Author: artoronto

Artists in a Fishbowl by WeSee Inc.

September 6 – October 7, 2011

Roadside Attractions

Artists in a Fishbowl is a site-specific installation and performance work. The show-front banner proclaims that what is seen when peering into the fishbowl is Live and Alive.

Viva Voce – 40th Anniversary of the Art & Art History Program

September 14 – October 23, 2011
Opening: Wednesday, September 14, 5-9pm
There will be a FREE shuttle bus departing from OCAD University
(100 McCaul Street) at 6:30pm, and returning for 9pm

Blackwood Gallery

The exhibition will feature contemporary art in all media, including work generated by four decades of Art & Art History program alumni

Eve – Photography by Bill Filiou

September 7 – 18, 2011
Opening: Thursday, September 8, 7-10pm

GALLERY 1313 Process Gallery

One of his primary photo subjects has been photographing women. He has done this tastefully while also exploring their sensuality

Subconscious Vista, paintings by Jen Mann

September 7 – 18, 2011
Opening: Thursday, September 8, 7-10pm

GALLERY 1313 Main Gallery

In her first solo exhibition Jen Mann explores themes of nature, spiritualism, fantasy and discovery in her series of paintings entitled ‘Subconscious Vista’

The Queen West Art Crawl

September 16-18, 2011

Queen West between Bathurst and Roncesvalles

The annual festival highlights and exhibits the work of professional artists, and presents new ideas via art scholars and curators, artists, and art lovers.

CHANGING STAKES – CONTEMPOARY ART DIALOGUES WITH DUBAI

September 9 – October 29, 2011
Opening:Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:00 pm

Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art

This exhibition is a search for a complex language to examine the impact of the large-scale infrastructural developments in Dubai, mapping their effect on how the location’s history and culture are being shaped.

Under the Jerusalem Sky : Contemporary Art for the Jewish Soul

September 14 – 18, 2011
Opening: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 7 pm.
Couvert $80 per person

Nikola Rukaj Gallery

Under the Jerusalem Sky is a contemporary exhibition inspired by the beauty and allure of Jerusalem, showcasing extraordinary work in acrylic, textiles, silver, photography, beadwork and Judaica.

ISTVAN KANTOR – CLOSING CRIME

Saturday, September 10, 2 – 6 pm
276 Crawford Street, Toronto
through drive way towards garage

ANTIX – Centre for Art Crime and Neoism

I’m scheduled for a two months European tour of performance, video, installation works starting October 1st in Hungary. Come to wish good luck, shake hands, kiss, say goodbye and to witness a farewell blood x -performance…

Lea Vivot: Radiant Emotions

September 14 – October 14, 2011
Opening Remarks: Rossana Magnotta, Sept 17, 1:30pm
Artist Talk (Canadian Art/Gallery Hop) Sept 24, 2pm

CANADIAN SCULPTURE CENTRE

Vivot’s sculptures are full of humanity as she often depicts families, couples (Lover’s bench), mothers, and children. The large scale of her work calls for interaction with her viewers who naturally enjoy occupying the same space
as the bronze figures.

Simon Fujiwara: Welcome to the Hotel Munber

September 24 – November 11, 2011
Opening: Friday, September 23rd, 8-11PM

THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY

Simon Fujiwara’s narrative installation reveals a complex research into identity and cultural heritage as an open-ended process of investigation.

The Plot

September 24 – November 6, 2011
Opening: Friday, September 23rd, 8-11PM

THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY

The Plot explores film and video not only as a tract upon which scenes are enacted, broken and re-spatialized, but as a scenario, a deception and a scheme.