Author: artoronto

The Square Foot Exhibit

by Phil Anderson

“A couple of things such as the number of artists that take part in the show and the number and variety of works that are exhibited in one room. Once all the artwork in hung it actually starts to look like one big art piece which is the installation itself.”, said Basin

Gallery 1313 Exhibitions

July 20-31, 2011
Opening: Thursday July 21, 7-10pm
GALLERY 1313

Main Gallery: THE SPACE BETWEEN
Process Gallery: DRAPED NUDE photographs by Bill Filiou

Cell Gallery: Group exhibition -Works by Members of Gallery 1313
Window Box Gallery: Come Play with Us, Danny.Tapestry by Brette Gabel

Dennis Burton: Word Magic – Toronto 1970’s

June 25 – Augustus 31, 2011

CHRISTOPHER CUTTS GALLERY

An exhibition in conjunction with THIS IS PARADISE, Mocca, 2011

Burton’s works share an anomalous position in my mind as not quite ‘Pop Art’ yet vital in their Dadaistic ‘clawing back’ meaning from the excesses of Abstract Expressionist theory.

ISTVAN KANTOR: ANTIX

ISTVAN KANTOR: ANTIX
July 23, Saturday 2 – 6 pm

ANTIX – Centre for Art Crime and Neoism

ANTIX is Istvan Kantor’s storage space and summer gallery, archive of Kantor’s life and crimes, a meeting place for secret conversations, future projects, conspiracy plans, also amazing deals on bloody canvases and many other beautiful Neoist Monty Cantsin artifacts! Come with a bottle of water or a beer or two, bring your friends, look around, sit down, have a great afternoon… while the Rentagon is out on vacation, we R right into revolution!

DENNIS BURTON / Word Magic – Toronto 1970’s

by Ashley Johnson

A sign of cultural maturity in developed societies is the wholehearted support and celebration of its artists. Their contribution is recognized as ‘cultural capital’, to be nurtured and exported, whether as art objects or social ideas. Value is attached and upheld by institutions that generate knowledge and shows about that product.

The Bureau Of Doing Something About It

July 20 – July 31, 2011
Opening reception (by invitation):Friday, July 22, 6 – 9pm; Closing party (by invitation):Thursday, July 28, 6-9pm

Propeller Centre for Visual Arts

Last year, the Toronto Complaints Choir collected a lots of grievances. Our pop-up studio, working in real-time in Propeller, will design solutions in response to the complaints.

Through The Lens. A Photographic Journey with Vincenzo Pietropaolo

by Phil Anderson

Upon meeting with documentary photographer , Vincenzo Pietropaolo at Toronto‘s De Luca Fine Art/Gallery, on Queen St. West, he explained of how he captured images of the Italian community as a young boy, an immigrant child. The camera allowed him access to another world. As a young man he played pool in a then local pool hall which is now part of a trendier world for visitors to the neighbourhood.

GEORGE S. ZIMBEL: Photographs of Children

July 21 – September 17, 2011

STEPHEN BULGER GALLERY

The gallery is pleased to present its second exhibition by the acclaimed photographer George S. Zimbel, which concentrates on his wonderful depictions of childhood taken over a period of seven decades.

50th TORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION

50th TORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION
July 8, 9 & 10, 2011
Friday 10:30am-7:30, Saturday 10:30am-7:30, Sunday 10:30am-6:30pm

CITY HALL NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE

the artists, the crowd and the fun …