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Image courtesy North Star/AAMO.
Okay, we know that this doesn’t pertain to visual art at all, but we expect that Canada’s art-scene-makers will be wearing it all summer. The editors here at Magenta, being children of the 1970s and 80s, got a bit...
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Sam Taylor-Wood: 3-Minute Round (2008): Courtesy Jay Jopling/White Cube, London, and the Art Gallery of Calgary.
Visiting Western Canada soon? This trio of exhibitions in Alberta, which are running through the summer months, encompass everything...
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Elizabeth McIntosh: Untitled (Black dots on swatches) (2009): Oil on canvas, 75 x 90 inches. Courtesy the artist & Diaz Contemporary, Toronto.
Five Toronto exhibitions ask that we observe closely, but reward by delighting our eyes.
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David LaChapelle: The Rape of Africa (2009): Courtesy the artist and Fred Torres Collaborations.
As this issue goes live, Toronto is in the grips of photo fever. Each May, Toronto turns into the world’s photography capital during the CONTACT...
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After almost two years of behind-the-scenes planning, the Flash Forward Festival is set to take over Toronto’s Liberty Village for five days in October. Though the autumn still feels so far away, two scheduled events are already getting a lot of...
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By Bill Clarke
Last Thursday, I, and several hundred other Torontonians, were served drinks by pandas, and were entertained by drag queens and musclemen. We drank our faces off (okay, well…I did) and puffed on cigars, and laughed, gossiped, debated...
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On July 10, Mercer Union in Toronto opens the exhibition Wall Drawing #349 by the extremely influential American Conceptual and Minimalist artist, Sol Lewitt (1928-2007). In his innovative wall drawings, Lewitt attempted to break free of the...
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A hit at film festivals across North America, ‘Herb & Dorothy’ tells the story of New Yorkers Herbert and Dorothy Vogel who, in the early 1960s, started building what would become one of the world’s most important collections of Minimalist and...
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Roy Arden: Kevin Hatt #6, inkjet print (1981-1985): Courtesy the artist and Clark & Faria, Toronto.
‘Restricted’ at Clark & Faria, Toronto and Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver (both to Feb. 13)
Trust Clark & Faria and Monte Clark Gallery...
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Jon Sasaki: Ladder Stack, colour photograph (2009): Courtesy the artist and Jessica Bradley Art Projects, Toronto.
Jon Sasaki: ‘Unabashed Enthusiasm’ at Jessica Bradley Art Projects (to Feb. 6) and ‘Good Intentions’ at the Doris McCarthy Gallery,...
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Christian Giroux & Daniel Young: 50 Light Fixtures from Home Depot (2010): Still from a colour video. Courtesy Mercer Union, Toronto; Diaz Contemporary, Toronto; and the artists.
Christian Giroux and Daniel Young:50 Light Fixtures from Home...
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Luanne Martineau: Aidan’s Fiddle (2009): Industrial felt, needle-felted wool, yarn and thread; 223.5 x 223.5 x 25.4 cm. Private collection. Courtesy Aidan Larock, Ottawa, the artist, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal.
Museum of...
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Micah Lexier: I Am the Coin (installation view detail, 2009): Courtesy the artist and the Bank of Montreal. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.
Micah Lexier: I Am the CoinBMO project roomUntil November 30, 2010
Is Micah Lexier gunning for the title of busiest...
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Nicholas Di Genova: Polar Region (2010): Ink on paper. Courtesy Fredericks & Freiser, New York; LE Gallery, Toronto; and the artist.In the coming months, a handful of young Canadian artists are storming American galleries with solo shows.
First...
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Gary Hill (American, b. 1951): Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking Place (1990): Analog audio/video, closed-loop installation for 16 black-and-white TV tubes of varying sizes, edition 2 of 2 + AP. Courtesy: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Two...
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The U.K.-based publisher Afterall continues its excellent ‘One Work’ series of critical, yet accessible, book-length essays on significant artworks with this examination of Canadian artist Michael Snow’s experimental film, Wavelength. Since its...
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Adam David BrownHunter and Cook No. 5 (special edition)Edition of 50 $200
2009 was an impressive year for Toronto-based artist Adam David Brown, with an extremely well-received exhibition at his gallery, MKG127, and rather...
