{"id":27284,"date":"2015-02-20T19:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=27284"},"modified":"2015-03-01T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T19:18:33","slug":"the-artist-project-2015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=27284","title":{"rendered":"The Artist Project 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Night Party: Thursday, February 19, 2015 \/\u00a07 \u2013 10 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBetter Living Centre<\/p>\n

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

This weekend be sure to make your way to Exhibition Place to take in the contemporary art fair The Artist Project<\/em>. Running in its eighth successful year, The Artist Project<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0is showcasing over 250 top contemporary artists from all over Canada and abroad.<\/p>\n

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

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

The fair pulsates with curators, designers, art enthusiasts and the like. The chic and excited crowd can be described as \u2018come one come all\u2019 and can be found mingling with artists and with one another. The event is a really social gathering and an excellent opportunity to take in a great mix of art.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Visitors with Jessica Massard’s installation, “Possibly, Maybe” (detail), 2013<\/p>\n

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

\"\"<\/a>Marta Franco’s booth<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Todd Monk’s work<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Eric Robitaille’s booth<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artist, Dominique Fung with a visitor<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hoda Zarbaf , “Vaginal Rapture”<\/p>\n

While we personally found the art to be hit or miss we still had an enjoyable evening that we wished could have lasted longer! The show is quite heavy in abstraction although that is not to take away from a few delightful surprises.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photography by Dani Cooperman<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Paintings\u00a0by Claire Desjardins<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Work by Paul Brandejs<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Shannon Scanlan’s booth<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Paper Bag Beers<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Raymond Waters, “Invisible”<\/p>\n

The\u00a0artists all were\u00a0unanimously excited about the upcoming weekend. One particular artist whose work we really enjoyed was that of\u00a0 Antonio Caballero. His quirky but thoughtful pieces with miniature ducks had us pleasantly bemused and we found ourselves sad to leave the artist and his adorable ducks for the\u00a010 p.m. close.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Work by\u00a0Antonio Caballero<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a great deal of sponsorship for the event such as Steam Whistle and Barefoot wine, which provide complimentary drinks for the evening. Consider\u00a0The Artist Project<\/em> to be somewhat of a trade show for the arts. It is an excellent way to get out and mingle with the creative minds that are forging new ground in the art world.<\/p>\n

Text: Carter Brown and Kate Pendergast. Photo: Elena Iourtaeva.<\/p>\n

*Exhibition information: February\u00a019 \u2013 22, 2015, Better Living Centre, 195 Princes\u2019 Boulevard, Exhibition Place. Exhibition hours: Friday: 12 \u2013 8, Saturday: 11 \u2013 8, Sunday: 11 \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 19 \u2013 22, 2015<\/p>\n

Better Living Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is an excellent way to get out and mingle with the creative minds that are forging new ground in the art world.<\/p>\n

Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,144,41,160,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carter-brown","category-elena-iourtaeva","category-events","category-kate-pendergast","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27284"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27292,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284\/revisions\/27292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}