{"id":22593,"date":"2014-01-27T13:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T18:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=22593"},"modified":"2014-02-11T15:02:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T20:02:39","slug":"art-builds-opening-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=22593","title":{"rendered":"Art Builds \/ Opening Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Opening Reception: January 23, 2014, 7 – 10 p.m.<\/strong>
\nGallery 1313\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

ART BUILDS is a Group exhibition of art works inspired or\u00a0 influenced by architecture. Exhibiting artists\u00a0involve\u00a0Evan Steenson, Andre Kan, Pat Rice,\u00a0 Max Meyer, Ben Stansfield, Stefan A. Rose, Elizabeth Kennedy, Susan\u00a0Kordalewski, Amelia Stea\u2013MacLaurin, Chinmoyee Debrath, Alex Contini,\u00a0Diana McNally, Robert Caspary, Mariane Bourcheix- Laporte (Vancouver),\u00a0Heather Ahn, Liliana Monteiro\u00a0among others. Curated by Phil Anderson.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pat Rice, Portrait of Commerce Building<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Susan Kordalewski with her series\u00a0My Four Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n

The cold didn\u2019t stop people from checking out Art Builds at Gallery 1313. The exhibition with 16 artists\u00a0displays works that have been influenced or inspired by architecture. The artists took many different approaches and used a variety of media in creating the works. Some art works such as Pat Rice’s Portrait of Commerce Building<\/em>\u00a0might be more familiar to viewers. Others like Marianne Bourcheix \u2013 Laporte (based in Vancouver) used interventions with urban landscapes in her hour and a half video. Hamilton artist Susan Kordalewski’s four C photos of houses mounted on MDF board titled My Four Relationships<\/em> had an impressive presence leaning against the gallery wall. Andre Kan’s colourful work with its city theme also demanded attention. Stefan Rose used\u00a0words from\u00a0poems creating context for his photographs of fortresses. Max Meyer’s panoramic photos were deceiving creating a new cityscape by morphing images.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Max Meyer, Panoramic View<\/em><\/p>\n

Parkdale local artist, Alex Contini s painting of the Toronto skyline with its construction cranes reminded us of the amount of building actually going on in this city.\u00a0Diana McNally used digital prints to display her work such as the CGA Print of Toronto<\/em>. She studied architecture and art history at McGill and the University of Toronto.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artists Alex Contini<\/p>\n

OCADU student Chinmoyee Debnath’s paintings were of interiors of buildings and she was interested in the light and shadows created in empty spaces. Artists Evan Steenson and Ben Stansfield took a more abstract approach in their work.\u00a0Steenson in black and white digital prints and Stansfield\u00a0\u00a0in vibrabt colours.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artist Evan Steenson<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artist Ben Stansfield<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Kennedy’s montage of images were drawings that were interwoven creating an impressive urban collage. Heather Ahn painting of University Avenue seemed to depict an endless urban vision while artist Amelia Stea MacLaurin’s intimate work on wood called Abbey was unique and attractive. Liliana Monteiro s colourful painting had colours that seemed to melt together. Robert Caspary’s photo looking out of a window onto the street was wonderfully simple in giving us yet another perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artists Max Meyer, Elizabeth Kennedy and Stefan Rose<\/p>\n

All the artists clearly had been drawn to local architecture in creating art works that showed their fascination with the buildings around them.\u00a0Many artists at the opening shared their stories and their mutual love of architecture while visitors took in the exhibition and mingled with the artists in the comfort of the gallery buildings interior, immune to the cold winds outside.<\/p>\n

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

*Exhibition dates: January 22 – February 2, 2014, Gallery 1313 at 1313 Queen Street West. Gallery hours: Wed – Sun 1 – 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 23, 2014, 7 – 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

Gallery 1313<\/strong><\/p>\n

All the artists clearly had been drawn to local architecture in creating art works that showed their fascination with the buildings around them.<\/p>\n

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