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Published by Paul and Wendy Projects120-page hardcover book, including a colour print by the artist 7" x 7" Ed. of 25, numbered and signed by the artist$150The cover art of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is as iconic and...
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StereoBy Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, 2009Published by Casey House14 x 22 inchesEd. of 90, signed and numbered by the artists$150
Three years ago, as part of its annual fundraising art auction, Art with Heart, the HIV/AIDS hospice Casey...
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Artist Statement:
Artist Portfolio: Eduardo Gil Title: Landscapes/Paisajes Home Country: Argentina Website: www.eduardogil.com
In Landscapes/Paisajes, I deepen a self-deconstructing process, which is a critical reformulation of my past production....
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Different strains of Minimalist and Conceptual art inform three Toronto exhibitions currently on view.
#47 The Whole WorldDerek Sullivan, 2009. Coloured pencil on paper, 135 x 105 cm (53 x 41-_ inches). Courtesy Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,...
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Curator’s Note, by Sara Knelman
Welcome to the 2009 edition of The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward. This fifth-anniversary collection showcases the most exciting work from emerging photographers in Canada, the UK and the US. The project continues...
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Four of the most highly anticipated exhibitions in Toronto this autumn are solos by four of the city’s most buzz-worthy artists, who just happen to be women.
It's Just One God Damn Thing After AnotherKelly Mark, 2009powder coated aluminum47"...
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Jonathan MonkMeeting #56, 2009Edition of 90 ($40), with 30 signed and numbered copies ($140)Produced by Mercer Union, Toronto
The British artist, Jonathan Monk, works in a wide range of media, but multiples have always been a key element of his...
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Michael SnowCondimental Shifts (2007)Ltd. edition porcelain plate$800Michael Snow is arguably one of the most influential experimental filmmakers in the world. Even if Wavelength (1965) were the only film that Snow had ever made, it's still likely...
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Habitat Machines by David TrautrimasPublished by photo-eye Editions, 2009Edition of 50Tiered pricing structure ($1,500 US for editions 20-30 at time of writing)
To describe Toronto-based artist David Trautrimas photo-constructions as imaginative is...
Image courtesy North Star/AAMO. Okay, we know that this doesn’t pertain to visual art at all, but we expect that Canada’s art-scene-makers will be wearing it all summer. The editors here at Magenta, being children of the 1970s and 80s, got a bit...
Sam Taylor-Wood: 3-Minute Round (2008): Courtesy Jay Jopling/White Cube, London, and the Art Gallery of Calgary. Visiting Western Canada soon? This trio of exhibitions in Alberta, which are running through the summer months, encompass everything...
Elizabeth McIntosh: Untitled (Black dots on swatches) (2009): Oil on canvas, 75 x 90 inches. Courtesy the artist & Diaz Contemporary, Toronto. Five Toronto exhibitions ask that we observe closely, but reward by delighting our eyes. ...
David LaChapelle: The Rape of Africa (2009): Courtesy the artist and Fred Torres Collaborations. As this issue goes live, Toronto is in the grips of photo fever. Each May, Toronto turns into the world’s photography capital during the CONTACT...
After almost two years of behind-the-scenes planning, the Flash Forward Festival is set to take over Toronto’s Liberty Village for five days in October. Though the autumn still feels so far away, two scheduled events are already getting a lot of...
By Bill Clarke Last Thursday, I, and several hundred other Torontonians, were served drinks by pandas, and were entertained by drag queens and musclemen. We drank our faces off (okay, well…I did) and puffed on cigars, and laughed, gossiped, debated...
On July 10, Mercer Union in Toronto opens the exhibition Wall Drawing #349 by the extremely influential American Conceptual and Minimalist artist, Sol Lewitt (1928-2007). In his innovative wall drawings, Lewitt attempted to break free of the...
A hit at film festivals across North America, ‘Herb & Dorothy’ tells the story of New Yorkers Herbert and Dorothy Vogel who, in the early 1960s, started building what would become one of the world’s most important collections of Minimalist and...
Roy Arden: Kevin Hatt #6, inkjet print (1981-1985): Courtesy the artist and Clark & Faria, Toronto. ‘Restricted’ at Clark & Faria, Toronto and Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver (both to Feb. 13) Trust Clark & Faria and Monte Clark Gallery...
