Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Kevin Schmidt : “Don’t Stop Believing”
by Matt Macintosh Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Hart House), University of Toronto What I found particularly admirable is Schmidt’s ability to effect a transformation in attention toward the mundane. What, thankfully, is not purged is, as the exhibition’s title may suggest, an invitation toward attentive light-heartedness—something equally worth bringing to the church or the arena.
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Easy Tiger
August 3 – 27, 2011 Opening: Wednesday, August 3, 7pm-11pm Steam Whistle Gallery Come by and see music and art collide for our August art exhibit on August 3rd 7-11pm. Dean Povinsky, Brad Leitch and Ben Sellick are combining the two worlds with live music performances and an art exhibit Steam Whistle Gallery
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Istvan Kantor Brainwash Session 2 @ The Temple of Desperadoes
August 13, Saturday 2 – 6 pm 276 Crawford Street, Toronto through drive way towards garage ANTIX – Centre for Art Crime and Neoism ANTIX is Istvan Kantor’s storage space and summer gallery, archive of Kantor’s life and crimes, a meeting place for secret conversations, future projects, conspiracy plans, also amazing deals on bloody canvases…
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Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris
April 28 – August 26, 2012 ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO The collection of the Musée National Picasso, Paris comprises more than 5,000 works that Picasso kept for himself and his family over the course of his career, ranging from informal sketchbooks to iconic masterpieces. Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris features is touring…
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Haute Culture: General Idea — A Retrospective, 1969 – 1994
July 30, 2011 – January 1, 2012 panel discussion: November 16, Jackman Hall ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO “General Idea is a truly seminal Canadian artist group whose diverse and increasingly influential production warrants deep and comprehensive consideration,” says Matthew Teitelbaum,
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The Square Foot Exhibit
August 5 – 21, 2011 Preview Gala: Friday, August 5, Tickets: $20 Public reception. Saturday, August 6.Free, line ups are expected TWIST GALLERY “A couple of things such as the number of artists that take part in the show and the number and variety of works that are exhibited in one room. Once all the…
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JUN KANEKO
June 30 – September 18, 2011 GARDINER MUSEUM This exhibition presents a survey of 39 works by Kaneko ranging in date from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.The combination of works in different media emphasizes Kaneko’s strong command of form and colour, and his longstanding interest in optics and perception.
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Don’t Stop Believing by Kevin Schmidt
June 8 – August 20, 2011 Special Screening August 3 9:30 am – 9:00 pm Justina M Barnicke Gallery If the expression of this desire often finds form in manufactured spectacle or sublime nature, Kevin Schmidt’s appropriations and enactments of these are tempered by skepticism.
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Libby Hague: Sympathetic Connections
June 11 – September 11, 2011 ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO “Sympathetic Connections provides a timely exploration of our problematic relationship with the natural environment, invoking universal themes of responsibility and dependency, vulnerability and rescue, and risk and luck.”
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Evidence by Lynn Harrigan
July 31 – September 2, 2011 Roadside Attractions Evidence presents a series of three-dimensional trilobite fossils suspended in time and space. Each trilobite is hand-embroidered on eco-printed silk and wool which is then sewn into the shape of rocks. Just as imagination requires the suspension of disbelief, faith in the beauty of truth is embodied…
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