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The News at Five
Presented by Canadian Art magazine
2 nd Generation Hockey Rink, 2007
Tatar Gallery, Toronto
Based on his 2006 concept simply entitled Hockey Rink, Graeme Patterson’s 2 nd Generation Hockey
Rink (2007), created specifically for the 2007 Toronto International Art Fair, is concerned with the
theme of spatial re-articulation and the tension between recognition and estrangement. By reproducing
recognizable social spaces and architectures Patterson taps into the replicating tradition of the diorama.
His spaces examine the relationship between the social and architectural. An element of the surreal
pervades these pieces as well in their intricacy and attention to minutiae: they can be likened to
pseudo-scientific examinations of space and social behaviours; like looking at the monumental through
a microscope.
“The News at Five” makes a return to the Toronto International Art Fair with a new set of rotating
one-day exhibitions curated by Richard Rhodes, editor of Canadian Art. This year’s exhibitions, to be
installed each afternoon in Canadian Art’s special project space in the midst of the fair’s activity, features
artists based in Montreal and Toronto. Chris Kline, An Te Liu and Andrew Reyes work in diverse media
and modes—from Kline’s resurrected minimal abstraction to Liu’s digitally constructed science fiction–
inspired architectural fantasy to the series of freely invented, personally resonant street posters that
Reyes has produced over the past decade. Between them, the artists find and hone different aspects
of contemporary pictorial space as a platform from which to engage private apprehensions of cultural
space.
Graeme Patterson
M I R A G E: (The Sudden Appearance of Many Marys)
Bjornson Kajiwara, Vancouver
Toronto based visual artist Vessna
Perunovich presents a performance, an
illusionist act, a fashion show, an action
painting, a theatrical experience, a shifting
canvas, a story of love and betrayal. Mirage
is a performance based on the Last Supper
tableau with the Christ figure transformed
into Mary Magdalene. As one of the most
controversial apostles, Mary has had her
standing in history and her relation to Jesus,
debated with frequent intrigue. Saint or
sinner? History often reads best as a mystery novel or a work of fiction. Mirage, in revisiting the iconic
Last Supper imagery, offers alternative views of culture, art and history, as well as skewing the implied
roles played by women.
Vessna Perunovich
Andrew Reyes
Chris Kline
Lynn Richardson
Alaska Shuffle
Michael Gibson Gallery, London ON
Artists Lynn Richardson is interested in the conflict between industry and environment. This project
creates a fictional narrative about the future state of the arctic landscape while examining the
mechanical apparatuses contributing to the extraction of resources. In Alaska Shuffle Richardson
presents the corporate and political relationship Canada has with the north.
An Te Liu
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