opening September 29 and from September 24 his work will be featured in Dark Matters: Shadow_Technology_Art at the Whitworth Gallery, University of Manchester.
Currently on view in New York are Barbara Probst at Murray Guy through October 29 and Jason McLean in a two person collaborative exhibition with Joe Grillo at Allegra LaViola Gallery through October 15. Sara MacKillop has a solo exhibition at Galeria Enrico Fornello in Milan through November 6.
Hadley + Maxwell will be participating in the 4th Marrakech Biennale, on from February 29 to June 3, 2012.
SEPTEMBER CALENDAR
Tuesday, Sept 20
Jed Lind, Toronto Sculpture Garden. Reception 4:00-6:00 pm
Wednesday, Sept 21
Canadian Art Hop Gala
Friday, Sept 23
Derek Sullivan opens at The Power Plant
Saturday, Sept 24
Canadian Art Gallery Hop
11:00 am - Cinema 3, Tiff Bell Lightbox: Canadian Art Hop panel
3:30 pm - in the gallery, Richard Rhodes in conversation with Ben Reeves, followed by a reception for the artist from 4 - 6 pm
Sunday, Sept 25
Marla Hlady opens at Oakville Galleries, Gairloch Gardens, 3:30-5:00 pm
COMING UP
We look forward to our participation in NADA Art Fair 2011, Miami Beach, December 1- 4. The gallery will be presenting two special projects in the New Year. In January 2012 Paint as Object will feature two innovative young painters who challenge traditional uses of paint in their work: Vancouver artist Jeremy Hof and Toronto artist Sasha Pierce. In February we look forward to an exciting exhibition by Montreal’s Michel de Broin. Best-known here for his pedal-powered Buick seen at Mercer Union (and stopped by police nearby), de Broin was the 2007 Sobey Art Award winner. He has spent the past few years living in Paris and Berlin where he has produced notable projects for Paris’ Nuit Blanche in 2009 and a major commission for Berlin’s Reichstag completed this year. In October he mounts an outdoor sculpture for the Prospect New Orleans Biennial.