Omss Art: Apr 28, 2011

CONTACT Picks, Sitely Premises & More

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CONTACT 2011
Viviane Sassen Belladonna 2010 Courtesy Motive Gallery Amsterdam and Stevenson Cape Town/Johannesburg

KARA UZELMAN
Backyard Dig 2006 / photo Jacob Gleeson

PRAIRIE SCENE
Winnipeg’s the Abzurbs installing work for “Quelle dérive” at AXENÉO7, April 2011 / photo Pierre-Antoine Lafon Simard

ICARO ZORBAR
Assisted Installations (The Golden Triangle) 2006 Installation view

CANADIAN ART
“Biennale de Montréal: The Edge” by Isa Tousignant, Canadian Art, Spring 2011, pp 58–9 / photo Eric Tschaeppeler

CONTACT 2011: Figure and Ground

This year, the CONTACT photography festival goes cross-country with a public billboard project and also features its largest-ever number of Toronto exhibitions. Here, assistant editor David Balzer picks five must-sees among the hundreds of options on offer. Read more…

Sitely Premises:
The Backyard as Studio

Often in popular culture, artists and their work are imagined as having a glamorous backdrop, like the boulevards of Paris. Yet a new BC show exposes a creative hub that’s heck of a lot closer to home—as close as one’s own backyard, in fact. Read more…

Prairie Scene:
Capital Invasion

Regions from coast to coast have their distinct cultural charms, but there’s perhaps no place with more creative punch per capita than the Prairies. Now Ottawa gets a good look at the midwest’s artistic assets with a massive multi-exhibition event. Read more…

Images Festival:
Lasting Impressions

For 10 days each spring, the Images Festival presents a dizzying array of moving image–based art across Toronto. In this review, Jennifer McVeigh highlights the four artists whose effects have lingered in the weeks since this year’s fest wrapped. Read more…

Biennale de Montréal:
The Edge

The Biennale de Montréal kicks off this week with a big international exhibition on the theme of chance. In this article from our spring issue, Isa Tousignant talks with biennale curators Claude Gosselin and David Liss about their curatorial gamble. Read more…

Openings & Events Highlights
April 28 to May 4

29.04.2011 TORONTO CONTACT festival launch 7-11pm MOCCA 952 Queen St W

30.04.2011 MONTREAL Allison Katz & Alex Kwartler openings 4:30pm Battat Contemporary 7245 rue Alexandra

30.04.2011 VANCOUVER Gallery Hop Vancouver 11am-9pm Various locations

01.05.2011 MONTREAL Biennale de Montréal first day 3450 rue St-Urbain

04.05.2011 MONTREAL “Conte crépusculaire” first day 8pm Galerie de L’UQAM 1400 rue Berri

Continue here for our listings of art openings and events happening this week from coast to coast.

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Morning talk with artist Myfanwy MacLeod
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Afternoon of free tours and talks at galleries across the city.
Evening film screening and reception celebrating the Vancouver premieres
of Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds and China, the Empire of Art?,
introduced by Daina Augaitis, chief curator and deputy director of the VAG.

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