{"id":23456,"date":"2014-04-23T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T17:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=23456"},"modified":"2014-05-20T19:01:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T23:01:05","slug":"contact-2014-artoronto-ca-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=23456","title":{"rendered":"CONTACT 2014 \/ Artoronto.ca Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

With so much choice, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 175 venues throughout the Greater Toronto Area,\u00a0\u00a0it isn\u2019t easy picking exhibits to see.
\nWe all\u00a0 look forward to seeing much more than the ones listed but these caught\u00a0our interest and everyone is sure to have their own list as well.<\/p>\n

Phil Anderson, publisher:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Payne \/ False Fronts<\/strong>
\nMay 8 – July 30, 2014
\nPrefix Institute of Contemporary Art<\/strong>
\n401 Richmond Street W.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Steve Payne, Bay Roberts, from False Fronts<\/em>, 2010<\/p>\n

Richard Renaldi \/ Touching Strangers<\/strong>
\nApril 30 –\u00a0 June 1, 2014
\nMetro Hall<\/strong>
\nKing & John<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Richard Renaldi, Elaine and Arly, New York<\/em>, 2012<\/p>\n

Parkdale Collegiate Institute Students<\/strong>
\nMay 1 – 31, 2014
\nSponsored by the Parkdale Village B.I.A.<\/strong>
\nVarious Locations (nine) in\u00a0 Parkdale<\/p>\n

Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos, publisher:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Material Self: Performing the Other Within \/ Group show<\/strong>
\nMay 1 \u2013 June 1, 2014
\nMuseum of Contemporary Canadian Art<\/strong>
\n952 Queen St W<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>David Favrod, Autoportrait en pouple<\/em>, 2009, Courtesy of the artist <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Entire City Project: Royal Ontario Museum \/ Michael Awad<\/strong>
\nMay 3 \u2013 September 28, 2014
\nRoyal Ontario Museum<\/strong>
\n100 Queen’s Park<\/p>\n

Marc Audette, Adad Hannah<\/strong>
\nMay 3 \u2013 31, 2014
\nPierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette art contemporain Toronto<\/strong>
\n65 George St<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Marc Audette, Castlegar, BC<\/em>, 2012, Courtesy Pierre-Fran\u00e7ois Ouellette art contemporain<\/p>\n

Steve Rockwell, publisher:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Eaton<\/strong>
\nMay 1 \u2013 31, 2014\u00a0
\nJessica Bradley Gallery<\/strong>
\n74 Miller St<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jessica Eaton, Cfaal 384<\/em>, 2013, Courtesy Jessica Bradley Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamilton \/ Joseph Hartman<\/strong>
\nMay 10 \u2013 June 7, 2014\u00a0
\nStephen Bulger Gallery<\/strong>
\n1026 Queen St W<\/p>\n

The Rift \/ Dominic Nahr<\/strong>
\nApril 25 \u2013 May 31, 2014\u00a0
\nO’Born Contemporary
\n131 Ossington Ave<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dominic Nahr, Untitled, Kenya, Nairobi. <\/em>, 2012, \u00a9 Dominic Nahr, Courtesy of O\u2019Born Contemporary<\/p>\n

Six Characters in Search of a Photograph \/ Fausta Facciponte<\/strong>
\nMay 15 \u2013 June 29, 2014
\nArt Gallery of Mississauga<\/strong>
\n300 City Centre Dr<\/p>\n

Mitch Billinkoff, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Portraits \/ Gordon Parks<\/strong>
\nApril 25 \u2013 August 3, 2014
\nBlack Artists\u2019 Networks in Dialogue (BAND)<\/strong>
\n1 Lansdowne Ave 2nd Fl<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Gordon Parks, Emerging Man, Harlem, New York<\/em>, 1952, Copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation. Courtesy The Gordon Parks Foundation.<\/p>\n

Bright View: Z-Ro Collective presented by Flop Haus \/ Group show<\/strong>
\nMay 8 – 14, 2014
\nProject Gallery<\/strong>
\n1109 Queen Street E<\/p>\n

Mia Guttmann, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

PSEUDO \/ Group show<\/strong>
\nMay 8 \u2013 18,\u00a02014
\nOCAD University<\/strong>
\n100 McCaul St Great Hall<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Camilla Storgaard (Berlin), Material Beauty, <\/em>2014<\/p>\n

Ken Matsubara<\/strong>
\nMay 3\u201331
\nOlga Korper Gallery<\/strong>
\n17 Morrow Ave<\/p>\n

Elena Iourtaeva, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud Cover \/ Joan Kaufman<\/strong>
\nMay 4 – 28, 2014
\nLonsdale Gallery<\/strong>
\n410 Spadina Rd<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Joan Kaufman, Cloud Cover 1.1<\/em>, 2013<\/p>\n

Reunions \/ Steven Beckly<\/strong>
\nMay 1 – 31, 2014
\nToronto Image Works Gallery<\/strong>
\n80 Spadina Ave 207<\/p>\n

