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Position As Desired: Confronting Canadian Identities

(Fig. 1) Dawit L. Petros, Sign (2003) Image courtesy of Dr. Kenneth Montague/The Wedge Collection. Position As Desired, on now at the Royal Ontario Museum until March 27, features eight emerging and established photo-based artists who explore African-Canadian identity. The … Continue reading

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Re:Counting Coup – The Terrific Collision of Traditional and Technological

  Re:Counting Coup, an exhibition at A Space in conjunction with the ImagineNative film and media arts festival, is a critical exploration of 21st century aboriginal subjecthood. Instead of an exhibition where one artist is asked to speak for all … Continue reading

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Shary Boyle: Re-Imagining Beauty

Shary Boyle’s solo show, Flesh and Blood, on now at the Art Gallery of Ontario until December 5, presents critical contemporary art and innovative curatorial practices. Boyle’s work plays with visual and mental perceptions of beauty, terror, gender and sexuality. … Continue reading

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