\nOpening Reception: May 30, 6 \u2013 9 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMay 30 \u2013 July 21, 2013
\nJulie M. Gallery<\/strong>
\n15 Mill St, Distillery Historic District<\/p>\n
Impact Resistance features photographs and video that reflect philosophical engagement with the passage of time.<\/p>\n Three photographic series, 33 bathhuts and a hotdogstand<\/em>, Remnants<\/em>, and Swimmers<\/em>, pivot on moments of emotional vulnerability and their place in human memory.<\/p>\n Complemented by abstracted seascapes, these gentle and contemplative works prompt their audience to meditate on the formative moments that inflect the landscape of their past.<\/p>\n Photo: Celeste Ringrose<\/p>\n BMW Exhibition Prize Gala and the 17th annual Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival wrap-up party: Photographers, curators, art critics\u00a0and organizers celebrated this past month of photography featuring over 1,500 national and international artists.<\/p>\n The winner of this year’s $5,000 BMW Exhibition Prize for an outstanding exhibition was announced as well. A jury considered both Open and Featured exhibitions and based their decision on the caliber and concept of the work, the curatorial vision and the overall impact and presentation of the exhibition. The winner of the BMW award was Marlene Creates.<\/p>\n Through Creates\u2019 lens, geographies marked by human intervention expose multiple legacies of interaction with place, and document the artist\u2019s own movement through the natural world she inhabits. Questioning the assumption that the \u201cnatural\u201d is unmediated, the work depicts the ways in which language, signification, and individual memory construct our perceptions of the land and contest local and national heritage. Her work is on display at the\u00a0Paul Petro Contemporary Art, located 980 Queen St W, till June 1, 2013.<\/p>\n Photo: Alice Tallman<\/p>\n Anonyma<\/strong> Seven photographers explore the difficulty of establishing an identity in photography; these images address the tension between the inherent obscurity that comes from being behind the camera, and the desire to express one\u2019s identity through one\u2019s work.<\/p>\n From left to right: Andrew Lee, Christine Kwan, Hitoshi Murakami, Vincent Luk, David Kim, Carmen Cheung, Nicholas Tam<\/p>\n Carmen Cheung, From the series: “Unveiled”,<\/em> 2013, Light Jet Archival Print, 27 x 36 inches<\/p>\n Visitor in front of Christine Kwan, “The Watch”, <\/em>Light Jet Archival Print,\u00a052 x 36 inches<\/p>\n Photo: Celeste Ringrose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_1124_opt.jpg\" "\\"IMG_1124_opt\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Mats Nordstrom in front of Untitled, Swimmers series<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Mats Nordstrom, Untitled (Bathhut No. 16),<\/em> 2007<\/p>\n<\/a>Mats Nordstrom, Untitled (Funnel), Remnants series<\/em>, 2007<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMay 30, 2013, 6 – 8 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMuseum of Contemporary Canadian Art<\/strong>
\n952 Queen Street W<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>From left to right: Max Dean, Toronto-based artist, juror,\u00a0Dr. Matthew Brower, curator\/art historian,\u00a0\u00a0Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival\u00a0Executive President Darcy Killeen, winner Marlene Creates and BMW Canada Marketing Director Kevin Marcotte<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0Marlene Creates and \u00a0Dr. Matthew Brower, curator<\/p>\nMarlene Creates, excerpt from Sleeping Places, Newfoundland<\/em>, 1982<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOpening Reception: May 25, 5 \u2013 11 p.m<\/strong>.
\nMay 24 \u2013 June 10, 2013
\nGoodfellas Gallery<\/strong>
\n1266 Queen St<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n