Amy Luo, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

KWE \/ Rebecca Belmore<\/strong>
\nMay 15 \u2013 August 9, 2014
\nJustina M. Barnicke Gallery<\/strong>
\n7 Hart House Circle<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rebecca Belmore, Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother<\/em>, 1991, Courtesy of Walter Philips Gallery, The Banff Centre<\/p>\n

Portraits \/ Wyn Geleynse<\/strong>
\nMay 1 \u2013 31, 2014
\nKatzman Contemporary<\/strong>
\n86 Miller St<\/p>\n

Aurore Mathys, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Purists \/ The Manipulators<\/strong>
\nMay 1 – 31, 2014
\nAkasha Art Projects<\/strong>
\n511 Church St 200<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Osheen Harruthoonyan, Pour \u00c9tienne et son ciel<\/em>, 2013.<\/p>\n

Hiding in Plain Sight<\/strong>
\nApril 18 – September 14, 2014
\nToronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1<\/strong>
\n6301 Silver Dart Dr, Mississauga<\/p>\n

Melina Rymberg, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m Not There \/ Saman Aghvami<\/strong>
\nApril 30\u2013May 24
\nI.M.A. Gallery<\/strong>
\n80 Spadina Ave 305<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Saman Aghvami, Arasg: Painter and Illustrator<\/em>, 2012.<\/p>\n

Prairie and Pavement \/ Ian Brown<\/strong>
\nMay 2 \u2013 June 2, 2014
\nEvergreen Brickworks – Kilns<\/strong>
\n550 Bayview Ave 300, Toronto M4W 3X8<\/p>\n

Gagan Sandhu, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Material Self: Performing the Other Within \/ Group show<\/strong>
\nMay 1 \u2013 June 1, 2014
\nMuseum of Contemporary Canadian Art<\/strong>
\n952 Queen St W<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Namsa Leuba, Statuette Ndoki, Sal\u00e9ou Guinea, from the series Ya Kala Ben <\/em>, 2011, Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n

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Libraria: The Evolution of Literary Spaces\u00a0\/ Elaine Chan-Dow<\/strong>
\nApril 25 \u2013 May 30, 2014\u00a0
\nIX Gallery<\/strong>
\n11 Davies Ave 101<\/p>\n

Veronica<\/strong><\/span> Scarpati, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Beauty of Life \/ Elaine Waisglass <\/strong>
\nMay 1 – 31, 2014
\nFirst Canadian Place Gallery<\/strong>
\n100 King St W<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Elaine Waisglass, Peonia Bowl<\/em><\/p>\n

Makros<\/strong>
\nMay 1 – 31, 2014
\nThe Junction, Kingsway Chiropractic<\/strong>
\n3021 Dundas St W<\/p>\n

Leanne Simaan, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ebrahim Noroozi<\/strong>
\nMay 10 \u2013 31, 2014
\nNikola Rukaj Gallery<\/strong>
\n384 Eglinton Ave W<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ebrahim Noroozi, Mournful Women<\/em>, 2013, Ebrahim Noroozi, Nikola Rukaj Gallery<\/p>\n

Faces and Phases \/ Zanele Muholi<\/strong>
\nMay 1\u2013 June 1, 2014
\nRyerson Image Centre<\/strong>
\n33 Gould St<\/p>\n

Alice Tallman, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Joy and Sorrow: Photographs and Films by Elisa Julia Gilmour and Ben Freedman<\/strong>
\nMay 15 \u2013 June 29, 2014
\nArt Gallery of Mississauga<\/strong>
\n300 City Centre Dr<\/p>\n

Maddy Tripp, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scotiabank Photography Award: Stan Douglas<\/strong>
\nMay 1 \u2013 June 1, 2014
\nRyerson Image Centre<\/strong>
\n33 Gould St<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stan Douglas, Kung-Fu Fighting<\/em>, 1974, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York, London, and Victoria Miro, London<\/p>\n

Ruins \/ J\u00e9r\u00f4me Nadeau<\/strong>
\nMay 2 \u2013 June 7, 2014
\nGallery 44 – Vitrines<\/strong>
\n401 Richmond St W 120<\/p>\n

Liuyi Zhang, intern:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Through The Body: Lens-Based Works by Contemporary Chinese Women Artists<\/strong>
\nApril 29 \u2013 June 28, 2014
\nUniversity of Toronto Art Centre<\/strong>
\n15 King’s College Circle<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ye Funa, Grandparents<\/em>, 2010<\/p>\n

In Character: Self-Portrait of the Artist as Another<\/strong>
\nMay 2 \u2013 June 1,2014
\nNational Gallery of Canada at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art<\/strong>
\n952 Queen St W<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival<\/p>\n

May 2014 \/ Toronto<\/strong><\/p>\n

With so much choice, with well over 1500 photographers exhibiting throughout the Greater Toronto Area, it isn\u2019t easy picking exhibits to see. <\/p>\n

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