PAST EXHIBITION
THE MUSEUM OF SAFETY GEAR FOR WILD ANIMALS
Bill Burns
9 November 1995 - 23 December 1995
Opening Reception 9 November 1995 8pm
Main Gallery: Safety Gear for Wild Animals Mercer Union is pleased to present The Museum of Safety Gear For Wild Animals, by Canadian artist Bill Burns. Burns’ previous installation Analgesia (1993), exhibited at Galerie Rochefort in Montreal, employed architectural dioramas on the theme of the pharmaceutical industry. The Museum of Safety Gear For Wild Animals […]
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REVIEWS 1, EXPERIMENTAL: ARTS AND IDEAS (1975 – 1980)
Suzy Lake, Joyce Weiland, Jane Wright, CEAC (the Centre for Experimental Art and Communication).
Curated by Tom Folland and Natalie Olanick
9 November 1995 - 23 December 1995
Opening Reception 9 November 1995 8pm
Reviews: A Project Room Series Experimental: Art and Ideas (1975 – 1980) Photography/Painting Toronto Artists
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DOUBLE PLAZA
Peter Legris
Curated by John Armstrong and Moira Cla
9 November 1995 - 23 December 1995
Opening Reception 9 November 1995 8pm
Foyer: One work…Double Plaza Peter Legris’ Double Plaza (1994/95) is part of a series of works which investigates relationships between painting and photography. Legris’ procedure is to attach one or two photographs to a larger masonite surface. The relative emptiness of a larger panel surrounding the intensity of a smaller photograph becomes for Legris a […]
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EUAN MACDONALD & HEIDI KUMAO
Euan MacDonald and Heidi Kumao
28 September 1995 - 28 October 1995
Opening Reception 28 September 1995 8pm
Main Gallery: Euan MacDonald & Heidi Kumao Mercer Union is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Toronto artist Euan MacDonald and New York artist Heidi Kumao. Both artists employ projections as the main visual component of their current work. MacDonald projects computer animation and drawings, adapting images to specific sites. Kumao employs projections […]
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CORPORAL ECONOMICS
Laura Kipnis
Curated by Andrew J. Paterson, Gary Kibbins and John de Stefano
28 September 1995 - 4 November 1995
Opening Reception 28 September 1995 8pm
Project Room: Corporal Economics Mercer Union is pleased to present Corporal Economics, a video exhibition curated by Andrew Paterson. Corporal Economics combines three video artists who investigate tensions surrounding economic structures and bodily functions. John Di Stefano’s Tell Me Why: The Epistemology of Disco, investigates the gay movement, and its relationship to AIDS and market […]
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A BALLAD TO MY LORD
Faki (Stephen Olabode Fakiyesi)
Curated by John Armstrong and Moira Clark
28 September 1995 - 4 November 1995
Opening Reception 28 September 1995 8pm
Foyer: One work…A Ballad to My Lord One Work is a series of exhibitions that responds to the possibilities of MErcer Union’s new location. Individual artworks will be exhibited in the various spaces outside of the two formal galleries. These spaces include the stairwell, the windows and the foyer area. A Ballad to my Lord […]
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NATURED
Richard Deschenes, Nicole Doucet, Alexander Pilis, Sylvie Readman, Susan Shantz
Curated by Claire Christie and Sandra Gregson
29 June 1995 - 5 August 1995
Opening Reception 29 June 1995 8pm
Main Gallery: Natured Curated by Claire Christie and Sandra Gregson, this exhibition addresses the relationship between the body and its environment, particularly to what we know as nature. Resonating throughout the works is the impulse to identify with something, to fix an identity. Rather than assuming either harmony or dichotomy, natured provokes a complex reconsideration […]
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WHITE LILY PRESENTS
Garnet Willis
Curated by Jennifer McMackon and Max Streicher
29 June 1995 - 5 August 1995
Opening Reception 29 June 1995 8pm
Project Room: White Lily Presents: cluster – flux in Just and the true nature of strings White Lily Presents cluster-flux in Just and the true nature of strings, an instrument/installation by composer, musician and instrument maker Garnet Willis. The installation features the Horizontal Electronically re-Resonated Harp (HERRH), Willis’ most recent experimental creation. The HERRH is […]
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WHITE LILY PRESENTS: NIGHT GALLERY
Daniel Bowden and Stacey Lancaster
Curated by Jennifer McMackon and Max Streicher
25 May 1995 - 24 June 1995
Opening Reception 25 May 1995 8pm
Project Room: White Lily Presents: Night Gallery White Lily Presents Night Gallery, an experimental collaboration by Daniel Bowden and Stacey Lancaster in the Project Room at Mercer Union. Night Gallery is a media installation that explores the manifold world of the sleeper. Stacey Lancaster and Daniel Bowden use a combination on film and video images […]
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ONCE REMOVED
Lorna Brown
Curated by John Armstrong and Moira Clark
25 May 1995 - 24 June 1995
Opening Reception 25 May 1995 8pm
Foyer: One work…ONCE Removed One Work is a series of exhibitions that responds to the possibilities of MErcer Union’s new location. Individual artworks will be exhibited in the various spaces outside of the two formal galleries. These spaces include the stairwell, the windows and the foyer area. Lorna Brown’s work has focused on how society […]
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A PURPLE HAZE
Warren Murfitt
18 May 1995 - 24 June 1995
Opening Reception 18 May 1995 8pm
Main Gallery: A Purple Haze. Mercer Union is pleased to present A Purple Haze, an installation of sculptural and photographic works by Vancouver artist Warren Murfitt. The installation opens with a hanging, laminated plywood cube which partially obstructs the entrance to the gallery. Inside the gallery, a small constructed room contains a floor-to-ceiling photograph of […]
