{"id":40660,"date":"2018-04-30T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=40660"},"modified":"2018-04-30T16:18:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:18:48","slug":"__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=40660","title":{"rendered":"CONTACT 2018 \/ Artoronto picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

This the 22nd Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, the largest photography festival in the world. With so much choices, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 200 exhibitions throughout the Greater Toronto Area, it isn\u2019t easy picking exhibits to see.<\/p>\n

We all look forward to seeing much more than the ones listed but these caught our interest and everyone is sure to have their own list as well.<\/p>\n

PHIL ANDERSON, publisher\/writer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arcades<\/strong> \/\u00a0Felicity Hammond<\/strong>
\nApril 28\u2013June 16
\nCONTACT Gallery
\n80 Spadina Ave. Ste 20<\/p>\n

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Felicity Hammond, Fragment 06, from Arcades, 2018. Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n

Cutting a Figure: Black Style Through the Lens of Charles \u201cTeenie\u201d Harris<\/strong>
\nApril 26\u2013June 7
\nBAND Gallery
\n19 Brock Ave<\/p>\n

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Charles \u201cTeenie\u201d Harris, Man seated between drag performers “Gilda,” and “Junie” Turner wearing Caribbean-style costume, 1945 \u2013 1955. Silver Gelatin print. Courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Views from Generation Z \/ GTA Photography Classes Students<\/strong>
\nMay 5\u201318
\nGTA Photography Classes
\n25 Toronto St. Ste 20<\/p>\n

EMESE KRUN\u00c1K-HAJAGOS, publisher\/writer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moly and Kassandra \/ Matilda Aslizadeh<\/strong>
\nMay 10\u2013June 30
\nPari Nadimi Gallery
\n254 Niagara St<\/p>\n

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Matilda Aslizadeh, Moly and Kassandra: Production, 2018. Archival pigment print and metal leaf, 8 \u00d7 10″. Courtesy of Pari Nadimi Gallery<\/p>\n

Valkyrie Ink \/ Reka Nyari<\/strong>
\nMay 3\u2013June 9
\nColdstream Fine Art
\n80 Spadina Ave Ste 208<\/p>\n

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Reka Nyari, Freydis<\/p>\n

Outside of Time \/ Sylvia Galbraith<\/strong>
\nMay 5\u2013June 2
\nAbbozzo Gallery
\n401 Richmond St W Ste 128<\/p>\n

STEVE ROCKWELL, publisher\/writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reflections of Hope \/ Aida Muluneh<\/strong>
\nApril 27\u2013June 29
\nAga Khan Park
\n77 Wynford Drive<\/p>\n

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Aida Muluneh, Compromise, 2017. Courtesy of Jenkins-Johnson Gallery<\/p>\n

Flatland by Aydin B\u00fcy\u00fcktas<\/strong>
\nMay 2\u2013June 24
\nMatter Gallery
\n104a-344 Westmoreland Ave N<\/p>\n

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Aydin Bu\u0308yu\u0308ktas, Hierapolis Necrapol, 2017. Chromogenic print, 47″ \u00d7 63″<\/p>\n

XIAOTONG CAO, writer\/photographer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acts That Fade Away \/ Nadia Myre<\/strong>
\nApril 28\u2013August 5
\nRyerson Image Centre, Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall
\n33 Gould St.<\/p>\n

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Nadia Myre, Acts that Fade Away, 2016. Still from Decolonial Gestures or Doing it Wrong? Refaire le chemin. Courtesy of the artist, Art M\u00fbr, and the McCord Museum<\/p>\n

NATHAN FLINT, writer\/photographer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bad Stars \/ Christina Battle<\/strong>
\nMay 4\u2013June 9
\nTrinity Square Video
\n401 Richmond St W Ste 12<\/p>\n

Incidental Narratives \/ Basel Abbas, Ruanne Abou-Rahme<\/strong>
\nMay 4\u2013June 30
\nA Space Gallery
\n401 Richmond St W Ste 110<\/p>\n

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Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Only the beloved keep our secrets, 2016. Video Still. Courtesy of the artists and Abraaj Art Priz<\/p>\n

DANIEL JOYCE, writer\/photographer<\/strong><\/p>\n

B\u00e1rbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca<\/strong>
\nApril 18\u2013June 24
\nArt Gallery of York University
\n8 Accolade East Building, York University, 4700 Keele St<\/p>\n

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Barbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, SET TO GO, 2016, Film Still (Part I). Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel; Sao Paulo<\/p>\n

