{"id":39292,"date":"2017-10-28T20:02:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=39292"},"modified":"2017-10-29T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T19:36:17","slug":"art-toronto-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=39292","title":{"rendered":"ART TORONTO, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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October 27 \u2013 30, 2017<\/strong>
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We went to Toronto’s International Art Fair on Friday early afternoon, thinking that it wouldn’t be so crowded, so we would have more chance to talk to gallery owners and attendants, have more space to look at the exhibited pieces. Well, we were wrong, it was already crowded, buzzing with a positive energy.<\/div>\n
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The Fair looks very different from previous years, much better. It seems more organized, easier on the visitor to walk the floor without missing out too much. We decided to walk around the perimeter first, then walk in circles in the middle section – and it worked, sort of, because I kept walking in all directions when something caught my fancy, like superk\u00fcl’s seating structure that responds to the mushroom column heads found in the Tower Automotive Building, MOCA’s new home. MOCA with superk\u00fcl is sharing proposals for its future entry floor landscape and you can join in.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Art Toronto installation view with\u00a0MOCA’s and superk\u00fcl’s seating structure. Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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There are four major section in the fair: MAIN, having many galleries, SOLO with solo shows of galleries, some still having their own booth as well, VERGE in the middle from where you can walk to this year’s FOCUS Los Angeles, that we will cover in a separate article.<\/div>\n
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One of the first things you run into upon entering the Fair is the RBC Lounge where you walk through a tunnel covered by paintings followed by the RBC Painting Competition. Walking further on the right side we talked to Alex Leibner from Galerie D’Este. He said that the Montreal Gallery exhibited in Art Toronto many times and this time seems to be successful too.<\/div>\n
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RBC Lounge.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Galerie D’Este.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Last year’s focus was Latin America and many of those galleries decided to return to Toronto this year. The Mari\u00f3n Gallery from Panama has returned for the second time to Art Toronto. Valentina Lairet finds it more crowded this year with sales already from the start. RoFa Projects of Venezuela are back at Art Toronto after a very good first exhibition last year, said director Gabriela Rosso. RoFa, with a centre of Potomac, is an international gallery showing all over the world.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Valentina Lairet from Marion Gallery, Panama.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Gabriela Rosso from RoFa Projects in front of Walterio Iraheta’s work. Photo: Steve Rockwell<\/div>\n
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dc3 Art Projects from Edmonton, Alberta have been busy on the art fair scene, with exhibits at Art Basel, Volta and Moving Image, New York, and Montreal. This is their 5th year at Art Toronto. This year they are exhibiting print maker, Sean Caulfield works, including some large wood blocks themselves, as they appear in his Deadcut show here. Rebecca Travis from Birch Contemporary said that all is going well for them and visitors and collectors keep her very busy. Indeed the fair is extremely busy as Daniel Faria said, \u201cI haven\u2019t been able to leave my booth. It\u2019s been great!\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u00a0dc3 Art Projects from Edmonton with Sean Caulfield’s Deadcut.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Rebecca Travis talks to visitors in Birch Contemporary’s booth.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Daniel Faria of Daniel Faria Gallery. Photo: Steve Rockwell<\/div>\n
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The crowd is getting bigger and bigger by the hour. It is almost impossible to talk to gallery owners and representatives. I can’t remember any art fair in Toronto without Odon Wagner, owner of one of Toronto’s oldest and most successful gallery, focusing on both traditional and contemporary art. Meghan O’Callaghan, the assistant of the gallery said that they’ve already sold so many pieces and the fair just opened. We got the same information from Angells Gallery associate director, Bill Clarke, telling us that Bradley Wood, Steve Driscoll and Gavin Lynch were among the best sellers. Clint Roenisch and Christopher Cutts were also satisfied with their sales.<\/div>\n
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Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos
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\u00a0Odon Wagner of Odon Wagner Gallery. Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Angell Gallery’s booth.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Clint Roenisch of Clint Roenisch Gallery.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Gary Michael Dault (left) and Christopher Cutts (right). Photo: Steve Rockwell<\/div>\n
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Dana Charles, Communications & Logistics Coordinator of the Oena Gallery, based in Prince Edward County, said,\u00a0\u201cWe do almost 50% if our business online.” It is Oeno\u2019s first time at Art Toronto. There are so many good galleries with high quality, interesting work at the Fair that it is hard to pick just a few.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Oena Gallery. Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Division Gallery, Toronto.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Todd Merrill Studio, New York.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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SOLO Section introduces the visitors to the latest work of a favoured artist from each gallery. Juno Youn, the former owner of Spin Gallery in Toronto, opened Galerie Youn in Montreal, showing Jay Dart at Art Toronto this year. Corkin Gallery is exhibiting Miles Gertler. Besides the solo shows there are many strong pieces that make you stop.<\/div>\n
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Juno Youn of Youn Gallery, Montreal. Photo: Steve Rockwell<\/div>\n
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Miles Gertler at Corkin Gallery, Toronto.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Installation view with Dale Dunning Aureole.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Valerie Blass, Le principe de la sueur transpiration, evaporation, chaleur at Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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The rich events programming include Speaker Series, such\u00a0Gary Michael Dault’s about Sorel Etrog at Barbara Edwards Gallery, the Sobey’s Award winner’s announcement and many more.<\/div>\n
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Speaker Series, Gary Michael Dault about Sorel Etrog at Barbara Edwards Gallery’s booth.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Sobey’s Award announcement and interview with winner, Ursula Johnson at the Art Toronto Stage.\u00a0Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe fair is better,\u201d said Antoine Ertaskiren of Montreal\u2019s Galerie Antoine Ertaskiren.\u00a0\u201cIt was a great opening last night. The Focus L.A. really works.\u201d The fair is indeed better and almost impossible to see it in one day, so go back if you can.<\/div>\n
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It is hard to find a sitting spot. Photo: Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Steve Rockwell &\u00a0Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos<\/div>\n
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Most likely due to the tight-knit arts community fostered in Toronto, the art industry in Canada often feels small. However the Art Toronto fair reminds me that the art created and displayed here is often at an international level. Not to mention, that the arts community here has a much larger reach beyond our city and country than I often remember. I was thoroughly impressed by the quality of work displayed by Toronto galleries at the fair — proving extremely relevant to the concerns of artists around the world. It is an excellent opportunity for works by Canadians to be purchased not only by fellow Canadian collectors, but also international ones too.<\/p>\n
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The fair is also remarkable for the international galleries that show there. For a weekend, the Metro Convention Centre turns into a one-stop-shop for hot works in the modern and contemporary art market. This is the second year I’ve attended the art fair, and it’s always a great opportunity to see a variety of art that often moves to and remains in private collections.<\/p>\n
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Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver<\/div>\n

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Division Gallery, Toronto<\/div>\n

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Black Project Gallery, Vancouver<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Text and photo: Carolyn Peralta<\/p>\n
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*Exhibition Information:\u00a0North Building, Exhibit Hall A & B, 255 Front Street West. Hours: Fri & Sat, 12 \u2013 8 pm., Sun & Mon, 12 \u2013 6 pm.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 27 – 30, 2017<\/p>\n

by Steve Rockwell, Emese Krun\u00e1k-Hajagos & Carolyn Peralta<\/strong><\/p>\n

walking the fair is an almost overwhelming experience with so many artwork and interesting programming<\/p>\n

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