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DISCO SEC
Christof Migone
24 October 2008 - 29 November 2008
Opening Reception 24 October 2008 7pm
Back Gallery: Disco Sec Disco Sec mixes discophilia with a synoptic obsession. A series of works using the principle of citation on a collection of recordings which is representative of the artist’s listening over the years (so it functions as a form of portraiture). A reduced record collection. An abbreviated discotheque.
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MAPS IN DOUBT
Gwen MacGregor and Sandra Rechico
Curated by Dan Adler
24 October 2008 - 29 November 2008
Opening Reception 24 October 2008 8pm
Front Gallery: Maps In Doubt Gwen MacGregor and Sandra Rechico’s paths have converged at the crossroads of the new Mercer Union to present the results of their shared investigation into the recording and mapping of their movements in cities. The show Maps in Doubt is a collaborative installation that critiques widely-held cultural assumptions about the […]
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Final Test Reading Series:BRENDA IIJIMA and ERÍN MOURE at the Toronto Free Gallery
24 September 2008
Please join us for the final edition the final installment of the Test Reading Series, v1: BRENDA IIJIMA and ERÍN MOURE 24 September 2008 at 8PM a Test-Mercer Union-Toronto Free Gallery Co-Production at the Toronto Free Gallery 1277 Bloor Street West Free (Donations for the readers gratefully accepted) More information soon at www.testreading.org The Test […]
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NEW WAVE ON BLOOR
1 August 2008 - 7 October 2008
Opening Reception 8 October 2008
New Wave, The Mercer Reopening Inaugural Gala Wednesday 8 October 2008 VIP Preview Reception 6PM–8PM Dance Party 8PM til late
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Artists’ Talk & Closing Celebration: Anne Fauteux, Ana Teixeira, Emelie Chhangur and Mona Filip
12 July 2008
Saturday 12 July, 6PM Artists’ Talk & Closing Celebration with Anne Fauteux, Ana Teixeira, Emelie Chhangur and Mona Filip In discussion with curators Emelie Chhangur and Mona Filip, Brazilian artist Ana Teixeira and Canadian artist Anne Fauteux will share insights into their two-month residency and collaborative exhibition Thank you, come again! / Obrigado, volte sempre! […]
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EVENT CANCELLED / Artist Talk: René Francisco
19 June 2008
Please note that the Artist’s Talk with René Francisco Rodríguez scheduled for Thursday 19 June, 7:30PM has been cancelled, and will hopefully be rescheduled for the fall
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THANK YOU, COME AGAIN! / OBRIGADO, VOLTE SEMPRE! / MERCI, REVENEZ BIENTÔT!
Ana Teixeira & Anne Fauteux
Curated by Emelie Chhangur, Mona Filip
6 June 2008 - 12 July 2008
Opening Reception 5 June 2008 8pm
Thank you, come again! / Obrigado, volte sempre! / Merci, revenez bientôt! Thank you, come again! / Obrigado, volte sempre! / Merci, revenez bientôt! brings together Brazilian artist Ana Teixeira and Canadian artist Anne Fauteux in a two-month residency and exhibition treading on the borders between art making and everyday life. Setting up a space […]
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TECHNO DELUGE
Liz Miller
19 April 2008 - 24 May 2008
Opening Reception 19 April 2008 8pm
Front Gallery: Techno Deluge Artist Talk: Liz Miller in conversation with Bill Clarke: 7PM “Liz Miller is interested in systems – political, natural, technological and social. Her work reflects how systems are visually represented, how they interact with each other and what happens when they fail. For example, consider the tornado that transports Dorothy to […]
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CABIN FEVER
Justin Stephens
18 April 2008 - 24 May 2008
Opening Reception 18 April 2008 8pm
Back Gallery: Cabin Fever “Justin Stephens’ work creates an idealized parallel universe where Modern Art can be put to the service of a hick’s down-to-earth wisdom or a hippy’s bitter sensitivity and spiritual yearning, and in both cases, within a resourceful economy of recycled materials. Maybe minimalist. Potentially conceptual. But if this is Modernism, it […]
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THREE BEDROOM FLAT
Adrienne Spier
28 February 2008 - 5 April 2008
Opening Reception 28 February 2008 8pm
Three Bedroom Flat Artist Talk: Meg Cranston Adrienne Spier was born in Montreal and has lived and worked in both Montreal and Toronto. She has an MFA from Concordia University, completed the Independent Studio Program at the Toronto School of Art, and has a BA in Fine Art from University of Guelph. Her work has […]
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EVERY DOG IN THE POUND
Meg Cranston
28 February 2008 - 5 April 2008
Opening Reception 28 February 2008 8pm
Front Gallery: Every Dog in the Pound Meg Cranston is an artist, curator, writer and professor. Born in New York in 1960, she now resides in Los Angeles. Her work has been shown internationally since 1988.She received an M.F.A from California Institute of the Arts in 1986 and a B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology in 1982. She […]
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Apocalypse – Now what? Art After Political Trauma
31 January 2008
Mercer Union and the Koffler Gallery of the Koffler Centre of the Arts present Apocalypse – Now what? Art After Political Trauma Panel discussion organized in conjunction with the exhibitions Living Units and New World Thursday, January 31, 2008, 6:30 pm Mercer Union, 37 Lisgar Street Apocalypse – Now what?will discuss contemporary art and architecture […]
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ENVIRONS
Beth Howe
11 January 2008 - 16 February 2008
Opening Reception 11 January 2008 8pm
Back Gallery: Environs Panel Discussion: January 31, 2008, 6:30 pm In Environs Beth Howe presents large-scale landscape drawings depicting the areas a kilometer north, east, south, and west of the gallery. These site-specific drawings are stitched with thread into paper, and presented as scrolls, referencing the artist’s parallel practice as a producer of book works. […]
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LIVING UNITS
Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor
11 January 2008 - 16 February 2008
Opening Reception 11 January 2008 8pm
Front Gallery: Living Units Panel Discussion: January 31, 2008, 6:30 pm Living Units comprises a multi-media installation and photographic works by Romanian artists Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor, presented for the first time in Canada. Vatamanu and Tudor’s practice explores the visual, emotional and political aspects of architecture, its relationship to socio-political memory and subjective […]