Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
- Art Tour de Force
It is that time of year again: time to explore the creative spirit of OCAD.
When: Friday May 11 to Sunday May 13, 11 am to 6 pm (Friday until 8 pm)
Venue: Main Campus at 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
Admission: pay-what-you-can
- Bansky Come Back!
London transport workers have painted over an iconic mural by Banksy. Oh please say it ain’t so?!
"Our graffiti removal teams are staffed by professional cleaners not professional art critics". Spokesman Transport for London. Well then, looks like they will need a bit of training perhaps? Bansky 101.
Via Joerg.
- Michael Caines at Katharine Mulherin
A wild and mysterious adventure: El Dorado by Michael Caines.
If you have the time to stroll on Saturday afternoon and take in some art, drop by Katharine’s gallery.El Dorado is the lost City of Gold, the thing that is sought endlessly but which may not be found or even exist, like true love, heaven, happiness, success. In this series of drawings and paintings, one cowboy saves another from drowning, initiating a tender companionship. As they set out on their wanderings they encounter a wolf costumed as a rabbit, a hanged man who returns from the dead, and a murder of shape-shifting crows. The nature of the cowboys’ quest remains mysterious, perhaps even to them, as do the intentions of the peculiar creatures they encounter.
- One Picture, 1000 tags
Now really all I can say is: "What took them so long?"
From the New York Times:
Museums plan to encourage the public to annotate their collections by
supplying descriptive tags that could exist alongside professional
documentation, creating a new shared vocabulary. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” for example, could elicit tags like “stars,” “planets,” “swirls” or “insanity.”This is one of the projects that would be very close to our CTO’s heart! Seriously folks: go tag some art! If I were the museum of Modern Art or any visual museum for that matter I would let the public tag art. It is kind of amazingly passe to try and find a works of art on a museum website using curator lingo!
- Square Foot 2006
Square foot 2006
AWOL Gallery presents Square Foot IV, a dynamic annual art exhibit, which showcases the work of hundreds of artists from the professional to novice. Square Foot has become one of the foremost community art events in Toronto. With each artist creating work in a 12×12 inch format, the show is hung in a grid forming an installation of overwhelming proportions.
This year’s show will feature over 450 artists from Canada, United States, Italy, The Netherlands as well as the United Kingdom.
AWOL Gallery and Studios
76 & 78 Ossington Avenue, 1 block North of Queen Street West
Opening: Friday August 4th, 2006 at 6 PM
Show: August 4 – 27, 2006
- Whippersnapper Gallery
Leila and Ryan at The Whippersnapper first artists show.
I ended up falling in love with his (colourful) work and purchasing one of his pieces.Whippersnapper is re-opening! A new space and new works. Come celebrate the re-opening this evening.
Whippersnapper will be showcasing the work of 30 Young Artists in a group show.The Details:
Who: Whippersnapper Gallery
What: Re-Opening Group Showcase
Where: 587a College St. (West of Bathurst)
When: Wed July 19th 2006 7pm-11pm
- OCAD Graduate Exhibition
Breakthroughs. Discovery. Innovation. It all happens at the Ontario College of Art & Design.
The ninety-first annual Graduate Exhibition is happening May 5, 6, and 7, 2006.OCAD’s graduating students explore and test boundaries in their thesis work in all areas of art and design including drawing and painting, photography, sculpture/installation, ceramics, printmaking, jewellery, textiles, integrated media, advertising, illustration, graphic design, industrial design, and environmental design. The class of 2006 transforms the university campus, including the celebrated Sharp Centre for Design, into an extraordinary exhibition of emerging talent.
Date: May 5 to 7, 2006
Time: 11 am to 6 pm
Venue: Main Campus, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
Admission: Pay what you can
- Stellar Living
WHEN: April 27-May 10, 2006
WHERE: Givins/Shaw Public School, 180 Shaw StreetOpening Reception: Thursday April 27, 7PM
Exhibition: Friday April 28 – Tuesday May 9, Noon-7PM (free)
Gala Auction: Wednesday May 10, doors 6PM, auction 8PMTickets:
Opening Reception: $5 at the door
Gala Auction: $50 in advance or at the door, includes 2 free drink tickets and free entry to Opening ReceptionStellar Living is a unique exhibition and auction featuring over 50 designers’, artists’ and architects’ visions of contemporary urban style. Once again, Canadian and international designers, artists and architects create unique works of furniture, art, fashion, industrial, landscape and interior design items to be auctioned off at a gala fundraising event May 10th in support of Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art.
Stellar Living will be held at Givins/Shaw Public School, 180 Shaw Street (north of Queen West). This is the original 1914 Shaw Public School that was closed down in 2000. It is an empty three story architecture wonder located in the heart of the Art + Design District.
The exhibition is free and open to the public, Friday April 28th to Wednesday May 9th, 2006, 12NOON to 7PM. The Opening Reception on Thursday April 27th will celebrate the exhibition opening with artists in attendance, and will feature music, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets for the Opening Reception will be available at the door, and are $5. The Exhibition will then be open to the public for viewing for two weeks.
- Architecture as Spectacle
It is Spring so I am getting out!Panel Discussion: Architecture as Spectacle
Thursday, March 30, 7 to 8:30 pm
AGOJoin Michael Awad, Lisa Rochon, Christian Giroux and Daniel Young in a discussion about the phenomenon of architecture as spectacle. Urban issues – such as the contribution made by spectacular buildings to the life of a city and to the experience of individual users – will be explored. Michael Awad is an architect, artist and urbanist; Lisa Rochon is architecture critic for The Globe and Mail; Christian Giroux is a sculptor teaching at the University of Guelph and Daniel Young has studied Critical Urban Geography at the University of Toronto. Moderated by journalist John Bentley Mays.
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