{"id":20973,"date":"2013-09-27T17:44:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T21:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=20973"},"modified":"2013-10-10T16:55:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T20:55:20","slug":"gallery-hop-2013-panel-conversation-and-magazine-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=20973","title":{"rendered":"Gallery Hop \/ Panel Conversation and Magazine Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 21, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel Conversation: Inside Story \/\u00a0<\/strong>11 –\u00a012:30\u00a0p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe Underground | Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen Street West<\/p>\n

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With a spirit of enthusiasm the first program of the 2013 Gallery hop began. Excitement filled the voices of Christine Shaw, program and outreach manager of Canadian Art Magazine, and Richard Rhodes, editor of Canadian Art magazine, as they presented the theme of last Saturday\u2019s Gallery Hop 2013 Panel Discussion: \u201cInside Story\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Editor of Canadian Art Magazine, Richard Rhodes<\/p>\n

As he introduced the Canadian Art Foundation\u2019s 17th annual event, Rhodes explained that this year\u2019s theme is meant to have a tabloid spirit with a narrative capacity. By making reference to the media and tabloids and the initial (and succinct) headline, the theme suggests that these artist\u2019s work, in simple terms, explore an event\/occurrence\/moment, in history or the present, and locate it within a cultural, political, and\/or personal context. On the panel, artists Yam Lau, Dana Claxton, and Sky Glabush spoke to the diversity of ways in which the \u201cinside story\u201d informs their work.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sky Glabush\u2019s presentation<\/p>\n

Moderator Richard Rhodes first introduced Sky Glabush who, with charm and vulnerability, explained that his inside story centers on his youth in Moose Jaw, SK and his father\u2019s involvement in the Bahaii community. He expresses the latter through the \u201cuniversal language of abstraction\u201d. He suggested that he was transforming the abstract from the sublime to a personal language which would leave his audience to learn his inside story rather than meditate on symbolic theosophy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dana Claxton\u2019s presentation<\/p>\n

In contrast, Dana Claxton explores the inside story behind the \u201cerasure of liberation\u201d through the lens of the American Indian Movement. By unearthing sanctioned oppressions, she aims to use art not only to further the discourse and inform her audience, but to also bring\u00a0 justice forth.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yam Lau\u2019s presentation<\/p>\n

Lastly, Yam Lau spoke\u00a0about his fascination with the Chinese language as a tool to access China\u2019s inside story without having to permanently reside there.<\/p>\n

As with previous years, the\u00a0event served as a visual and intellectually stimulating experience for supporters of Canadian Art.<\/p>\n

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

Canadian Art Magazine Launch \/\u00a05:30 \u2013 7:30\u00a0p.m.<\/strong>
\nJessica Bradley Gallery \/ 74 Miller Street<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0event was very well attended and was a great mix of exciting, innovative art; the opening reception of the Berlin based artists Hadley and Maxwell, the launch of the fall issue of Canadian Art magazine, and test drives of the all electric Smart Car.<\/p>\n

The show, Hadley+Maxwell:\u00a0If You Were\u00a0Me, I Would Think Twice…,<\/em>\u00a0included sculptures mounted on the wall as well as stand alone pieces; and oil paintings on linen canvases that were incredibly three dimensional looking. You had to get right up to the\u00a0paintings to see that they were actually painted and not a sculpture attached to their surface.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Coco (swag), <\/em>2013, oil <\/em>on linen, 29.8 x 40 cm<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Visitors with\u00a0Available (fall collection), <\/em>2011 – 2013,\u00a0painted and\u00a0silkscreened cinefoil, magnets, steel armature<\/p>\n

I spoke to Maxwell in front of the large installation “Graces and Exemplars”,<\/em> which takes up an entire wall of the Jessica Bradley Gallery, and asked him what was his inspiration for the sculptural pieces in the show.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Graces and Exemplars (Archive), <\/em>2011 – 2013, 24 pieces of cinefoil, magnets, steel armature<\/p>\n

He said, that to mold their sculptures they use cinefoil which is a heavy, black aluminum foil that is often used to create lighting effects for video or photography by forming tubes or screens with holes. He said he wanted to take the cinefoil, a utilitarian object and something usually used to look at other things, and use it to create something monumental. With Hadley they\u00a0take\u00a0forgotten and ignored monuments from the past and bring them back into the spotlight by re-sculpting their parts such as legs, arms and heads.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hadley (in the middle)\u00a0explaning\u00a0Nymph (Archive Shade), <\/em>2013, cinefoil. magnets, steel armature, 161.3 x 31.8 cm<\/p>\n

Jason McLean’s painted Smart Car <\/em>was also on display.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jason McLean (in the middle) and company with Smart Car <\/em>in front of Jessica Bradley Gallery and Smart Car<\/em> (detail)<\/p>\n

The exhibition is open till October 19, 2013.<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Margaret Irving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 21, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The events were very well attended and a great mix of exciting conversation about innovative art, the opening of Hadley+Maxwell’s exhibition, the launch of the fall issue of Canadian Art, and test drives of the all electric Smart Car.<\/p>\n

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