Island life, cyanotype on paper, 42″ x 52″

June 21 – July 29, 2012
Opening: Thursday, June 21, 6 – 9 p.m.
PARTS GALLERY
1150 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON M4M 1L2
T: 416.465.8500
E: info@partsgallery.ca
www.partsgallery.ca
Hours: Wed–Sat 12–6, Sun 12-5 p.m.

Parts Gallery is pleased to host the first solo show on Canadian soil by Casey Roberts. Join us for a reception with the artist present this Thursday June 21 from 6-9

In a recent review in the Globe and Mail, R.M. Vaughan writes, “Roberts creates paintings by combining cyanotype (a chemically treated paper that turns sky blue when exposed to light) and cyanotype that has been manipulated (with kitchen-sink tools such as bleach and baking soda) to create colours other than blue, plus collage and gouache. The effect is both soothing and eerie, like looking at the world through a bottle filled with oil. His subject matter, boreal landscapes, is no less quirky, despite the pedestrian origins. In a Roberts forest, blood drips from trees, and eyes, many pairs of eyes, peer out from black pits, hiding spots. Spectral human silhouettes patrol between the trees, sinister or just lost.With his loose compositions and occasional dips into the psychedelic, Roberts will remind viewers of whimsical National Film Board animations from the 1970s, the era of tie-dyed T-shirts and macramé wall hangings. But ultimately Roberts’s work is far more self-aware and decidedly not innocent.”

Roberts work has been shown at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art and also currently showing in the Elmhurst Art Museum in Chicago.

June 23 – September 9, 2012
Opening: Saturday, June 23, 1-3 p.m.
THE ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN GALLERY
72 Queen Street
Oshawa, ON  L1H 3Z3
T: 905.576.3000
www.rmg.on.ca
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5, Thurs 10-9, Sat-Sun 12-4 p.m.

Curated by Karen Wilkin.

The Optimism of Colour is a major retrospective of the works of renowned Canadian abstract painter William Perehudoff. It traces the evolution of Perehudoff’s approach from early figurative works and murals to radiant abstractions, their interplay of colour suggesting musical chords. The exhibition emphasizes the later works, which established the artist’s reputation nationally and internationally.

Known as a prominent colour field painter, Perehudoff’s artistic vision embraces a specific response to place, showing inspiration related to his native landscape in the prairies. It also demonstrates his belief in the evocative power of abstract form.

Perehudoff studied in both Colorado and New York, as well as at the University of Saskatchewan and has had a remarkable number of exhibitions. He has exhibited across Canada, as well as in London, England, and in New York, Chicago and Portland. He has been recognized for his remarkable contributions to art in Canada, and is a member of the Order of Canada and of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.  Organized and circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon. This project has been made possible through a contribution from the Museums Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.

Generously supported by Nikola Rukaj Gallery

ARTORONTO.CA Year One
Fundraiser /Exhibition/ Sale
Reception Wednesday, June 13 , 6-9:30 p.m.
Fran Hill Gallery
June 13 – July 1, 2012

Curated by: Phil Anderson, Emese Krunak-Hajagos, Steve Rockwell

Photo: Nicholas Liang

The crowd with artist Marcos Lins in the front. Photo:Phil Anderson

After one year Toronto’s online art magazine, ARTORONTO.CA celebrated with a festive event and exhibition at the Fran Hill Gallery (285 Rushton Road, just north of St Clair Ave East of Oakwood). The reception took place on June 13, 6 – 9:30 p.m. and included an exhibition of art works by  37 artists and live entertainment from Nerds With Guitars, an acoustic musical group.

 Installation view with works of (from left to right) Tom Legrady, Dennis Duncan, Teri Donovan and Miklos Legrady. Photo:Nicholas Liang

Installation view with works from Adam Lodzinski (top left), Nancy Oakes (top right) and Tom Ridout (bottom). Photo: Nicholas Liang

Nerds With Guitars. Photo: Phil Anderson

Many of the participating artists showed up for the reception including Rosemary Beach, Nancy Oakes, Marcos Lins, Margaret Glew, Teri Donovan, Pat Rice, Imre Hajagos, Tanya Klochkov, Tim Ridout, Akas Tarmaji, Matt Macintosh, Lawrence E. Glazer, Jesus Mora, Y.M Whelan, Adam Lodzinsky, Leon Rooke, Angelika Turlik and others.

From left: artists Teri Donovan, Pat Rice and Margaret Glew. Photo: Phil Anderson

artists Rosemary Beach, Irina Litinsky and Steve Rockwell (in the background). Photo: Phil Anderson

The gallery was overflowing with a buzzing  crowd while others were talking outside at the front under the huge tent. Artists and gallery owners were talking about their work and answering the questions of visitors.

