{"id":18812,"date":"2013-04-30T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T16:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=18812"},"modified":"2013-05-26T20:54:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T00:54:45","slug":"scotiabank-contact-photography-festival-2013-totonto-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=18812","title":{"rendered":"CONTACT 2013 \/ 1st week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Receptions\u00a0of the first week of \u00a0Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 2013:<\/span><\/p>\n

Opening Reception: May 2, 2013, 7 – 10 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>
\nGladstone Hotel<\/strong><\/span>
\n1214 Queen St W<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thursday night, Gladstone Hotel was home to CONTACT\u2019s photo shows, In the Playroom by Jonathan Hobin , Queer Portraits by JJ Levine and Maclean’s Face to Face. The shows were abuzz with Toronto\u2019s art goers, who could be found either pushed up against the 100 year old walls of the hotel or getting some air on the beautiful south facing balcony. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the Playroom: Photographs by Jonathan Hobin<\/strong><\/span>
\nOpening Reception: May 2, 2013, 7 – 10 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>
\nMay 2 – 31, 2013<\/span>
\nGladstone Hotel<\/strong><\/span>
\n1214 Queen St W<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the Playroom is photo-based artist, Jonathan Hobin\u2019<\/em>s ongoing series of large-scale, colour photographs that depict children re-enacting significant world events such as the attack on the World Trade Center,\u00a0\u00a0the murder of child beauty-queen JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey or torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jonathan Hobin, The Twins<\/em>, 2010, C-print, 42 x 54 inches<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as children make a game of pretending to be adults as a way to prepare and ultimately take on these roles in later life, so too do they explore things that they hear or see, whether or not they completely understand the magnitude of the event or the implications of their play.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jonathan Hobin, A Boo Grave<\/em>, 2010, C-print, 42 x 57 inches<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the images are very creepy but in an interesting, engaging way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Fox Martindale<\/span><\/p>\n

InSight <\/strong><\/span>
\nOpening Reception: May 2, 2013, 7 – 10 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>
\nMay 1 – 12, 2013<\/span>
\nGallery 1313<\/strong><\/span>
\n1313 Queen St. W<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gallery 44 members<\/em> once again displayed their works for Contact at Gallery 1313. They have been exhibiting at the gallery for 15 years now and there is always a variety of diverse works.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Annie Sakkab, From the Series ‘Washing Men’<\/em>, archival giclee print, 18 x 12 inches, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

This exhibit was Part One with fourteen photographers showing. Part\u00a0Two follows with another fifteen photographers. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Gallery 44\u00a0Director Lise Beaudry with photographer Jonathan Groeneweg <\/span><\/p>\n

The reception was a lively one with lots of visitor traffic and a few sales. Kelly Lamorie sold her series of 8 prints to arts critic David Jager, of Now Magazine and Linda Briskin also sold a print. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Linda Briskin <\/span><\/p>\n

Larry E. Glazer’s print which was used on the invite was front and centre to the exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Larry E. Glazer with his work<\/span><\/p>\n

The works were consistently professional and the reception a fun event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Text and photo: Phil Anderson<\/span><\/p>\n

Marriage Bureau\u00a0by Victor Helfand<\/strong><\/span>
\nOpening Reception: May 2,\u00a0\u00a06 \u2013 9 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>
\nMay 3 \u2013 31, 2013<\/span>
\nAroma Espresso Bar<\/strong><\/span>
\n500 Bloor St W. \u00a0Hours: Mon \u2013 Fri, 7:30 \u2013 11, Sat \u2013 Sun, 8 \u2013 11 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Aroma Espresso Bar with Helfand’s work<\/span><\/p>\n

It may initially seem out of place to have photographs of American newlyweds in an espresso bar in Toronto; however, it sheds light on a diverse facet of life we are not readily exposed to. The photographs feature a variety of unconventional brides and grooms in unconventional wedding attire (converse shoes, red umbrellas and parasols, timberlands and jeans, bowler hats etc.) posed against the characteristic NY City Hall backdrop. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Installation view<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 1916 the marriage bureau in lower Manhattan has been uniting couples under the law. Victor Helfand, a welcoming face upon entering the seating area in the back of the espresso bar, tells the story of his inspiration and his desire to represent and give a voice to non-traditional couples, of different social and economic backgrounds. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Victor Helfand with his work<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Helfand was kicked out of the bureau by several policemen, and unable to continue this project, what he leaves us with is a challenge to our preconceived notions of what a wedding looks like. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Victor Helfand, Bowler Hat<\/em>, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

This project ended abruptly when Helfand was escorted out by a police officer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Text and photo: Leanne Simaan<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is Where \/\u00a0Heather Fulton, Catherine Jones, Michael Mills, Annette Seip<\/strong>
\nOpening Reception: May 1, 5 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMay 2 \u2013 25, 2013
\nWorkman Arts<\/strong>
\n1001 Queen St W and Gordon Bell Rd. Hours: Thu \u2013 Sat, 12 \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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By setting the tone for the rest of the show with a live musician, playing mellow tunes, all four artists intermingle the evolution of the architecture of the CAMH grounds and the human body\/stigma of mental illness.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Michael Mills, Memory 4<\/em>, 2013<\/p>\n

Mills<\/em> and Annette Seip<\/em> integrate the grounds with the elements of human body. Mills<\/em> does so by layering the male body (inpatients from CAMH), while Seip<\/em> uses the archival and recent (2011) photographs of the architecture to create 3D portraits of volunteers at CAMH.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Annette Seip, Volunteers<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine Jones\u2019<\/em> work illustrates the stigma surrounding mental illness through visual metaphor. On the other hand, OCAD graduate Heather Fulton<\/em> chose to photograph the last two 19th century buildings that remain on the CAMH grounds at 1001 Queen Street West. The intimacy she aims to achieve by developing the film with household items, like instant coffee, is complimented by her choice of framing the photographs with used books. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Catherine Jones with her\u00a0work<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, all four artists\u2019s work ask of their audience to attempt to fight the stigma surrounding mental illness in our community by considering the history of the CAMH grounds and, even more, a history of neglect and alienation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Text and photo: Leanne Simaan<\/span><\/p>\n

Sebasti\u00e3o Salgado<\/strong><\/span>
\nOpening Reception: April 25, 6 – 9 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>
\nApril 25 \u2013 May 25, 2013<\/span>
\nNicholas Metivier Gallery<\/strong><\/span>
\n451 King St W. Hours: Tue – Sat 10 – 6 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Installation view<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Sebasti\u00e3o Salgado, Iceberg Castle between Paulet Islands and the South Shetland Islands on Weddeil Sea, <\/em>2005, gelatin silver print, 50 x 68 inches<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicholas Metivier Gallery presents Salgado\u2019s inaugural exhibition in Canada, which includes influential photographs from Workers<\/em> (1986\u20131992), Migrations<\/em> (1993\u20132000), and Genesis<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Sebasti\u00e3o Salgado, Barrancos, Gold Mine, Serra, Pelada, State of Para, Brazil<\/em>, 1986, gelatin silver print, 24 x 35 inches<\/span><\/p>\n

He describes his style as \u201cinside the circle,\u201d often living with his subjects, immersed in their environments. Salgado\u2019s black-and-white images are infused with empathy and respect for the people, wildlife, and nature he encounters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Fox Martindale<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 25 – May 2, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

please visit with our staff the exhibitions, openings and events of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 2013 through its first week<\/p>\n

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