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National Post: Sketchkrieg! Plays an illustrated game of Broken Telephone by Mark Medley
The rules of the game “Broken Telephone” are simple enough. To begin, one person chooses a word or a phrase. They then lean over and whisper it to the person sitting next to them, so that the other participants cannot hear. That person then whispers it to the next person, and so forth, until [...]
Tension, Distance, Presence at Xpace Cultural Centre by R.M. VAUGHAN
Part of “Tension, Distance, Presence” at at Xpace Cultural Centre Tension, Distance, Presence at Xpace Cultural Centre Until Jan. 29, 58 Ossington Ave., Toronto; www.xpace.info For a more sobering experience, walk a block south to Tension, Distance, Presence, a group show at Xpace Cultural Centre that examines the aftershocks, and commemorates the losses, of the [...]
PLAID: Amanda Rataj, Story by April Buordolone
AMANDA RATAJ HER NEW SHOW, MEASURES, OPENS SATURDAY, JANUARY 8TH Measure I Story by April Buordolone Images provided by Amanda Rataj Toronto-based photographer Amanda Rataj will open a new show at Xpace on Saturday, January 8th. Here’s a glimpse of what to expect (and more). What is your earliest memory of photography? My earliest memory [...]
Art Agenda: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 at U of T, Group Show at XPACE and Bruce LaBruce at Art Metropole Posted by Matthew Purvis
In a variety of divergent ways, a trio of art events this week look back at the history and continuing problems of the legacy of the previous century’s avant garde movements and where, if anywhere, they can go. In this edition: “Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980″ at the Justina M. Barnicke, Blackwood and Doris [...]
The Globe and Mail’s R.M. Vaughan: The Exhibitionist on Eva Kolcze’s 775 King St. West at XPACE Cultutral Centre
Next time you’re at XPACE Cultural Centre, don’t forget to slink down to the basement. The low, dark room forces you to stoop and stumble – but the current project, Eva Kolcze’s haunted (art) house audio-video installation 775 King St. West, is worth the threat of lumps and bumps. Kolcze’s video appears simple enough at [...]
The Globe and Mail: Eva Kolcze at XPACE Cultural Centre written by columnist R.M. Vaughan
Next time you’re at XPace Cultural Centre, don’t forget to slink down to the basement. The low, dark room forces you to stoop and stumble – but the current project, Eva Kolcze’s haunted (art) house audio-video installation 775 King St. West, is worth the threat of lumps and bumps. Kolcze’s video appears simple enough at [...]
Review of No Pandas at the Torontoist
Pandas is an odd name for anything, and more than a little disconcerting if you’re a fan of large, bamboo-eating quadripeds who don’t like to breed. Luckily for pandas and those who love them, the No Pandas gallery isn’t a radical anti-panda group dedicated to the final destruction of that most endangered of species. It’s [...]
BlogTO – The Best Contemporary Art Galleries for Emerging Artists in Toronto
Running a successful gallery in Toronto is like riding a bicycle backwards on a steep incline in the rain on a Sunday in church traffic hung-over. Not entirely impossible but an uphill battle of fierce proportions.
Review of Mis[placed] and interview with curator Elizabeth Underhill
XPACE is a student-run gallery that showcases works of many emerging artists, including OCAD undergraduates and recent graduates. They recently hosted an exhibition on furry little creatures, entitled Mis[place]d: Animals Lost and Found, which was curated by Elizabeth Underhill. This show focused on the relationship between humans and animals, the mistreatment and the “misplacement” of [...]