2005 Exhibition Programs
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 | Brendan Fernandes
3-7 November, 2005
TAAFI (Toronto Alternative Art Fair International)
at the Gladstone Hotel, Room 212, 1214 Queen Street West ON
Opening Night Gala: Thursday, 3 November, at 9pm. Admission $25.00Exhibition:Friday, 4 November - Sunday, 6 November, 12-8pmMonday, 7 November, 12 - 5pm, admission $6.00
Shelter Unit is a site specific installation using boxes, crates and white ceramic deer to create a space that could be a warehouse but with an undetermined purpose. Are these objects being shipped away or are they waiting to b... |
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Peter White
24 September, 2004. 2:30pm
Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue, University of Toronto
Peter White presents an informative historical and critical context with which to encounter Vivan Sundaram's exhibition, discussing in depth the artist’s aunt Amrita Sher-Gil, one of the most important early modernists in Indian art, as well as Vivan Sundaram's own contribution to the changing practice in India a generation later.
Vivan Sundaram, a senior artist based in New Delhi, India, digitally reworks family photographs made by hi...
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Vivan Sundaram
22 September – 29 October 29, 2005
Co-presented with Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography.
401 Richmond St. W, Suite 120, Toronto
Opening Reception: Thursday, 22 September, 6-8pmVivan Sundaram, a senior artist based in New Delhi, India, digitally reworks family photographs made by his grandfather, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil. Playing a starring role in many of the works is the artist’s aunt Amrita Sher-Gil, one of India’s iconic modern artists. Sundaram’s works collapse time and space, transforming objects of history into... |
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Simon Ahuja, Faisal Anwar, Bani Abidi, Shelly Bahl, Andil Gosine, Farheen HaQ, Deviya Mehra, Divya Mehra, Babu Eshwar Prasad
10-25 September, 2005
The Design Exchange
Opening gala: Saturday, 10 September, 8-11pmTickets $10 (contact SAVAC to purchase)
For Tamasha! SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective) presents Bollywood Chaat, a looped thirty-minute program of international film & video shorts inspired by Bollywood. The works highlight aspects of Bollywood - the posters - the fame - the song and dance - the fantasy - and much more to sho... |
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Anjali Bhargava, Vandana Jain, Ram Rahman, MSC Satya Sai, Ashek Sakhawat, Meera Sethi.
With Roohi Ahmed, Shez Dawood, Shilpa Gupta, N.S. Harsha, Tushar Joag, Jitish Kallat, Naiza Khan, Riyas Komu, Kausik Mukhapadhya, Sumaira Tazeen
Friday, 5 August - Sunday, 7 August, 2005
Co-presented with Masala! Mehndi! Masti! Festival
The Marilyn Brewer Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West Toronto
Curated by Mehzun Rub
Opening Reception: Friday, 5 August, 7-11pm. FREE
Streets are notorious for homing chaotic juxtapositions of infor... |
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Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Saturday 26 July, 2005. 7-9pm
In association with Toronto Free Gallery & Latino Canadian Cultural Organization
Ontario College of Art and Design, 100 McCaul St. Central Hall
Tickets can be purchased in advance at Toronto Free Gallery for $10$15 at the door OCAD / students are admitted for free
Mexterminator vs. the Global PredatorA solo performance by Guillermo Gómez-Peña
In this performance, Gómez-Peña is back as a spoken word brujo-poeta to explore fear of immigration, the dark side effects of globalization, the ... |
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Artworks by 37 International artists to commemorate tobacco victims
9 June - 10 July, 2005. 401 Richmond St. W., VMAC Gallery (fourth floor)
Curated by Jooyeon June Rhee
Opening reception: Thursday, 9 June, 2005. 7-9pmHours: 10am7pm, Monday to Saturday
Exhibit Organized by Arti-SmokingExhibition space sponsored by SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective)Materials sponsors: Elaine Koo Art Studio, EPSON Canada Limited.Preview of exhibition: www.geocities.com/artismoking/artgallery.htm
Jooyeon June Rhee is an independent curator.During 2004 ... |
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SAVAC Programming members (l-r) Tazeen Qayyum, Riaz Mehmood, Rachel Kalpana James, Cyrus Irani, Nadia Kurd, Mona Kamal, and Rashmi Varma participate in a photographic intervention playing on the mythology of Canada’s Group of Seven.The intervention features members posed in a reconstruction of the iconic 1920 Group of Seven portrait by Arthur Goss. This project reexamines the formation and branding of artist collectives as well as their role in the history of Canadian art.The image will be distributed around Toronto in various locations until the New Ye... |
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SAVAC presents solo exhibitions at the Canadian Heritage Ontario Region office in Toronto as part of the Art in the Workplace Project.A standout feature of the Art in the Workplace project is the "Lunch 'n Learn" where the artist presents an informal discussion of his or her work providing context and insight into the creative process and the artwork. The installations continue to stimulate thought and debate about the role of art, to create connections with the local art community, and to contribute to a truly vibrant workplace.The exhibitions are not... |
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Runa Islam
3 February - 25 March, 2005
In partnership with Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
Curated by Kenneth Hayes in association with SAVAC
Opening reception: Thursday, 3 February 3, 7-10pm
Beginning February 3rd, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art hosts the canadian premiere of Runa Islam’s Scale (1/16 Inch = 1 Foot), a two-screen installation inaugurated at the 2003 Istanbul Biennale and presented at several international art venues. Prefix is honoured to offer the rare opportunity to view this installation in Toronto and to be...
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