by Olivia Musselwhite
The spiritual and the secular mingle on the canvases, sitting in between the seen and the unseen, with stories that are compelling and emotional.
Travis Shilling: Colorado at Ingram Gallery
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Art Parkdale Fair International @ Gallery 1313
by Olivia Musselwhite
Gallery 1313’s fair is an eclectic group of works, with vibrant colors and eye-catching materials which overwhelm the viewer with sights.
Elisabeth Belliveau at Gallery 44
by Olivia Musselwhite
Alone in the House, Still Life with Clarice Lispector is rich with details to contemplate as the viewer finds another point of interest with each new look
Douglas Coupland’s Slogans at Daniel Faria
by Olivia Musselwhite
Each slogan is on a brightly colored surface contrasting with bold font, projecting pessimistic words that unapologetically call out the world for how it is.
Eduardo Basualdo at Scrap Metal
by Olivia Musselwhite
Basualdo creates a fictional world so the viewer can contemplate their lives and bodies. He creates a space for a humbling experience, forcing one to acknowledge their own limitations.
Travis Shilling at Ingram Gallery
by Olivia Musselwhite
These realistic, yet otherworldly scenes, bring the opportunity of furthering our conversation on extremely relevant topics in Canada.
Lorenza Böttner at the Art Museum of U of T
by Olivia Musselwhite
Böttner’s work is a discourse on embracing and accepting different types of bodies and has brought to light the ability to use bodies as a mode of expression, demonstrating how happiness can be achieved through using one’s physical form, even if it is deformed.
Sex Show 2020 @ Gallery 1313
by Olivia Musselwhite
The Sex Show delivers an exhibit that leaves one feeling amused along with the sense of a higher awareness of what sex and sexuality means in the 21st century.
Florilegium by Daniel Hutchinson at Angell Gallery
by Olivia Musselwhite
The pastoral quality of Hutchinson’s paintings brings repose to the mind with shimmering scenes that could disappear at a next glance.
Weather Amnesia at Jackman Humanities Institute
by Olivia Musselwhite
Reality is changing and this exhibit pushes the viewer to face the issue of the declining environment, which has been so easily ignored.
Rajni Perera’s Traveler at Patel Division Projects
by Olivia Musselwhite
Perera’s striking travelers are a beautiful sight, both of this world while simultaneously otherworldly, clad in armor and equipped with defensive weapons to face the threats of the present, and of those unforetold in the future.
Nuit Blanche 2019
October 5, 2019 / all night
by Mikael Sandblom, Adrian Ooesterman & Olivia Musselwhite
The ephemeral artworks of Nuit Blanche make the places that they briefly occupied permanently richer and more meaningful.