“The Ambiguities”: Toronto’s Pictures Generation by Adam Lauder
The early 1980s were a time when a war of images played across battle lines defined by identity and representation. Artists and critics fiercely debatedoften in the turgid jargon of French Theorythe return of the image following more than a decade of militant dematerialization. In some ways, this crisis was sparked by artists’ new flirtation with the mainstreamparticularly the aesthetics of movies and TVfollowing conceptualism’s prohibitions on visual pleasure.
Why Share Books? by Adam Lauder
A condensed and revised version of a talk delivered at YYZ Artists’ Outlet on May 29, 2013.
Hanna Hur: An Armchair at a Dimming Window
EXHIBITION DATES
SATURDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2013-SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2013
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2013, 8:00PM TO 10:00PM
Seripop (Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum): Looming
EXHIBITION DATES
SATURDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2013-SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2013
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2013, 8:00PM TO 10:00PM
Seripop by Emma Balkind
Looming. Defined as:
A shadowy form that is large and probably threatening.
An event, which is threatening to happen.
A (maybe) exaggerated, vague first vision of an object in darkness.
A distant dim reflection barely visible.
Origins in Low German or Dutch such as lomen – move slowly.
Or lemenbe weary.
Veils Can Be Lenses, Cocoons Homes by Rachel Anne Farquharson
Hanna Hur’s latest body of work is informedor compelled, ratherby the constraints illness has visited upon her. Durations of solitude and muscular atrophy, paired with intermittent losses of lucidity, act as a veil through which the artist squints at her new life.
Daniel Hutchinson’s Paintings for Electric Light by Patricia Ritacca
Upon walking into the small space that houses Daniel Hutchinson’s quietly dramatic exhibition Paintings for Electric Light, I took a moment to orient myself to the darkened room punctured by subtle glows; an electric light radiated in a palette that was seductive, trendy, and strangely nostalgic.
Representations: YYZ in the 80s
Representations: YYZ in the 80s is part of Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC), Community Memories program supported by Canadian Heritage.
Sally Spth and Nestor Krger: 9-10-0
EXHIBITION DATES
SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2013 – SATURDAY AUGUST 10 2013
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY 14 JUNE 2013, 8:00PM -10:00PM