•••  studio snaps. lighting test for smoke/cubes/backlight. 

Seriously people. Good times. Not much is more fun than a smoke machine. 

Opening tonight at Presentation House Gallery.. 

OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, MAY 24, 7 PM

Presentation House Gallery is pleased to announce Phantasmagoria, a group exhibition showcasing new works by emerging artists from Vancouver. Like the perceptual trickery of the eighteenth-century magic-lantern projections from which the show takes its name, the artists in this exhibition exploit the deceptive illusionism of camera images. Their photographs, moving pictures and sculptural works explore the elemental qualities of the photographic at a critical and historic moment of change for the medium.

The exhibition profiles diverse experiments with analogue and digital camera processes.Raymond Boisjoly’s sun-exposed, construction paper prints, Ron Tran’s underdeveloped images that threaten to disappear, and Julia Feyrer’s mixed-media construction emphasize analogue approaches to photography. Such strong material sensibilities are also present in Rachelle Sawatsky’s painted slides and Andrew Dadson’s blacked-out lightbox sculpture, as well as in the hybrid constructions of Elizabeth Zvonar’s collages and Dan Siney’s painterly treatment of inkjet prints.

Investigations of the rhetoric of abstraction prevail throughout the exhibition. Corin Swornmakes pictures of ideas as abstract shapes, as in the reductive forms of Allison Hrabluik’s moving images. Photographic qualities are almost invisible in Mathew McWilliams’s subtle images. The optical illusions in Jessica Eaton’s photographs come from rigourous experiments with analogue photographic techniques. Evan Lee’s intricately collaged details from phoropters reference the optical illusions of lens perception.

The artists respond to the image-saturated world by effectively redirecting image flow and slowing down modes of perception. Christopher Brayshaw’s digital pictures come from a process of scanning and grabbing from an unlimited field of information. Two of the artists have made web pieces that will become ongoing archives: Kevin Schmidt solicits images from individuals and Jay Bundy Johnson captures “free” photographs from Craigslist.

Curated by Helga Pakasaar and Reid Shier

•••  cfaal 254, 2012

Rather than doing an auction to fundraise, each year Gallery TPW does a box set of three prints from an emerging, a mid career and an established artist. I have donated my 16x20 edition of this new photograph to the cause this year. It’s the first horizontal image from my cfaal series! The box set is a really great deal and at an edition of 20 I don’t expect they will last long. Details bellow.

Silver Editions 2012 Launch Party

Sunday, May 27, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Hosted by Georgia Scherman Projects (133 Tecumseth Street, Toronto, M6J 2H2)

Gallery TPW is pleased to invite Collector Members to the unveiling of Silver Editions 2012, a limited edition portfolio of photographic works by three of Canada’s leading artists: Suzy Lake, Annie MacDonelland Jessica Eaton. The unveiling of the three images will take place on Sunday, May 27th from 4 to 6 p.m., at a private reception held at Georgia Scherman Projects at.

The Silver Editions 2012 launch is an exclusive Collectors event by invitation only. To purchase, upgrade or inquire about memberships, visit our website or contact the gallery directly at 416-645-1066.

Silver Editions 2012 brings together a collection of photographs by three women working in photography, from the 1970s to today. Each of these works presents the artist’s unique explorations with the building blocks of photography, be they optical, material, cultural or historical. Together, this group attests to the medium’s continued reinvention.

Suzy Lake is a renowned figure in the international art scene, with a rich history of exhibitions and installations across Canada and beyond, including numerous exhibitions in Europe, South America, Asia and the United States. Her work continues to use references to the body as a means to investigate notions of beauty. Her work is currently on view at Georgia Scherman Projects, where her archival photographic studies from the 1970s are displayed for the first time. Suzy Lake is represented by Gerogia Scherman Projects, Toronto.

Annie MacDonell is a Toronto-based visual artist who works in a variety of media, including photography, film, installation, sculpture and sound. She has exhibited and screened film works across Canada and internationally, and is a 2012 nominee for the Sobey Award. Most recently, she has had solo shows at the Art Gallery of Windsor, Mercer Union and at the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of the IMAGES festival and the AGO’s Toronto NOW series. Annie MacDonell is represented by Katherine Mulherin Projects, Toronto.

Jessica Eaton is a Montreal-based artist whose unique photographic technique has been widely received across Canada and internationally, both in exhibitions and publications. Jessica was the recipient of the Jury Grand Prize awarded by Hyeres Festival as well as the Magenta Foundation’s 2011 Bright Spark award, and has recently exhibited work at the Contact Photography Festival in Toronto and Flash Forward festival in Boston. Jessica Eaton is represented by Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto.

Silver Editions 2012 is produced in an edition of 23 with only 20 sets available for sale at the introductory price of $1,250 per set. Each portfolio contains three unmated images on 22″ x 17″ photographic paper. These editions, supervised by the artist, are printed by Circuit Gallery with archival pigment inks. The ink and paper combination have display permanence rating of over 200 years. Each image is accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

Silver Editions 2012 is the seventh collection in the series. The images have been generously donated by the participating artists to support Gallery TPW, a not-for-profit artist-run centre and registered charity. All proceeds directly support Gallery TPW’s mandate, programming and operations.

Gallery TPW would like to thank the three participating artists in this project and their dealers, as well as acknowledge the support of Georgia Scherman Projects, Circuit Gallery and Superframe.

SALES
As part of Gallery TPW’s Affordable Art Program, Silver Editions 2012 sets can be purchased in person or by phone and delivery is free within Canada. Your purchase can be secured with a deposit of $400 with the remaining balance due prior to delivery. Gallery TPW Collector members may purchase the portfolio in advance of the launch at the private reception. Sale will open to the public after the launch. Please contact Gary Hall at 416-645-1066 or by e-mail at gary@gallerytpw.ca for all sales related inquiries.

••• Untitled CD

Been trying to make some GIFs out of photographs. So far it goes pretty medium rare.

timelightbox:

Spectrum 2, 2009

Canadian photographer Jessica Eaton, who recently won the photography prize at the 2012 Hyères Festival, uses her camera to create color invisible to the naked eye. Learn more about how she does it—and why—here.

timelightbox:

Congratulations to Jessica Eaton — she was recently awarded the grand prize in photography for the 2012 Hyères awards.

“The series Cubes for Albers and LeWitt explores the possibilities of manipulating time, space, perception and, in particular, the additive system of colour. The images from this series are constructed onto single sheets of 4 x 5 film. The subject in reality is monochromatic. The photographs use a set of cubes and ground options painted white, two tones of grey, and black.

Through multiple exposures the colour hues in each image have been made by exposing the film to the additive primaries of red, green and blue. The reflective value of the cubes controls the value or lightness of that hue, and the black is utilised as a type of reflective mask, holding potential on the film for other exposures.

As the title suggests, there is a nod to Josef Albers and his impressive studies of the subtractive systems of colour, and to Sol LeWitt for his notes on Conceptual Art. LeWitt serves as an example of modular systems to reduce a subject while heightening conceptual meaning. These images are completely photographic and not visible to the naked eye. Photographically my main reference not mentioned in the series title is Ansel Adams and his thoughts about visualisation in photography and the potential of the zone system.”

Thanks Time Lightbox!

It was a privilege and pleasure to meet Time photography director Kira Pollack over the weekend in France. And an honor to have had the jury award me the photography prize. I’m looking forward to coming back next year for my solo exhibition and meeting next years shortlisted photographers. I highly recommend people apply for this one! 

••• cfaal 212, 2012

••• balls, cubed. test. 2011