Kate Vasyliw and Roy Kohn from Roadside Attractions. Photo: Nicholas Liang

The party keep momentum with the tunes of Nerds With Guitars. Locals came by to check out what was happening. The overflow crowd was impressed with the exhibition.

The ootside. Photo: Phil Anderson

artist and proud father, Jesus Mora. Photo: Nicholas Liang

The exhibition continues till July 1st and continued success looks evident for ARTORONTO.CA given the response by all the visitors on that Wednesday.

artoronto.ca publishers (from left to right) Phil Anderson, Emese Krunak-Hajagos and Steve Rockwell. Photo: Nicholas Liang

Interns (from left to right) Angelika Tulik (also an artists), Aeree Rho and Jessica Song. Photo: Phil Anderson

Special thanks goes out to all the helpful interns who worked for the website and made the event happen and to Fran Hill for letting us use the venue. All the art works are online and at least one from each artist can be seen at the gallery exhibition.

Text: Phil Anderson

Power Ball: Quarter-Life Crisis

SOLD OUT – Sorry, this party is sold out. Tickets are no longer available. Thank you to all for your support!

Experience the ultimate birthday bash when The Power Plant celebrates 25 years of the most innovative contemporary art at the best contemporary art party. Reflect on the joy, the naivety and the reality of life in its first quarter century, all to support programming at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Co-Chairs: Rui Amaral, Amanda Blakley, Ashleigh Dempster and Michael Liebrock

THURSDAY, 14 JUNE, 2012 Party begins at 8:30

PM VIP lounge begins at 7:30 PM, featuring a performance by Dragonette – presented in partnership with Soho House and Grey Goose Vodka.

THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
231 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON M5J 2G8
T: 416.973.4949 E:
info@thepowerplant.org
thepowerplant.org

Power Ball is the gallery’s largest annual fundraiser. From its inception in 1999, Power Ball has set the standard as the most influential, vibrant and original contemporary art party. Attracting a sophisticated “who’s who” crowd of artists, fashionistas, celebrities, and financiers from the world of film, advertising, music, design, and art, this is one sensational party providing vital funds to the exhibition and public programs at The Power Plant.

Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus D’Aspremont, 2012. Courtesy the artist.

June 15 – July 28, 2012
Opening: Friday, June 15, 7 p.m.
MERCER UNION
A Centre for Contemporary Art
1286 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON, M6H 1N9
T: 416.536.1519
E: sarah@mercerunion.org
www.mercerunion.org
Hours: Tues–Sat 11–6

Mercer Union is pleased to announce the summer exhibition Red Sky at Night featuring artworks by Absalon (Israel/France), Heike Baranowsky (Germany), Jack Goldstein (Canada/USA), Cao Guimarães and Rivane Neuenschwander (Brazil), John Massey (Canada), Jonathan Monk (UK/Germany), Bruce Nauman (USA), and Berndnaut Smilde (The Netherlands).

The exhibition is curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan.

Taking its name from a piece of weather lore, the exhibition puts into conversation artworks that contend with atmospheric effects and environments—whether the austere solo living systems in Absalon’s Proposition d’habitation, or the abstraction of the sky into the printed page in Bruce Nauman’s LAAIR, or the reverie of a bubble in an infinite float in Cao Guimarães and Rivane Neuenschwander’s Inventory of small deaths (blow). A complete set of Jack Goldstein’s 45rpm sound effect recordings form an important context in the exhibition, including The Tornado, pressed to purple vinyl in order to signal the ominous sky of an impending storm. Jonathan Monk trains a 16mm camera on the very same Goldstein record, capturing it in the cyclone of its turntable play, yet suppressing the sound to render The Silent Tornado (for Jack Goldstein). For the photograph Nimbus D’Aspremont, Berndnaut Smilde uses smoke, moisture and spot lighting to manufacture an indoor cloud that lives momentarily suspended in a surrealist wish fulfillment. John Massey’s photo series Twilight’s Last Gleaming is exemplary of his longstanding interest in enclosed spaces. Based on a scale model of an interior setting, the resulting image frames a situation of contained existence analogous to consciousness. In Heike Baranowsky’s Barometer (1), we are immersed in a specialized low pressure room built during the GDR era for training high performance athletes. Though the site was decommissioned after the Cold War, it was never dismantled. The room’s promise is reactivated by Baranowsky’s insertion of weather balloons, which probe the space in a long duration video loop. Together the works form their own set of environmental conditions, triggering experiences of a familiar sort: the observation of time in weather events and the precise moods cast by interior shelters, their own contained atmospheres.

