Greater Toronto Art 2021: Pamila Matharu
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits Steichen’s Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914, is assumed to be the last photograph Steichen made in France, the same year that World War I began. The composition of roses is weighty and the flowers are slowly deteriorating—perhaps representing Steichen’s feelings at […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Documentation
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_videos 05_documentation 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_videos 05_documentation 06_credits Documentation Installation views, MOCA Toronto 2021–2022. Photos by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits Their new single-channel film Surface Rites starts with the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, a Catholic house of worship just north of Toronto in Markham, Ontario. Conceived of and financed by mining mogul Stephen Roman, the ornate, 14-story cathedral emerged as a […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Ashoona Ashoona and Alexa Hatanaka
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits For GTA21, the artists collaborated on one of the largest works each has produced to date. Uummatima tillirninga, I can feel my heart beat (2021) is 11 feet high by 16 feet wide and comprises hundreds of smaller block prints—Ashoona working […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Sahar Te
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits The artist used the truck in Toronto for a performance in which breathing patterns replaced the sounds of demonstration and propaganda. After the performance, the truck arrived at MOCA. Parked on the third floor, its position and protective sheeting alter its […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Azza El Siddique
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits For GTA21, Azza El Siddique shares the third iteration of her series of works titled Begin in Smoke, End in Ashes. The project began following her research around the architecture of spaces of transformation, like burial chambers and temples. Lately, El […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Tom Chung
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits Chung’s 50 Shelves (Study for MOCA) is a conceptual structure that embraces simple lines, modularity, local manufacturing and shared economies. Fifty identical aluminium units comprise the entirety of the Museum’s retail space. Together, the units form a perfect circle, but break […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Common Accounts
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits Parade of All the Feels takes the form of an architectural model of a parade float. Parades have been a motif in the duo’s work as they observe cities through massive spectacles and public situations. Their model is an architectural expression […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Tony Romano
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_videos 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_videos 05_gallery 06_credits The selection of works shown in GTA21 focus on Romano’s return to traditional wood carving during the pandemic lockdown. Working on found furniture, antique pieces and other materials salvaged on his daily commutes, Romano was intrigued by the emotional lives of […]
Greater Toronto Art 2021: Ghazaleh Avarzamani
00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits 00_home 01_artists 02_gta360 03_publication 04_vidoes 05_gallery 06_credits Mashrabiya invites us to question the public accessibility of museums like MOCA through modes of open and obscured visibility. Offering a play on Islamic window screens, which permit views from inside out but not from outside in, this piece stands as […]