{"id":25285,"date":"2014-09-23T20:47:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T00:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=25285"},"modified":"2014-10-08T19:45:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T23:45:27","slug":"gallery-hop-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=25285","title":{"rendered":"Gallery Hop 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, September 20, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

PANEL CONVERSATION: Generation(s): Evolutions in Art Writing<\/strong> \/\u00a012:00\u00a0– 1:30 p.m.
\nJackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>From left to right: Richard Rhodes, Sarah Milroy, Gabrielle Moser and Sky Goodden.<\/p>\n

Gallery Hop Toronto began with a panel\u00a0conversation composed of Sarah Milroy, Sky Goodden and Gabrielle Moser. Richard Rhodes, editor of Canadian Art,<\/em> served as moderator, though he acted more as a fourth member of the roundtable discussion. After each speaker made opening written remarks (fitting, for a panel of art writers) the most insightful moments of the talk arose out of spontaneity. Talking points included the lack of funds devoted to art writers, the difficulties facing young critics today and how the tendency for those in art writing to wear many hats in the art world has lead to a frightened, less offensive brand of art criticism. The panel discussion was livestreamed online and will be made available for viewing at canadianart.ca\/writingpanel after September 25.<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Mitch Billinkoff<\/p>\n

Tours and Talks \/ 2:30 – 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Junction Triangle \/ Bloor West<\/strong><\/p>\n

This tour\u00a0\u2013 although hardly Junction and only marginally Bloor West \u2013 attracted a large crowd of art-lovers, perhaps too numerous for the intended itinerary. Surely, the opportunity to meet curators heightens the quality of a gallery visit, just as the buzz of a large crowd suffuses the event with importance.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Division Gallery with Graham Gillmore’s recent works.<\/p>\n

However, the appreciation of art itself should stay the main focus \u2013 which, of the five venues, was virtually impossible in the three which exhibited video work. While it is understandable that close proximity with TIFF skewed the choice toward that medium, it remains a surprising and questionable decision both in terms of representation of the Toronto art scene and in terms of quality of the tour as a whole. The intimate space intended for viewing Laurent Montaron\u2019s beautiful short film at Mercer Union but the gallery’s viewing room\u00a0could at most accommodate a dozen spectators; while the pace of the visit could not permit beholding the videos of Lynn\u00a0 Marsh at Scrap Metal and Mark Lewis at Daniel Faria galleries for their entire duration. An image might be worth a thousand words, but no speech of a curator can replace a proper viewing experience. At least, Clint Roenisch and Division galleries left a more lasting impression with works by Jason de Haan and Graham Gillmore respectively.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sky Goodden discusses Laurent Montaron’s video installation\u00a0at Mercer Union.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lynn Marsh, Anna and the Tower<\/em>, video\u00a0at Scrap Metal Gallery.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Video by Mark Lewis at Daniel Faria Gallery.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jason de Haan, Free and Easy Wanderer<\/em> at Clint Roenisch Gallery.<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Elena Iourtaeva<\/p>\n

Dundas West Tour <\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a beautiful day for a tour along Dundas West this Saturday. It was led by curator Stefan Hancherow, and started at PM Gallery,\u00a0that is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a show\u00a0called Forward Thinking<\/em>, featuring 12 artists who have reached a point in their career where they\u2019ve decided to embark on a new path. Crystal Wagner pieces look like water-dragons dancing in and out of the sea.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Work by Crystal Wagner at PM Gallery.<\/p>\n

ESP, a gallery that\u00a0predominantly showing works from female Canadian artists. They host one new show a month, and this one was a preview of FEATURE art fair. Then we went to MKG127,\u00a0 featuring work by Gwen Macgregor, who was present to talk to us.\u00a0The most\u00a0intriguing of her pieces was a series of stills of a woman she videotaped every morning, pushing a heavy cart up a hill.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Loop gallery, John Abrams and Candida Girling were present to discuss the concepts behind their exhibits. Abrams, who has been sourcing film for four years, was inspired by Jean Luc Godard\u2019s 1960 film Breathless<\/em>, featuring Jean Seberg, whom he depicted in 20 different portraits of black and white oil paintings. Candida Girling\u2019s exhibit A City of Sky: An Urban Intervention<\/em>, is a series of interactive vertical landscapes that re-imagine greenery in the urban landscape.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Paintings of Jean Seberg by John Abrams at loop gallery.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Candida Girling\u2019s exhibition, A City of Sky: An Urban Intervention, <\/em>at loop gallery.<\/p>\n

The young artist Nicholas Di Genova was exhibiting his work inspired by stop motion in LE Gallery.\u00a0Di Genova is currently exploring new mediums of art, and his playful style is heavily inspired by zoology, mutation, evolution, manga, anime, as well as childhood hobbies such as model airplanes, Dungeons & Dragons, and war hammers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Nicholas Di Genova’s work at LE Gallery.<\/p>\n

The last stop was Cooper Cole Gallery\u00a0displaying work from Georgia Dickie and John Riepenhoff. Dickie likes to deal with the temporal aspects of the nature of materials and thus created sculptures held together by balance, while Riepenhoff\u00a0focuses on\u00a0the relationships people have with gallery experiences, so he created a box that houses small works from different artists – a gallery within a gallery.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Visitor\u00a0in Cooper Cole Gallery.<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Josephine Mwanvua<\/p>\n

MAGAZINE LAUNCH AND 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION \/ <\/strong>6:30 p.m.
\nMOCCA<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Guests at MOCCA, celebrating the 30th Anniversary of CanadianArt Magazine.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur role really is to try and bring the best of Canadian art to Canada and to the world.\u201d Says Jill Birch, CanadianArt\u2019s Chief Executive Officer. The Thirtieth anniversary celebration for CanadianArt magazine was hosted at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, where the current exhibition TBD is on view.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Editors Richard Rhodes and Sarah Milroy discuss the success of CanadianArt.<\/p>\n

After brief talks by editors Richard Rhodes and Sarah Milroy, the event kicked off to a joyous celebration of the magazine\u2019s thirty years of production. The crowd, composed of students, artists, journalists, art viewers, and briefly, famed architect, Eb Zeidler, spent the next few hours not only discussing the museum\u2019s display, but the success of both CanadianArt and Canadian art. With closing remarks, Richard Rhodes confidently and happily claimed that the publication will be around for at least another thirty years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>MOCCA artistic director, David Liss (centre)\u00a0with guests.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

September 20, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The day began with a panel conversation, continued with tours and talks, and concluded with the launch of the 30th anniversary issue of Canadian Art.<\/p>\n

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