Yongning Lamersery, Nyorophu Island, Yunnan, January 1929. Copyright: © Joseph F. Rock / National Geographic Image Collection

June 16 – July 21, 2012
Opening: Thursday, June 21, 5 – 8 p.m.
STEPHEN BULGER GALLERY
1026 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON, M6J 1H6
T: 416.504.0575
E: info@bulgergallery.com 
www.bulgergallery.com
Hours: Tues – Sat 11 – 6 p.m. or by appointment

JOSEPH F. ROCK: China, Vintage Photographs from the National Geographic Image Collection

This is the gallery’s second exhibition featuring the National Geographic Image Collection. Our previous exhibition included photographs from around the world made by a variety of photographers, whereas this exhibition concentrates on a single maker, Dr. Joseph F. Rock (1884 – 1962).

There were few more colourful expeditions than those undertaken by Rock in the 1920s to the far hinterlands of China. The eccentric Viennese-born botanist spent 27 years in the remote Tibetan borderlands collecting exotic plants and communing with spiritual lamas while dodging warlords and bandits. Through his photographs, Rock documented the hidden world of the Naxi and other peoples of this region.

This exhibition features vintage B&W photographs, as well as modern enlargements, from some of his many Autochrome originals. The Autochrome is an early colour photography process patented by the Lumière brothers in France and first marketed in 1907 It remained the principal colour photography process before the advent of subtractive color film in the mid-1930s. The medium consists of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic grains of potato starch dyed red-orange, green and blue-violet (an unusual but functional variant of the standard red, green and blue additive colours) which act as colour filters.

Divided into sections, the photographs display the vast and mountainous terrain traversed by Rock and a glimpse into the manner with which he travelled; surrounded by his extensive library of books and phonograph recordings, dining in appropriate fashion, and relaxing in his own tub, all of which carried from place to place by a retinue of locals.

National Geographic magazine, the Society’s official journal, published in English and 33 local-language editions, is read by more than 35 million people each month. Is it the articles that have made National Geographic one of the world’s most popular journals? Yes, but above all it is their splendid photographic illustrations that are craved. The Society’s mission is “to inspire people to care about the planet.” National Geographic photographs are renowned for embodying the excitement of seeing crucial pieces of our diverse planet for the first time. For over a century, National Geographic photographers have visited new places with new perspectives and new equipment to capture astounding images.

The National Geographic Society celebrates its 125th anniversary next January. Over the course of its history, the Society evolved into one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. The Society was founded in 1888 to “increase and diffuse geographic knowledge.” National Geographic reflects the world through its magazines, television programs, films, music and radio, books, DVDs, maps, exhibitions, live events, school publishing programs, interactive media and merchandise. The National Geographic Channel reaches 310 million households in 34 languages in 165 countries. National

Geographic Digital Media receives more than 13 million visitors a month. National Geographic has funded more than 9,200 scientific research, conservation and exploration projects and supports an educational program promoting geographic literacy. For more information, visit www.nationalgeographic.com.

Olia Mishchenko “untitled (Don Blanche)” 2011 pen and ink on paper (detail)  one of four parts 22 x 30 inches

June 15 – July 14, 2012,
Opening: Friday June 15, 7 – 10 p.m.
PAUL PETRO CONTEMPORARY ART
980 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1
T: 416 979 7874
E: info@paulpetro.com
www.paulpetro.com
Hours:  Wed – Sat  11 – 5 p.m

Paul Petro Contemporary Art is pleased to present new drawings by Olia Mishchenko and a new interactive sculpture by Nell Tenhaaf.

Olia MIshchenko was born in Kiev, Ukraine,1980, and moved to Canada in 1997. She studied architecture and art history at the University of Toronto before becoming a practicing artist. Mishchenko works primarily in drawing, ranging from miniature bookworks to large-scale wall works and actively works with several artist collectives on installations, sculpture, preformance and food based projects. She lives and works in Toronto, teaching at OCAD University (formerly Ontario College of Art and Design) in the Environmental Design Programme, as well as recent innovative and collaborative design and run architecture and new media projects for children at several contemporary art and design institutions including The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Oakville Galleries and OCAD U. Permanent collections include the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Doris McCarthy Gallery (University of Toronto), the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University (Kingston, ON) and Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto as well as commissions for the MaRS Centre (University of Toronto), and St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto.

