by Sophie Wang
The ambiguity and abstraction created in the Sonnet paintings require active thinking from the audience, which can be challenging, but also amusing at the same time.
Pat McDermott at Christopher Cutts Gallery
Bill Jones – Waking Dream
by Simon Termine
Ranging from the abstract to the naturalistic, the sheer variety of the medium and its seemingly-limitless possibilities are resonant.
Tony Calzetta at Yumart
by Xiaotong Cao
Calzetta’s work can be viewed and appreciated as ‘abstract funnies’ or ‘surreal cartoons’
Not The Actual Site / Brookfield Place
Sunny Kim
These spaces we are so familiar with – the Galleria and generic office spaces – are reintroduced in a way that redirects the human flow while heightening our awareness of the everyday sites we absent-mindedly shuffle through.
Nadia Myre – Acts That Fade Away
by Xiaotong Cao
This video for Myre is not only the screening of a project but also a demonstration of traditions that should become part of the present and the future.
OCAD University’s Graduate Exhibition
by Nazli Nahidi
The 103rd year of GradEx seemed to be its busiest, and most dynamic show to date. The annual four-day exhibition featured works by over 900 students in both art and design across several buildings on campus.
Erik Madigan Heck at Nicholas Metivier Gallery
by Patricia Tabascio
While the selected garments are remarkable works of art in their own right, it is Heck’s method of depicting them in his unique compositions – his vision – that is most captivating.
CONTACT 2018 / Artoronto picks
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
May-June, 2018 / Toronto and GTA
With so much choices, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 200 exhibitions, it isn’t easy picking exhibits to see.
Mitchell/Riopelle: Nothing in Moderation
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
Together and separately, they lived an extraordinary life of extremities – nothing in moderation.
Peter Alexander Por / Canadian Sculpture Centre
by Simon Termine
When perusing Catharsis, the sheer variety of works – each with their own sense of individuality yet still unified under a common ambiguity behind their laden meanings as the artist intended – continuously offers something new and interesting to explore.
The Future is in the Land / Julie Nagam
by Xiaotong Cao
“Our survival and our continuation as a people are tied to Indigenous knowledge of the land and a return or an extension of these land-based practices is what will bring us into the future.”