Our presence here in this landscape is temporary in comparison to the power and magnitude of our natural world. Our reverence is rightfully demanded and deserved in Pratt’s exhibition.
The dramatic meaning of the photographs are juxtaposed with the way of the dancers’ performance, with their peacefully and elegantly intertwining bodies.
Ko expresses frustration with our approaching doom as it is not an external force, it is one of natural asphyxiation by pollution, one that could be stopped, but that will never be taken seriously in the face of other potential apocalypses.
The two exhibitions exist in the gallery as a harmonious pairing – Neubauer’s minimal palette is effectively juxtaposed with the inundation of colours in Larsen’s work.
Roy’s work is unique and can be easily distinguished by its raw style that has a combination of masculine and feminine traits. They are all pregnant with beauty.
He paints large-scale animal hybrid murals that splash onto concrete and brick throughout back alley pockets, making use of angles and drop shadows to illustrate the absurdity of impossible creatures
While there are impressive art pieces worth travelling to see at Angell Gallery’s twentieth anniversary exhibition, it is the context of all these works together, producing a portrait of Angell as a collector, that is most thrilling.
Chantal Pontbriand’s vision will come to life in May, 2017 and Toronto will have a new international museum and nexus space for exchange and networking.
His work is encouraging us to examine the developmental quality of the mundane objects abundant within our generation, something which we cannot alienate ourselves from since it has become so definitive.