Nell Tenhaaf is an electronic media artist and writer. She has exhibited across Canada, in the U.S. and in Europe. A touring 15-year survey of her work entitled Fit/Unfit was mounted in 2003 at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa (with catalogue). Tenhaaf has published numerous reviews and articles that address the cultural implications of biotechnologies and of Artificial Life. She has been a jury member for the Vida/Life art and artificial life competition based in Madrid since its inception. Tenhaaf is an Associate Professor in the Visual Arts department of York University in Toronto. Tenhaaf’s works created between 1989 and the mid-1990s were aimed at deconstructing the dominance in mainstream biological and biotechnology discourse of DNA as the “master molecule.” The discourses themselves have evolved since then. Later works attempt to represent some of the complex dynamics of life and involve the viewer as one element in a continuous flux. Tenhaaf’s latest work, WinWin, returns to the biotechnology interests of her work from the late 1980s.

Original artwork by Alice Zilberberg (Untitled, 2010, photography/image composite)

June 16- July 3, 2012
Opening: Saturday June 16, 6 – 9 p.m.
BEZPALA BROWN GALLERY
17 Church Street (Front and Church)
Toronto, ON, M5E 1M2
T: 416.907.6875
E: info@bezpalabrown.com
www.bezpalabrown.com
Hours: Tues–Wed 11–6, Thurs–Sat 11–8, Sun 11–6 p.m.

Preceded by the 2011 Pride week exhibit RAW ME and featuring new and returning Canadian artists, BEAUTIFULME is a declaration from those who are a product of combatting and surviving self-acceptance. A response to the continuous developing interpretations of beauty. A movement illuminating the obliteration of society standards.

Exhibiting Artists:

Irit Epstein
Yari Sacco
Lisa Moses
Francis Luta
Alice Zilberberg
Roland Shainidze
Zina Chmielowski
Ramune Luminaire
Daniel Ross Botterill
George Hatzipantelis

Zammy Migdal, OJ Rapsody (detail), 2012

June 9 – September 2, 2012
LAUSBERG CONTEMPORARY
326 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5
T: 416.516.4440
E: toronto@galerie-lausberrg.com
www.galerie-lausberg.com
Hours: Tues–Sun 12–6 or by appointment

We are pleased to announce Summer Special Group Exhibition: Super Summer Specials on Super Special Art.

featuring DIETER BALZER, RAFAEL BARRIOS, DAVID BURDENY, MICHAEL BURGES, FREDDY CHANDRA, STEPHEN CONE WEEKS, FRANCO DEFRANCESCA, JAMES ROBERT DURANT, CARLOS ESTRADA-VEGA, HANS KOTTER, MICHEL PIERRE LACHANCE, MARIE LANNOO, MICHAEL LAUBE, ZAMMY MIGDAL, UDO NÖGER, JÜRGEN PAAS, FRANK PIASTA, RUI PIMENTA, ROBERT SCHABERL, HARALD SCHMITZ-SCHMELZER, WOLFRAM ULLRICH, ACHIM ZEMAN & others.

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June 13 -24, 2012 
Reception: Thursday, June 14, 8 – 10 p.m.
GALLERY 1313 CELL Gallery
1313 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON, M6K 1L8
T: 416.536.6778
E: director@g1313.org
www.g1313.org
Hours: Wed. – Sun. 1 – 6 p.m.

Artist t-shirts by Catherine Heard, Daniel Erban, Ed Pien, Fiona Smyth, Michael DeForge, Seth Scriver, and Balint Zsako.

All t-shirts are $ 20 each. Sizes limited to availability.

Ed Pien

 About the artists:

Catherine Heard is an artist whose compelling, visceral, often unsettling work in a diverse range of media has been exhibited widely, across Canada the United States and internationally.

Daniel Erban is a Montreal-based artist who has long been involved with artist-run culture. Erban has produced a remarkably extensive body of challenging and expressive paintings, drawings and prints throughout his career.

Ed Pien is a Toronto-based artist. His drawings, installations and video work have been exhibited nationally and internationally. Pien currently teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Design and the University of Toronto.

Toronto-based artist Fiona Smyth produces vibrant and energetic drawings, paintings and new media work which is widely recognized and highly acclaimed for its distinctive style.

The work of Michael Deforge has appeared in numerous gallery exhibitions and publications including Carousel Magazine, Vice Magazine and The Walrus. DeForge was a 2008 National Magazine Awards nominee in the category of “Best Illustration.”

Seth Scriver is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and is currently represented by Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects.

Balint Zsako works in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and mixed media and has been exhibited in Canada, South Korea and Hungary.

June 13 – July 8, 2012 
Reception: Thursday, June 14, 7 – 10 p.m.
GALLERY 1313 PROCESS Gallery
1313 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON, M6K 1L8
T: 416.536.6778
E: director@g1313.org
www.g1313.org
Hours: Wed. – Sun. 1 – 6 p.m.