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PAST EXHIBITION

PIN UP – Fundraising Sale + Archival Show!

Curated by Michael Parke-Taylor

15 December 2011 - 17 December 2011
Opening Reception 21 December 2023 7pm

Front Gallery: A Fundraising Sale of Limited Edition Posters by Artists Back Gallery: Archival Show of posters from the collection of Michael Parke-Taylor It’s that time of year again… Mercer Union is offering fine art at street prices! Limited edition posters by artists, each available for just $75, are hot off the press just in […]

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In Studio: Luis Jacob

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 7 PM FREE to Sustaining Members on RSVP $25 single tickets for non-members (pending availability) Refreshments will be served We are pleased to present this exclusive opportunity for Mercer Union Sustaining Members to meet over drinks with Luis Jacob. The event will be hosted by Sarah Robayo Sheridan, Director of Exhibitions and […]

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THE F.E.K. ARCHIVES: THIS IS MAKING ME NERVOUS…

Alex Wolfson

11 November 2011 - 10 December 2011
Opening Reception 11 November 2011 8pm

Front Gallery: The F.E.K. Archives: This is Making Me Nervous Reading by Alex Wolfson: Wednesday 16 November, 7PM Fernanda Eva Karon (1885-1938?) was an Argentinian philosopher and writer. A friend and contemporary of Heidegger and Arendt, Karon’s work concentrated primarily on phenomenological questioning. Her doctoral thesis, awarded by the Sorbonne, was on the “terror of […]

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THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE

Tricia Middleton

11 November 2011 - 10 December 2011
Opening Reception 11 November 2011 8pm

Back Gallery: The Call is Coming from Inside the House Artist’s Talk: Saturday 12 November, 2 PM The Call Is Coming from Inside the House is comprised of a series of text-based sign paintings (50 in total), to be presented within a functional workspace as thinkspace or constructed installation. This installation includes an elaborate workstation, […]

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PIN UP – posters by artists! Call for Submissions

On 15 December 2011, Mercer Union will be hosting a sale of limited edition posters by artists. The posters will be juried by former AGO Curator of Modern Art Michael Parke-Taylor. As a complement to the new works, Parke-Taylor will also be delving into his personal archives of Toronto gig posters to create a rare […]

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Changing Stakes: Artist Talk by Armin Linke

Saturday 22 October, 4 PM Armin Linke will be joining us via live stream from Berlin to discuss his work in the exhibition Changing Stakes: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Dubai (Sept 9 – Oct 29, 2011). A recently completed video work by the artist will also be premiered. Armin Linke’s participation has been made possible […]

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Creative Time Summit 2011 – live stream

Friday 23 September, 10am-6pm at Mercer Union A livestream broadcast of the NYC proceedings of the third edition of the Creative Time Summit. The Creative Time Summit is a conference that brings together cultural producers—including artists, critics, writers, and curators—to discuss how their work engages pressing issues affecting our world. Their international projects bring to […]

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Changing Stakes: Panel discussion

Saturday 10 September, 4PM Join us for a panel discussion with artists Haig Aivazian, Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen and Hajra Waheed lead by guest curator Srimoyee Mitra. Presented in conjunction with Changing Stakes: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Dubai (Sept 9 – Oct 29, 2011). Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen’s participation has been made possible by the […]

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CHANGING STAKES: CONTEMPORARY ART DIALOGUES WITH DUBAI

Amir Berbic, Haig Aivazian, Abbas Akhavan, Lamya Gargash, George Katodrytis, Nikolaj Skyum Bendix Larsen, Armin Linke, Hajra Waheed

Curated by Srimoyee Mitra

9 September 2011 - 29 October 2011
Opening Reception 9 September 2011 8pm

Changing Stakes: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Dubai presents artworks by eight noted international artists in order to consider the present day position of Dubai as a nexus of culture, capital and migration in the Gulf region and in the Middle East. Guest curator Srimoyee Mitra has assembled this exhibition based on her interest in the […]

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ART FAG CITY PRESENTS: THE SOUND OF ART

A project by Paddy Johnson Live performance at Mercer Union Thursday, August 11th, 9pm Admission: FREE Find out what art sounds like in the hands of artists Paul Slocum and Lewis Kaye. Thursday 11 August, the musicians will remix Art Fag City’s limited edition LP, The Sound of Art, a record composed of sounds heard […]

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RG/RG – Introduction to Typography Workshop with Dan McCafferty

Introduction to Typography: A workshop offered with Mercer Union’s Resource Group for Recent Grads Sunday 31 July 2011, 11AM – 4PM at Mercer Union Limited to 12 participants, membership required $5 for current paid student members / $20 new membership + workshop Lunch will be provided Mercer Union is getting typographical! Dan McCafferty (M.Des) will […]

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Mercer Union / C Magazine at BIG on Bloor

