Artoronto

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  • Brothers of the Weird

    by Daniel St. Germaine November 25, 2011 – January 22, 2012 COOPER COLE GALLERY The group’s graphic design background is evident in the paintings which feel like Saturday morning cartoons reimagined by graffiti artists.

  • Nicholas Stedman: Tribot

    by Miriam Arbus November 2–13, 2011 GALLERY 1313 It underlines the increasingly present tensions in our contemporary framework between that which is alive and that which is lifelike.

  • Susan Hiller: The Last Silent Movie

    by Haafiz Karim September 22 – November 26, 2011 PREFIX INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART While the audio recordings provide a tremendous auditory experience, the etchings are a visual equivalent.

  • Gregory Scott

    by Michelle Lun Art Toronto 2011 CATHERINE EDELMAN GALLERY, Chicago Humorous, witty, and a commentary on the art world, Scott’s works generate a viewing experience that fools the eye and plays with the mind.

  • Art Toronto, 2011 / Angelo Musco

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos October 28–31, 2011 METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE There is a large photograph by Angelo Musco showing hundreds of human bodies like a spider’s web.

  • ¡Patria o Libertad! Johanna Reich: ‘Monument’

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos September 9 – October 30, 2011 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART She steps back, looks at it for a moment and then steps up on the stool and disappears into the painting.

  • ¡Patria o Libertad! ANTUAN:‘Left or Right’

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos September 9 – October 30, 2011 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART A man comes into this arena and starts to punch the faces on the bags. He punches and punches them harder and harder until sweat is running down his face and his knuckles become red.

  • General Idea: Mondo Cane Kama Sutra

    by Haafiz Karim July 30, 2011–January 1, 2012 ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO What makes this piece so remarkable is the neon colour of the poodles presented on the canvases and the scale of the panels creating a gigantic eye-capturing façade.

  • Kent Monkman: The Art Game

    by Daniel St. Germaine October 28 -31, 2011Toronto International Art Fair, 2011 The centrepiece of Art Toronto 2011 is the fair’s flagship work by Toronto-based Cree artist Kent Monkman, curated by Steven Loft. The Art Game is a life-size maze, constructed from booth walls identical to the Art Fair itself, which will lead the audience…

  • Richard Barnes: Animal Logic

    by Emese Krunák-Hajagos Bau-Xi Photo Have you ever wanted to know what is happening in the rooms marked Closed for visitors in the museums? Internationally known, award winning artist Richard Barnes spent ten years in those rooms