Jon Sasaki: Ladder Stack, colour photograph (2009): Courtesy the artist and Jessica Bradley Art Projects, Toronto. Jon Sasaki: ‘Unabashed Enthusiasm’ at Jessica Bradley Art Projects (to Feb. 6) and ‘Good Intentions’ at the Doris McCarthy Gallery,...
Christian Giroux & Daniel Young: 50 Light Fixtures from Home Depot (2010): Still from a colour video. Courtesy Mercer Union, Toronto; Diaz Contemporary, Toronto; and the artists. Christian Giroux and Daniel Young:50 Light Fixtures from Home...
Luanne Martineau: Aidan’s Fiddle (2009): Industrial felt, needle-felted wool, yarn and thread; 223.5 x 223.5 x 25.4 cm. Private collection. Courtesy Aidan Larock, Ottawa, the artist, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal. Museum of...
Micah Lexier: I Am the Coin (installation view detail, 2009): Courtesy the artist and the Bank of Montreal. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid. Micah Lexier: I Am the CoinBMO project roomUntil November 30, 2010 Is Micah Lexier gunning for the title of busiest...
Nicholas Di Genova: Polar Region (2010): Ink on paper. Courtesy Fredericks & Freiser, New York; LE Gallery, Toronto; and the artist.In the coming months, a handful of young Canadian artists are storming American galleries with solo shows. First...
Gary Hill (American, b. 1951): Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking Place (1990): Analog audio/video, closed-loop installation for 16 black-and-white TV tubes of varying sizes, edition 2 of 2 + AP. Courtesy: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Two...
The U.K.-based publisher Afterall continues its excellent ‘One Work’ series of critical, yet accessible, book-length essays on significant artworks with this examination of Canadian artist Michael Snow’s experimental film, Wavelength. Since its...
Adam David BrownHunter and Cook No. 5 (special edition)Edition of 50 $200 2009 was an impressive year for Toronto-based artist Adam David Brown, with an extremely well-received exhibition at his gallery, MKG127, and rather...
Published by Paul and Wendy Projects120-page hardcover book, including a colour print by the artist 7" x 7" Ed. of 25, numbered and signed by the artist$150The cover art of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is as iconic and...
StereoBy Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, 2009Published by Casey House14 x 22 inchesEd. of 90, signed and numbered by the artists$150 Three years ago, as part of its annual fundraising art auction, Art with Heart, the HIV/AIDS hospice Casey...
Artist Statement: Artist Portfolio: Eduardo Gil Title: Landscapes/Paisajes Home Country: Argentina Website: www.eduardogil.com In Landscapes/Paisajes, I deepen a self-deconstructing process, which is a critical reformulation of my past production....
Different strains of Minimalist and Conceptual art inform three Toronto exhibitions currently on view. #47 The Whole WorldDerek Sullivan, 2009. Coloured pencil on paper, 135 x 105 cm (53 x 41-_ inches). Courtesy Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,...
Curator’s Note, by Sara Knelman Welcome to the 2009 edition of The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward. This fifth-anniversary collection showcases the most exciting work from emerging photographers in Canada, the UK and the US. The project continues...
Four of the most highly anticipated exhibitions in Toronto this autumn are solos by four of the city’s most buzz-worthy artists, who just happen to be women. It's Just One God Damn Thing After AnotherKelly Mark, 2009powder coated aluminum47"...
Jonathan MonkMeeting #56, 2009Edition of 90 ($40), with 30 signed and numbered copies ($140)Produced by Mercer Union, Toronto The British artist, Jonathan Monk, works in a wide range of media, but multiples have always been a key element of his...
Michael SnowCondimental Shifts (2007)Ltd. edition porcelain plate$800Michael Snow is arguably one of the most influential experimental filmmakers in the world. Even if Wavelength (1965) were the only film that Snow had ever made, it's still likely...
Habitat Machines by David TrautrimasPublished by photo-eye Editions, 2009Edition of 50Tiered pricing structure ($1,500 US for editions 20-30 at time of writing) To describe Toronto-based artist David Trautrimas photo-constructions as imaginative is...