2002 Exhibition Programs
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Professor Salima HashmiWednesday, 24 July, 7pm
Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W., Toronto. Henry White Kinnear Education Theatre
$8 general public, free to SAVAC members
Salima Hashmi is the curator of Threads, Dreams, Desires, an exhibition that traces some of the strategies artists in Pakistan have evolved to question the canons of 'fine art' and 'craft'. The exhibition is currently on exhibit at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston UK and features the work of Naazish Attaullah, Ruby Chishti, Aisha Khan, Naiza Khan, Imran Qureshi,...
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 | Sylvat Aziz, Hamra Abbas, Rashid Rana, Ali Raza, Risham Syed
12 July- 5 September, 2002.York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto235 Queens Quay W.
Organized by Karin Miller-Lewis and Mahnaz Fancy of the IndoCenter of Art & Culture
Painting Over the Lines provides a glimpse into the vital culture of a country in transition. Until recently, the culture and politics of Pakistan have received sporadic attention on the world stage. But over the last year, the need to understand its contemporary conflicts, culture and history has acquired an unpreced... |
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 | Avantika Bawa (Savannah, Georgia), Astra Howard (Sydney, Australia), Cyrus Irani (Toronto, Canada)
4-27 April, 2002
64 Sixty Four Steps Contemporary Art Gallery, 1164 Queen St. W., Toronto
Curated by Rashmi Varma
Opening reception: Thursday, 4 April, 2002. 7-10pm
Rebirth of Space explores the nature of physical space and transformations, through poetics, excavations, construction and reconstruction.Avanitka Bawa creates a sculptural installation using common building materials and cardboard boxes that reflect urban Toronto, while formally engaging ... |
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Sylvat Aziz, Siona Benjamin, Chitra Ganesh, Rummy Gill, Samina Mansuri, Amin Rehman, Sakun Samarkoon, Tamara Zeta Sanowar-Makhan, Camilla Singh, Leela Viswanathan
25 April - 26 May, 2002
Laidlaw Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga
Opening Reception: Thursday, 25 April 25, 6-8pm
Jury: Shelly Bahl, Sarindar Dhaliwal, Asma Arshad Mahmood
Jurors Shelly Bahl, Sarindar Dhaliwal and Asma Arshad Mahmood have selected works by SAVAC members that best facilitate a rich and textured reading of the contemporary views of diaspori... |
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 | 9-14 February, 2002
The Loftus Lioyd Cafe, 401 Richmond St. W., TorontoCo-sponsored by WARC and Mercer Union
Opening Lecture with Shilpa Gupta
WARC, 401 Richmond St. W., Suite 122
9 February, 2pm
...since you are too busy to send a handwritten letter nowadays, you can do so here! Just speak your emotions into the microphone and the rest will be taken care of. Your letter will be handwritten, scented and mailed to the person of your choice. It will be processed in Bombay, which has 16 million people and a lot of unemployment, so lots of cheap skilled ... |
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Mona Kamal, Pamila Matharu, Tara Sabharwal
12 January - 9 February, 2002
WARC Gallery. 401 Richmond St. W., Suite 122, Toronto
curated by Corinna Ghaznavi
Opening reception: Saturday, 12 January, 2-5pm
Artist/curator discussion: Saturday, 12 January, 4pm
Wish explores issues of location, culture, and identity through fragments, glimpses and interior landscapes.Mona Kamal's Screen of Wishes is a textile installation of re-knotted threads sewn to create an eight-foot panel of fine netting. This is hung against the backdrop of Kamal's mother's sa... |
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