Visit the Mercer Union / C Magazine table at the BIG On Bloor Festival this Saturday July 23rd from 1 to 9 pm. The galleries at Mercer Union will also be open from 1 to 9pm, showing the commissioned project by Aleksandra Mir – The Seduction of Galileo Galilei. Pick up a free copy of […]

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THE SEDUCTION OF GALILEO GALILEI

ALEKSANDRA MIR

Curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan

18 June 2011 - 6 August 2011
Opening Reception 18 June 2011 3pm

Back Gallery: The Seduction of Galileo Galilei Artist Talk at 3PM Reception to follow 4-6PM For its banner summer exhibition, Mercer Union has commissioned international artist Aleksandra Mir for a new work titled The Seduction of Galileo Galilei, produced with support from Charles Street Video. This new video piece will be the centerpiece of Mir’s […]

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On Location: The Seduction of Galileo Galilei

The Seduction of Galileo Galilei by Aleksandra Mir is an action that will consist of building a tower of automotive tires as high as possible until it topples over, only to start over again. Several attempts will be made over the course of the day on Saturday 11 June 2011 from 10am to 6pm at […]

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STELLAR LIVING 2011

Mercer Union’s Stellar Living 2011 is the premiere contemporary art and design benefit auction in Canada. The preview exhibition features a variety of work by Canadian and international artists and designers that provides a cross-section of cutting-edge practices. Proceeds from the auction will directly support the innovative programming vision of Mercer Union, Toronto’s leading artist-run […]

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NATURAL REVISION

Robert Hengeveld

25 March 2011 - 30 April 2011
Opening Reception 25 March 2011 8pm

Robert Hengeveld’s ambitious installation project Natural Revision combines manufactured landscaping products—synthetic rocks, trees and grass—with wildlife decoys and proto-natural sounds to create a visual and acoustic environment suggestive of Algonquin Park but more plastic in form. The resulting installation sets a playing field in which our relationship to the natural landscape can be explored against […]

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CINEMA

Roman Signer

25 March 2011 - 30 April 2011
Opening Reception 25 March 2011 8pm

Back Gallery: Cinema Swiss artist Roman Signer has devoted several decades to the development, execution and documentation of experiments involving everyday objects in extraordinary circumstances. Cinema contains aspects of both his ephemeral outdoor works and his kinetic sculpture. The installation combines the screening of an hour-long selection of the artist’s Restenfilms or “film leftovers” in […]

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No Reading After the Internet

Ulises Carrion’s The New Art of Making Books Thursday 17 February 2011, 7 PM Free Facilitated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan and cheyanne turions No Reading After the Internet is a free monthly series, in which a selected text is read aloud and discussed. Ulises Carrion’s text “The New Art of Making Books” has been selected as […]

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SPIKED TEA

A Mercer Union Afternoon Social Saturday 12 March, 2 PM www.mercerunion.org/spikedtea MERCER UNION is pleased to announce SPIKED TEA, a new fundraising initiative presenting guests with a twist on the time-honoured ritual of afternoon tea. Toronto’s art lovers will be enchanted by the unique opportunity to be welcomed to Mercer by a select group of […]

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In Studio: Kristan Horton

Thursday 3 February 2011, 7 PM FREE to Sustaining Members on RSVP $25 single tickets for non-members (pending availability) Refreshments will be served Following the success of the first visit in the series—Abbas Akavan graciously hosted by Micah Lexier—we are pleased to present this exclusive opportunity for Mercer Union Sustaining Members to meet with 2010 Grange […]

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No Reading After the Internet

Featured Reading: Jorge Luis Borges, “August 25, 1983” Tuesday 31 January 2012, 7 PM Free Facilitated by cheyanne turions No Reading After the Internet is a free monthly series, in which a selected text is read aloud and discussed. The short story “August 25, 1983” by Jorge Luis Borges has been selected as a complement […]

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Mercer Union Off-Site: Jayson Musson (aka Hennessy Youngman) at The Drake

HENNESSY YOUNGMAN’S ART THOUGHTZ Artist talk and screening with Jayson Musson Tuesday 31 January 2012 7:30-9:30 PM, doors open at 7 PM Admission $8 / $5 Students The Drake Hotel, Underground 1150 Queen Street West New York-based artist Jayson Musson (aka Hennessy Youngman) will talk about why he started his wildly popular video series Art […]

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OUT OF PRINT

Kristan Horton, John Latham, Roula Partheniou, Amy Robinson, Molly Springfield, David Stein, Derek Sullivan

Curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan

7 January 2011 - 26 February 2011
Opening Reception 7 January 2011 8pm

Front and Back Galleries: OUT OF PRINT Out of Print considers artists’ interpolations of the form of the book. The works are framed in relation to the shift from print-based media towards electronic formats and the current reigning rhetoric around the end of the book. The exhibition presents examples of artists’ interest or obsession with […]