Far Away, So Close: new paintings by Azadeh Elmizadeh

Painting of blue interior
Saturday, March 11, 2017 - 2:00pm to Sunday, March 26, 2017 - 6:00pm

March 4, 11, 18, 25 2017

Far Away, So Close:  new paintings by Azadeh Elmizadeh

accompanying essay by Michael Davidson

note: this will be the last presentation from 26 indefinitely; if you haven’t experienced it, join us! Saturdays in March from 2 - 6

“The passage of time amplified by geographical distance affects one’s response to a moment in time. On occasions, these instances can be discerned better from a far. Working from autobiographical references as a point of departure, I’m interested in the gap a painter deals with, using photographic sources; the gap in representation, between what is seen and what is felt. While revisiting a moment might bring closer the actual event, it might also lead to a more distant and disconnected response, allowing me to project my own subjectivity. Far away, So close, represents my back and forth approach; between borrowing from the past and making in the present during the past two years.”

About the Artist:  Azadeh Elmizadeh is a Toronto-based Iranian-Canadian visual artist. She recently graduated from OCAD University with a BFA in Drawing & Painting. This is her first solo exhibition.

26 is a domestic viewing space for contemporary art in the Beaconsfield neighborhood of Toronto, Canada. A curatorial collaboration between artists Nicole Collins and Michael Davidson, 26 features an open program of diverse local and international artists and seeks to engage the viewer in a critical and relaxed experience with art.

26 Mackenzie Crescent, Toronto, ON, M6J 1T1
Saturdays, 2-6 or by appointment
416 346 3246
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Venue & Address: 
26 Mackenzie Crescent, Toronto, ON, M6J 1T1 Saturdays, 2-6 or by appointment
Website: 
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Phone: 
416 346 3246

Nicole Collins, Faculty of Art, & Michael Davidson will give a Lecture for Cross 3001

Nicole Collins & Michael Davidson lecture poster, photo and text details
Friday, November 11, 2016 - 5:00pm

Nicole Collins & Michael Davidson

Will give a Lecture for Cross 3001

Friday, November 11 @ noon in Room 230

All are welcome

Venue & Address: 
OCAD U 100 McCaul St. (MCA) Room 230
Cost: 
Free

here alone together, new paintings by Stella Cade

colourful abstract image of two figures
Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 5:00am

November 5, 12, 19 and 26 2016

2 -­ 6

here alone together

new paintings by Stella Cade

Join us Saturdays in November. The Artist will be present. Essay by Michael Davidson

"Picture this.

You and I, sitting on the couch. I'm at one end, you're at the other. We haven’t spoken a

word in a while. The room feels silent, but it’s not really. The sounds of the building are

around us. The clock is ticking, the whir of the lights is faint. We are hearing all of this on our

own but also know it is shared experience. We are both in this air, this light, this space

around us.

Picture this.

You and I engaged in thought. Completely and comfortably lost in our own moment in time.

Picture this.

Here we are. Alone, together."

Stella Cade 2016

About the Artist:

Stella Cade (1988, Toronto) has studied at the Art Students League, Concordia University and

received her BFA from OCADU in 2013. Her expressive figures create a dialogue regarding the

complications of intimacy and identity. Cade was awarded the People's Choice Award at the

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in 2011 and The Donna Maclean Award for portraiture and

representational painting from OCADU in 2013. Cade is the Co-­Founder of Nest

Collective. www.stellacade.com

26 is a domestic viewing space for contemporary art in the Beaconsfield neighborhood of Toronto, Canada.

A curatorial collaboration between artists Nicole Collins and Michael Davidson, 26 features an open program

of diverse local and international artists and seeks to engage the viewer in a critical and relaxed experience

with art.

26 Mackenzie Crescent, Toronto, ON, M6J 1T1

Saturdays, 2-­6 or by appointment

416 346 3246

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/26artspace?ref=hl

tumblr: http://26artspace.tumblr.com/

Venue & Address: 
26 Mackenzie Crescent, Toronto, ON, Saturdays, 2-­6 or by appointment
Website: 
http://facebook: www.facebook.com/26artspace?ref=hl
Phone: 
416 346 3246

26, Nicole Collins and Michael Davidson, present Melanie Janisse-­Barlow: The Poets Series

Photograph of the artist with multiple portraits hanging on the wall in the background
Saturday, September 10, 2016 - 6:00pm to Saturday, September 24, 2016 - 10:00pm

September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016

Melanie Janisse-­Barlow:  The Poets Series

“The idea behind the Poets Series is to paint portraits of living poets and let each poet pick the next as a practice of practo-­poesis…I asked the poets who were picked if I could paint a portrait of them, and if they wouldn't mind selecting the next poet to add to the series...the beginning poets included other poets, and the archive began to grow, branch by branch into an emerging narrative of contemporary poetry.”

http://www.poets-­series-­project.com

Join us, Saturdays in September to see the paintings completed to date, and to share some tea and poetry and casual conversation.

Saturday September 24, from 2 to 6pm, the Poets Read

Melanie and several local Poets featured in the exhibition will be on hand to give impromptu, unscheduled live readings from their works throughout the afternoon.

About the Artist:  Melanie Janisse-­Barlow is a poet and artist. Her first collection of poetry, Orioles in the Oranges (Guernica, 2009), was listed for the Relit Award, and her essay poems, Detroit, were listed in Best American Essays in 2013. Between a busy private commission schedule and the execution of larger projects such as the Ship of Fools Project (a painting installation on a sailboat), Guided (an installation in an abandoned apartment) and the Poets Series, Janisse works full time as a painter and installation artist in her hometown of Windsor, Ontario, and is completing her second poetry manuscript, Thicket. 26 Canadian Poets, which stems from her Poets Series project, is forthcoming from BookThug.

26 is a domestic viewing space for contemporary art in the Beaconsfield neighborhood of Toronto, Canada. A curatorial collaboration between artists Nicole Collins and Michael Davidson, 26 features an open program of diverse local and international artists and seeks to engage the viewer in a critical and relaxed experience with art.

Saturdays, 2-­6 or by appointment

tumblr: http://26artspace.tumblr.com/

Venue & Address: 
26 Mackenzie Crescent, Toronto, ON, M6J 1T1
Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/26artspace?ref=hl
Phone: 
416 346 3246