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WHITE LILY PRESENTS: LIFE BUOY
Regan Morris and Nadine Norman
Curated by Jennifer McMackon and Max Streicher
20 April 1995 - 20 May 1995
Opening Reception 20 April 1995 8pm
Project Room: White Lily Presents: Life buoy White Lily Presents Life buoy, an experimental collaboration by Regan Morris and Nadine Norman in the Project Room at Mercer Union. The elements of this installation posit an institutional shower as a confluence of personal, historical and cultural waters. By analogy, we are led to consider our multiple […]
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SPACE OPERA
Richard Sewell
Curated by John Armstrong and Moira Clark
20 April 1995 - 20 May 1995
Opening Reception 20 April 1995 8pm
Windows: one work… Space Opera One Work is a series of exhibitions that responds to the possibilities of Mercer Union’s new location. We will be exhibiting individual artworks in the various spaces outside of our two formal galleries. These spaces include the stairwell, the windows and the foyer area. The exhibition schedule will rotate on […]
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UNRESTORED
Richard Purdy
6 April 1995 - 13 May 1995
Opening Reception 6 April 1995 8pm
Main Gallery: Unrestored Unrestored (1995) consists of an installation of framed oil paintings that appear to be minor eighteenth- or nineteenth-century European works 60 rely in need of conservation and repair. These contemporary works present sly anachronistic disjunctions: they are painted by Purdy in an elaborate scumble and glaze technique and treat conventional Beaux-arts subjects– […]
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WHITE LILY PRESENTS: I’M A FAILURE
Michael Fernandes
Curated by Jennifer McMackon and Max Streicher
16 March 1995 - 15 April 1995
Opening Reception 16 March 1995 8pm
PROJECT ROOM: White Lily Presents: Michael Fernandes I am a failure Failure carries such a stigma. It is calling attention to oneself. Here I am, I’m a loser, everything I touch turns to nought. I’m afraid I won’t have enough savings for my old age. I’m afraid I am not physically attractive. I’m afraid I […]
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…THERE WILL BE TIME…
Sybil Goldstein
Curated by John Armstrong and Moira Clark
16 March 1995 - 15 April 1995
Opening Reception 16 March 1995 8pm
Foyer: one work…There will be time… One Work is a series of exhibitions that responds to the possibilities of MErcer Union’s new location. Individual artworks will be exhibited in the various spaces outside of the two formal galleries. These spaces include the stairwell, the windows and the foyer area. Sybil Goldstein’s large-scale painting There will […]
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DOGGY DOG WORLD
Mark Vatnsdal and Rob Craigie
23 February 1995 - 1 April 1995
Opening Reception 23 February 1995 8pm
Main Gallery: Doggy Dog World Painting / Sculpture Installation Montreal and American Artist
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WHITE LILY PRESENTS: BLIND DATE
Greg Hefford and Mario Scattoloni
Curated by Jennifer McMackon and Max Streicher
9 February 1995 - 11 March 1995
Opening Reception 9 February 1995 8pm
PROJECT ROOM: White Lily Presents: Blind Date White Lily Presents Greg Hefford and Mario Scattoloni’s Blind Date, a collaborative installation in the Project Room at Mercer Union. Greg Hefford is a member of NetherMind. His work was recently featured as part of the Power Plant’s Naked State exhibition. Mario Scattoloni is a founding member of […]
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STAMPED
Lee Goreas
Curated by John Armstrong and Moira Clark
9 February 1995 - 30 April 1995
Opening Reception 9 February 1995 8pm
Bathroom: one work…Stamped One Work is a series of exhibitions that responds to the possibilities of MErcer Union’s new location. Individual artworks will be exhibited in the various spaces outside of the two formal galleries. These spaces include the stairwell, the windows and the foyer area. In Stamped (1995), Lee Goreas will “stamp” up to […]
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WAKE
Doug Ischar
12 January 1995 - 18 February 1995
Opening Reception 12 January 1995 8pm
Main Gallery: Wake Doug Ischar’s Wake is a multimedia installation that includes film projections, video, found text, photographs and objects. “In Wake, boys lead on to desires through an alluring quick turn of a head or an antagonistic two-handed gesture that barks “come only,” as the lead of a film reel is suspended in its […]
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WHITE LILY PRESENTS BROWN SPOT COLLECTIVE (THE JOHN VEENEMA MEMORIAL EXHIBITION)
Michael Buckland, Jill Henderson, Marc Streifling, John Veenema, Shannon Wadsworth
Curated by Jennifer McMackon & Max Streicher
12 January 1995 - 4 February 1995
Opening Reception 12 January 1995 8pm
Project Room: White Lily Presents Brown Spot, an association of artists, some of whom were more recently based in Glasgow. Their project, The John Veenema Memorial Exhibition includes individual as well as collaborative works and promises candy, commerce and daily change of batteries. White Lily presents is the curatorial initiative of Jennifer McMackon and Max […]
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EVERYDAY
David Blatherwick
Curated by John Armstrong and Moira Clark
12 January 1995 - 4 February 1995
Opening Reception 12 January 1995 8pm
Foyer: one work…Everyday As a response to the architectural possibilities of the gallery’s new site, Mercer Union will be inaugurating One Work – exhibitions of individual artworks in various spaces outside of the two formal galleries, including the stairwell, windows and foyer. The exhibition schedule for this project will rotate on a monthly basis. For […]