Breaking Boundaries, Jon Pylypchuk & More

You are receiving this email because the email address omsstraffic.2222@blogger.com was subscribed to our email list. Click here to unsubscribe. If you have been forwarded this message by a friend opt in here. Having trouble reading this email? View it on our website.               SUBSCRIBE TO CANADIAN ART MAGAZINE Canadian Art is a striking in-depth quarterly covering key artists, exhibitions, scene-shapers and trends both nationally and internationally. Don't miss an issue. GET THE DIGITAL EDITION Experience Canadian Art's all-new, ultraportable digital edition. FORWARD TO A FRIEND Want your friends to be in the loop? Forward up to five copies of the Weekly at once. SIGN UP Were you forwarded the Weekly by a friend? Sign up now to get it free in your inbox each Thursday. SUBMIT A LISTING Our weekly opening and event listings are selected from press material sent to preview@canadianart.ca. To ensure inclusion of your information, please send notices at least two weeks in advance of your event. IMAGE CREDITS (From top to bottom) BRENDAN TANG Manga Ormolu 5.0-g 2010 Courtesy the artist JON PYLYPCHUK The War 2009 Courtesy the artist and Friedrich Petzel Gallery New York KEVIN SCHMIDT A Sign in the Northwest Passage 2010 Courtesy Catriona Jeffries Gallery PHIL IRISH Contain and Release 2009 Courtesy the artist / photo Robert McNair GWEN MACGREGOR “Research, Flow Charts and Data Banks” 2010 Installation view Courtesy the artist and the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery / photo Robert McNair Breaking Boundaries Ceramic Art with Solid Savvy The Gardiner Museum is trying to bust sleepy expectations of ceramic art this fall with an exhibition of four younger Canadian artists—Shary Boyle, Marc Courtemanche, Carmela Laganse and Brendan Tang. The bold contemporary strategy just might work. Read more…   Jon Pylypchuk Shine On On the heels of its Marcel Dzama survey, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal puts the focus on another Royal Art Lodge alumnus, Jon Pylypchuk. As demonstrated various media, Pylypchuk’s raw-yet-refined aesthetic shines brightly in its own right. Read more…     Kevin Schmidt Lord of the Brings Kevin Schmidt is a master of displacement known for bringing Led Zeppelin to the beach, surfboards to the gallery and stage fog to the woods. In his new show, Schmidt continues to mix signs and their settings—from Tolkien to Tuktoyaktuk and beyond. Read more…     Phil Irish Emotional Landscapes Maps and their meaning form a fresh area of inquiry for artist Phil Irish, currently showing works in a Brantford group exhibition. Scott Sawtell reviews, observing that Irish emphasizes memory and sentiment over mathematical precision. Read more…     Gwen MacGregor River-Run Recherché For the latest edition of the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery’s River Grand Chronicles, artist Gwen MacGregor canoed the waterway and made an installation of her findings. As Ivan Jurakic notes, MacGregor’s strength came in looking at river as a multifaceted site. Read more…       Openings & Events Highlights October 14 to 20 14.10.2010 ST JOHN’S Craig Francis Power/Helen Gregory artist talks 8pm Eastern Edge 72 Harbour Dr 14.10.2010 MONTREAL Daniel Olson opening 5pm Dazibao 335 de Maisonneuve E 16.10.2010 HALIFAX Nocturne 6pm-12am Various locations 16.10.2010 TORONTO Alain Paiement/Yam Lau openings 2-5pm Leo Kamen Gallery 80 Spadina Ave 16.10.2010 CALGARY Harold Klunder opening 1-5pm Trépanier Baer 999 8 St SW Continue here for our complete listings of art openings and events happening this week from coast to coast.     Join Canadian Art at Art Toronto! October 28 to November 1, 2010 Join Canadian Art at Art Toronto, where editor Richard Rhodes curates “Canadian Art Now,” a series of exhibitions at Canadian Art’s booth featuring Donald Weber, Evan Lee, Alison Rossiter and Thomas Kneubühler. Related discussions with Rhodes take place at 2pm sharp in the Next lounge on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the fair. Canadian Art is the official magazine media sponsor of Art Toronto 2010. For more information, view our related news release. (Image: Richard Rhodes giving a talk at Art Toronto 2009 / photo Barbara Brauer)   This email was sent to omsstraffic.2222@blogger.com Click here to unsubscribe.   Canadian Art (416) 368-8854 canadianart.ca