{"id":53955,"date":"2024-07-31T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=53955"},"modified":"2024-07-31T13:12:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:12:27","slug":"canadian-stories-at-gallery-1313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=53955","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Stories at Gallery 1313"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canadian Stories<\/em> is a curious group exhibition of a dozen talented artists, each of them depicting a slice of Canadiana. The curator, Phil Anderson, chose work from an open call for submissions as well as asking artists from previous exhibitions hoping that they might have work that would fit this theme. It is a difficult task to put together an exhibition with such a variety of voices and to represent a nation with such a rich diversity as Canada. It is a very engaging show that made me want to see more.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Installation view of Canadian Stories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are, of course, landscapes showing the appeal of Canadian scenery. In Joanne Shenfeld\u2019s \u201cCanadian Dream\u201d we can see a chair on a cottage patio looking out over peaceful water. Margaret Kittel Canale has two photos  printed on metal that depict abstract trees: \u201cColors in the Forest\u201d and \u201cAbstract Waters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Joanne Shenfeld, Canadian Dream I, mixed media<\/p>\n\n\n

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 Margaret Kittel Canale, Abstract Waters, photo printed on metal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Ward\u2019s photos depict the Badlands in Alberta. Christine Marshall Smith’s two photographs, \u201cEthereal Remains\u201d and \u201cGhostly Presence,\u201d remind us of the relics from our past in a quietly solemn and beautiful way.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bill Ward, Badlands in Alberta, black and white photograph<\/p>\n\n\n

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Christine Marshall Smith, Ghostly Presence, photograph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their piece, Phil Taylor and Tim Gorewich show a Toronto cityscape of the CBC Headquarters on Wellington with Kids in the Hall in the background as well as a TTC view of the Yonge subway line.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photographic work by Phil Taylor and Tim Gorewich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental artist Kate Greenway participates with a landscape, \u201cToronto Waterfront\u201d showing the Toronto skyline as seen from the Toronto Islands. It looks at first sight like a traditional painting but up close you notice that the skyline and the lake are made from recycled materials.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kate Greenway. Toronto Waterfront, mixed media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitby artist and OCAD U grad Edmund Prior’s large painting, \u201cDaytripper,\u201d portrays a group of tourists canoeing in Algonquin Park. Hamed Morovati, a Canadian Iranian, describes the immigrant experience in his two abstract paintings. Anshul Sharman, another OCAD U student, has created a beautiful painting of the interior of his apartment during the COVID isolation entitled \u201cQuarantine Nights.\u201d Its darkness expresses the loneliness of those times.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Edmund Prior, Daytripper, oil on canvas<\/p>\n\n\n

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Anshul Sharman, Quarantine Nights, oil on canvas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A brighter series of portraits, includes Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Summer Mcintosh by architect and painter Mark Sterling, were refreshing among the land – and cityscapes. Sterling likes to acknowledge heroes through his portraiture.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mark Sterling, Summer Mcintosh, watercolour on paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuba Bryzgalski has several portraits in the exhibition of CBC personalities such as Stuart McLean, Randy Bachman and Tom Power. Bryzgalski, a skilled painter, and avid fan of CBC, really misses Stuart McLean (CBC radio\u2019s The Vinyl Caf\u00e9), who was a legendary story teller, known for weaving stories with humour and sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kuba Bryzgalski, Stuart McLean, oil on canvas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barrie resident and painter Linda Laforge provided the show with three great works: a portrait of Buffy Saint Marie, a current portrait of David Suzuki and one titled \u201cPipeline to Nowhere\u201d with Justin Trudeau riding a gushing oil pipeline. Laforge’s work addresses her concern about environmental issues.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Linda Laforge, Pipeline to Nowhere, oil on wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Cell Gallery there is Canadian Korean artist Tai Kim\u2019s solo show, Look Within (Daily Reflections) depicting wonderful Ontario and Toronto scenes as well as work that reflects her Korean roots. What could be more Canadian?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tai Kim, High Park, oil on board<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian Stories exhibit \u2014 even without addressing issues of residential indigenous schools, wildfires or the homeless in our cities \u2014 still reminds viewers like myself, of what makes us somewhat unique and resilient in a changing world. This group show touched on the surface of Canadian life and perhaps there will be other shows in the future to complete the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashley Rowe Flick   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images are courtesy of Gallery 1313.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Exhibition information: Canadian Stories \/ group show, July 17 – August 4, 2024, Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen St. West, Toronto. Gallery hours: Wed \u2013 Sat 1 \u2013 5 pm, Sun 1 \u2013 4 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Ashley Rowe Flick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canadian Stories is a curious group exhibition of a dozen talented artists, each of them depicting a slice of Canadiana.<\/p>\n

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