PAST EXHIBITION
SERIES #3 IN THE PROJECT ROOM
Robert Fones
26 November 1992 - 19 December 1992
Opening Reception 1 November 2023 12am
Project Room: Series #3 in the Project Room Under the title Series, Mercer Union is presenting a number of exhibitions in the Project Room which investigate the recent history of local art. Series 3 is an exhibition of work by Robert Fones from the early 1970’s. The show opens on November 26 at 8pm and […]
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DOMESTIC BLISS
Ben Smit
26 November 1992 - 19 December 1992
Opening Reception 19 November 1992 8pm
Main Gallery: Domestic Bliss Domestic Bliss, an exhibition of recent sculpture and drawings by Toronto artist Ben Smit, opens at Mercer Union November 19 at 8pm and continues through December 19, 1992. Challenging the myths of modern day urban parenting, the exhibition includes a baby crib constructed out of glass neon tubes, a potty made […]
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SERIES #2 IN THE PROJECT ROOM
Arnaud Maggs and Lisa Steele
29 October 1992 - 21 November 1992
Project Room: Series #2 This exhibition examines the staging of the body in relation to the viewer. That is to say, in these works the body is presented as a site of representational investigation – not only as material object, but also as a manifestation of history and identity. The photographs by Arnaud Maggs and […]
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KAREN HENDERSON
Karen Henderson
15 October 1992 - 14 November 1992
Opening Reception 15 October 1992 8pm
Main Gallery: Karen Henderson Mercer Union is pleased to present the work of Toronto-based artist Karen Henderson in her first solo exhibition in Toronto. Henderson’s large-scale wall works have incorporated materials such as lead and treacle in installations which are rooted in visuality. Her exhibitions are concerned with a process which references: chance, repetition, relationship […]
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PROJECT ROOM SERIES #1: PAINTINGS FROM THE EG SERIES
Jaan Poldaas
1 October 1992 - 24 October 1992
Opening Reception 1 October 1992 8pm
Project Room: Project Room Series 1: Paintings from the EG Series Jaan Poldaas’s EG Series (1978), an investigation into the limits and possibilities of painting, evokes a crucial moment in recent art discourse when the critical potential of abstract painting appeared to be exhausted. While the predominant local practice of the time was predicated on […]
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A COLLECTION: CIRCLE
Dominique Pelletey
10 September 1992 - 10 October 1992
Opening Reception 10 September 1992 8pm
East Gallery: A Collection: Circle Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Visual Art is pleased to present an exhibition by Dutch artist Pelletey entitled A collection: Circle. This is Pelletey’s first solo exhibition in Toronto. Pelletey’s work is reminiscent of pictures in an anthropology textbook. The emphatic isolation and repetition of iconic elements (in this instance […]
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MOHAWKS IN BEEHIVES + OTHER WORK
Shelley Niro
Curated by Carol Podedworny
25 June 1992 - 25 July 1992
Opening Reception 25 June 1992 8pm
East Gallery: Mohawks in Beehives + Other Works Mercer Union is pleased to present the work of Brantford artist Shelley Niro in her first solo exhibition in Toronto. This exhibit deals with stereotyping and the need to be aware of it: to question what we keep and what we throw away.” – Shelley Niro Mohawks […]
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BARRIE JONES
Barrie Jones
Curated by Carol Podedworny
25 June 1992 - 25 July 1992
Opening Reception 25 June 1995 8pm
West Gallery : Barrie Jones West Gallery: Barrie Jones Mercer Union is pleased to present the work of Windsor artist Barrie Jones in his first solo exhibition in Toronto since 1982. In his work, Young Women and Young Men of Canada, Jones combines photographic portraiture with line drawings taken from classical antiquity to question notions […]
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RECENT WORKS
Barbara Claus
21 May 1992 - 20 June 1992
Opening Reception 21 May 1992 8pm
East Gallery: Recent Works Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art is pleased to present the most recent photo based installation by Montreal artist, Barbara Claus. Barbara Claus’ previous installations have combined enlarged photographic details of funerary architecture with menacing, yet lyrical charcoal drawings executed on the wall. These drawings have often depicted plans for imaginary, […]
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RECENT WORKS
Valerie Gill
21 May 1992 - 20 June 1992
Opening Reception 21 May 1992 8pm
West Gallery: Recent Works Installation Canadian Artist
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NEW SCULPTURE
John Francis
16 April 1992 - 16 May 1992
Opening Reception 16 April 1992 8pm
East Gallery: New Sculpture Mercer Union is pleased to present new sculptural works by Quebec artist John Francis. With the exhibition New Sculpture, John Francis continues his investigation of the physical and psychological dimensions of human transformation and evolution. Combining interests in alchemy, shamanism and contemporary science, Francis constructs sculptures suggesting instruments to be employed […]
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CASTING LIGHT, BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT
Michael Buchanan
16 April 1992 - 16 May 1992
Opening Reception 16 April 1992 8pm
West Gallery: Casting Light, Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt Mercer Union is pleased to present the installation, Casting Light, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt by Toronto artist, Michael Buchanan. Incorporating wire structures, backlit images and projected lights, Buchanan’s installation recreates for the viewer the experience of standing before the Aurora Borealis. Concerned with […]
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RETHINKING HISTORY
John Abrams, Stephen Andrews, Robert Houle, Sara Leydon, Edward Poitras, and Jane Ash Poitras
Curated by Carol Podedworny
12 March 1992 - 11 April 1992
Opening Reception 12 March 1992 8pm
East and West Galleries Rethinking History, curated by Carol Podedworny, brings together a group of artists whose work, whether concerned with issues of authority, expose, subjecthood, challenges the construction of the dominant History of the West. The artists participating in the exhibition are: John Abrams, Stephen Andrews, Robert Houle, Sara Leydon, Edward Poitras and Jane […]
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LA MAGASIN MONUMENTAL
Serge Murphy
6 February 1992 - 7 March 1992
Opening Reception 6 February 1992 8pm
West Gallery: Le Magasin Monutmental Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Visual Art is pleased to present an installation of recent works by Montreal artist, Serge Murphy. The installation, Le Magasin Monumental, is composed of mixed-media pieces, “reliefs au mur” constructed out of discarded materials (wire, weathered wood and stories) and installed on the wall among […]
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ENN ERISALU
Enn Erisalu
2 January 1992 - 1 February 1992
Opening Reception 2 January 1992 8pm
East Gallery: Enn Erisalu Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Visual Art is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Enn Erisalu. Referring to Cubism, Constructivism and the Italian Metaphysical school, Enn Elisalu’s previous paintings investigated the nature of illusion, optics and perception activated through abstraction. They addressed the contradictions of surface and depth, […]
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IT WAS ONCE ABSTRACT
Michel Daigneault
2 January 1992 - 1 February 1992
Opening Reception 2 January 1992 8pm
West Gallery: It was once abstract MERCER UNION, A Centre for Contemporary Visual Art is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Michel Daigneault. Originally a resident of Montreal, Daigneault presently resides in New York City. Michel Daigneaut’s work addresses the presumption of totality so often ascribed to abstract paintings both formally and philosophically. […]