PLOT
May 23 – July 11
PLOT
James Carl (Toronto, ON)
Opening: May 23 @ 8pm
Artist’s Talk: May 24 @ noon
Toronto artist James Carl likes to mix things up—to confound references and test limits and then step back and watch things get funny. He combines a precise examination of the lexicon of sculpture with an abiding interest in the artifacts of public social life, filtered through the ubiquitous technologies and materials of contemporary industrialism. PLOT could be a story, a secret conspiracy, or a piece of real estate. Or perhaps the title refers to the activity of plotting the coordinates of the digital renderings that adorn various surfaces of artworks. Combining sculpture with graphic work, Plot demonstrates Carl's contrary approach to traditional artistic methods and materials, and the ways these things are both conditioned and altered by expectation and use.
text, beat, journal
May 2-17
text, beat, journal
Kirtley Jarvis (London, ON), Les Newman (Winnipeg, MB)
and Dan Painchaud (Victoria, BC)
Opening: May 2 @ 8pm
Artists’ Talk: May 3 @ noon
text, beat, journal is an exhibition of text-based art that will coincide with The Manulife Literary Arts Festival, for which one of the venues is Open Space. Words in visual art have been a tradition throughout history, and have risen to a level in contemporary art where they now can replace images, but not intent. With this in mind, three artists, Kirtley Jarvis, Les Newman and Dan Painchaud will take part in the exhibition with their unique use of words and using different artistic mediums, such as fabric and embroidery, photography, and found materials like plywood, metal and glass.