Fa\u00e7ades \/ Brittany Shepherd<\/strong>
\nMay 10\u2013June 3
\nBunker 2 Contemporary Art Container
\n346 Campbell Ave<\/p>\n

A Forest of Canoes \/ Dana Claxton<\/strong>
\nApril 24\u2013August 31
\nThe Bentway
\n250 Fort York Blvd<\/p>\n

TEHNIAT KHAN, writer\/photographer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Empire, The City \/ Lori Nix, Kathleen Gerber<\/strong>
\nMay 1\u201331
\nBau-Xi Gallery
\n350 Dundas St W<\/p>\n

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Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber, Botanic Gardens, 2008. Chromogenic Print, 48 x 65\u201d. Courtesy of Bau-Xi Photo<\/p>\n

Dear Ayeeyo \/ Yasin Osman<\/strong>
\nMay 3\u2013June 16
\nDaniels Spectrum
\n585 Dundas St E<\/p>\n

Uprooted and Dispossessed: Portraits of Women Caught in Conflict and Colonialism \/ Samer Muscati<\/strong>
\nMay 2\u201331
\nHart House – “Talking Walls” Exhibit Space
\n7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto<\/p>\n

SUNNY KIM, writer\/photographer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not The Actual Site \/ Marleen Sleeuwits<\/strong>
\nApril 30\u2013June 1
\nBrookfield Place, Allen Lambert Galleria
\n181 Bay St.<\/p>\n

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Marleen Sleeuwits, Interior no. 41, 2013. \u00a9 Marleen Sleeuwits<\/p>\n

A Brief History of Me \/ Ho Tam<\/strong>
\nMay 4\u2013June 2
\nPaul Petro Contemporary Art
\n980 Queen St W<\/p>\n

NAZLI NAHIDI, writer\/photographer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Friday \/ Sophia Al Maria<\/strong>
\nApril 13 \u2013 June 2
\nMercer Union \u2013 a centre for contemporary art
\n1286 Bloor St. W.<\/p>\n

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Sophia Al Maria, Black Friday, 2016, video still. Courtesy of the artist and Third Line, Dubai<\/p>\n

CAROLYN PERALTA, writer\/photographer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evidence \/ Andrew Drown<\/strong>
\nMay 5\u201330
\nSaudade Toronto
\n1191 Dundas St<\/p>\n

Alone Together \/ Jason Brown<\/strong>
\nMay 1\u201331
\nSkylight Gallery, Toronto Public Library
\n40 Orchard View Blv<\/p>\n

The Cohesive Project \/ Joseph Wyciszkiewicz aka Lavarius, Reynaldo Garcia<\/strong>
\nMay 3\u201330
\nThe Show Gallery
\n978 Queen St W<\/p>\n

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Joseph Wyciszkiewicz AKA Lavarius, A Good Luck<\/p>\n

AILEEN QI, writer\/photographer:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

newlandia: debaabaminaagwad \/ Scott Benesiinaabandan<\/strong>
\nApril 25\u2013August 5
\nRyerson University – Gould and Bond St \/ Ryerson University – Devonian Square<\/p>\n

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Scott Benesiinaabandan, newlandia: debaabaminaagwad, Rock no. 2, (detail), 2018. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n

DAVID SARIC, writer\/photographer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Surveillance States \/ Trevor Paglen<\/strong>
\nMay 4\u2013June 16
\nPrefix Institute of Contemporary Art
\n401 Richmond St W Ste 124<\/p>\n

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Trevor Paglen, Near Nogales, 2017. Digital pigment print, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures (New York)<\/p>\n

PATRICIA TABASCIO, writer\/photographer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Confluence II \/ Tina Berning, Michelangelo Di Battista<\/strong>
\nApril 26\u2013June 9
\nAlison Milne Gallery
\n134 Osler St<\/p>\n

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Tina Berning\/Michelangelo Di Battista, Face Project IV, 2007. Archival pigment print, 47.25\u201d x 40\u201d, edition 1 of 7<\/p>\n

SIMON TERMINE, writer\/photographer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waking Dream \/ Bill Jones<\/strong>
\nMay 8 \u2013 June 8
\nJohn B. Aird Gallery
\n900 Bay St. The Macdonald Block<\/p>\n

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Bill Jones, Waking Dream, 2017. Film still. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n

For more information please go to\u00a0http:\/\/scotiabankcontactphoto.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
\nMay-June, 2018 \/ Toronto and GTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

With so much choices, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 200 exhibitions, it isn\u2019t easy picking exhibits to see.<\/p>\n

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