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GalleryWest
Living in the Greater Toronto area has its many rewards. One of these rewards is the large and vibrant arts and media culture. Ironically, one of my first art gallery visits I attended was by Regina's based artist Rob Bos who was showing his paintings "View Singles in your Area " at GalleryWest on 1332 Queen Street West Toronto.
(also see his blog )
His show consited of page size portraits of women hanging from the gallery walls in small groupings suggesting categories that may have some meaning to artist. Carefully and self-consciously, the women’s portraits are painted on dollar store canvasses. Along the end of the art gallery wall a small flat screen shows slide of the actual photographs of women that he found on a dating site.
In this work, one even senses the desire to connect with others. Yet in our age of technology these images of both beautiful and unique women not suggest a desire to touch but it simultaneously exposes the vulnerability of the human condition. The beautiful and unique images of women expresses a universal desire to contect . Surly that regardless of gender, age, race, sex, sexual preference, etc. this is a universal need.
(also see his blog )
His show consited of page size portraits of women hanging from the gallery walls in small groupings suggesting categories that may have some meaning to artist. Carefully and self-consciously, the women’s portraits are painted on dollar store canvasses. Along the end of the art gallery wall a small flat screen shows slide of the actual photographs of women that he found on a dating site.
In this work, one even senses the desire to connect with others. Yet in our age of technology these images of both beautiful and unique women not suggest a desire to touch but it simultaneously exposes the vulnerability of the human condition. The beautiful and unique images of women expresses a universal desire to contect . Surly that regardless of gender, age, race, sex, sexual preference, etc. this is a universal need.
World Short Film Festival
If you art an artist / filmmaker, one of the best ways to meet other artists-filmmakers in Toronto is to volunteer time to one of the many originations and/or events in Toronto and the surrounding area. This weekend I volunteered at World Festival of Film Short in Toronto. Apart from meeting many fun people, you also leave the event with a t-shirt and a ticket to one of the many film screenings.
I was lucky enough to have watched a few film shorts and to have sat in on a talk about youtube culture.
I left the festival feeling like going out and creating my own work.
I was lucky enough to have watched a few film shorts and to have sat in on a talk about youtube culture.
I left the festival feeling like going out and creating my own work.
