Sounds for the Post-Apocalyptic Man

Sounds
Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 4:00am to Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 5:00am

Pari Nadimi Gallery in Toronto is pleased to present a solo exhibition by OCAD Faculty of Art Instructor Joe Hambleton, born 1982 in Windsor and based in Toronto, Canada.

Sounds for the Post-Apocalyptic Man (2008) is an installation that attempts to capture the social commentary and personal reflection that takes place within science fiction. Hambleton references the Cyber Punk genre of Science Fiction, creating his vision of a futuristic Dystopia that reflects the conflict and misinterpretation of his childhood while growing up in the suburbs of Windsor. Through the juxtapostion of a series of videos and illustrations, he imagines how a series of cultural references from early 90’s television might be reinterpreted in a post-apocalyptic future and could affect the rebuilding of society. These cultural references have been chosen to represent key points in his childhood mentality, each consecutively mapping out the imagination and misconception of the time.

Sounds for the Post-Apocalyptic Man is Hambleton’s second work in a series of installations that attempts to question what autobiographical work can be. It’s his attempt to create a narrative about himself that’s more relatable and interpretable to a larger audience, while allowing him to see the long-term influence of pop-culture on his life.
Hambleton has been showing his work internationally, recently screening his previous video series, Walking Through, in Beijing (2008), Abu Dhabi (2006), Prato (2006), and Nottingham (2006).

Venue & Address: 
Pari Nadimi Gallery 254 Niagara Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
Free

Cathy Daley

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Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 4:00am to Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 4:00am

Cathy Daley is a Toronto-based artist and Instructor at OCAD, who mines contemporary vocabularies of glamour, fashion, popular culture, to examine the iconography of femininity as it exists in cultural imaginary, personal memory, and fantasy. Building on persistent cultural images inspired by ballerina tutus, the garb of fairy-tale princesses and Barbie doll couture, her large scale pastel-on-velum drawings investigate childhood memories of what it means to be female in Western culture and explores cultural representation of the feminine and the body. She often incorporates the iconography of cartoons, street signage, Hollywood cinema, fairy tales, and mythology into her work.

“These drawings constitute a virtuoso performance... [and] reflect a contemporary post-feminist ambivalence toward fashion, critiquing the garment industry’s wrapped-and-bound feminine ideal and the notion of woman as spectacle.” - Roni Feinstein, Art in America

Venue & Address: 
Edward Cella Art + Architecture 10 E. Figueroa Street, Suite 3, Santa Barbara, California
Email: 
director@edwardcella.com
Cost: 
Free

Zwarte Piet: Legends of the Sea

Zorica Vasic
Friday, December 7, 2007 - 5:00am to Monday, January 7, 2008 - 5:00am

Zorica Vasic, a Toronto-based artist, merges folklore, historical fascinations, and popular culture in her new series 'Zwarte Piet: Legends of the Sea' exhibiting at LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art in Toronto, Ontario from December 7, 2007- January 7, 2008. The artist will be present at the opening event taking place on December 7 from 6-9 pm.
'Zwarte Piet: Legends of the Sea' claims it's title from fairy-tale figure Zwarte Piet, Santa Claus' helper servant who on December 4th of every year sails on a boat from Spain to Holland. The exhibition features imaginary portraits of Zwarte Piet combined with portraits of documented historical pirates who were adventuring in the seas of Europe from the 15th -19th Century: inventing names and personas for themselves, becoming self-appointed nobles and perishing in the tropical circuit. Vasic' series confronts the viewer with human-size cultural symbols of the exotic: on the one hand repulsive, brutal and barbaric, on the other hand attractive, colorful and seductive. The exhibition blends the historical with the imaginary, falling somewhere between a thrilling yarn of the sea and an illustrated encyclopedia, creating a reading of history as entertainment.
Vasic has exhibited her work internationally at private galleries, public spaces and film festivals including Gallery TPW (Toronto), Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (Amsterdam) and City Hall Gallery (Hong Kong). Her work spans multiple artistic mediums including drawing, painting, collage, photography and film. She has received a B.F.A. from Akademy voor Fine Arts in Arnhem, Holland and an M.F.A. from Jan Van Eyck Akademy in Maastrict, Holland. She currently teaches at Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada.

Venue & Address: 
LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art 800 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario
Email: 
info@landymorekeith.com
Cost: 
Free

Cathy Daley

Cathy Daley at Birch Libralato Gallery
Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 5:00am to Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 5:00am

Birch Libralato Gallery in Toronto presents new work by Professor Cathy Daley.
"For the past number of years, I have been exploring the iconography of and representation of women in popular visual culture. In this new body of work, employing the medium of black pastel, I have drawn partial views ' a woman wearing a scarf, the edge of a coat lapel, the contours of a billowing checked skirt, the mystery of a darkened room, a string of pearls. These various sized fragmented images are positioned in various relationships to one other, suggesting some larger context. Some are abstracted to schematics; others are like stills from a film, suggestive of narrative. The exhibition will also include a new series of collage work that combine images extracted from fashion magazines juxtaposed to, and/or embedded within drawings of furniture and architectural structures."
-- Cathy Daley

Venue & Address: 
Birch Libralato Gallery 129 Tecumseth Street, Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
Free

If Star Wars had sports teams

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Matt Doyle

​OCAD U student Matt Doyle has put his design talent to work by designing logos based on characters from Star Wars.

“After seeing the new Star Wars film, I was inspired by the amazing new costume art Disney had created for the characters. Simply, my goal was to portray these new characters in a style that would resonate with sports, and subtly connect two completely different worlds together through nothing more than a stylized illustration,” says Matt.

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Stars Wars Logo 3

Matt Doyle

Student Matt Doyle

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Sarah Nind: Pistes et Points (Stripes and Dots)

Photo of a palm tree with polka dots superimposed
Saturday, February 6, 2016 - 5:00am to Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 4:00am

Sarah Nind: Pistes et Points (Stripes and Dots)

OPENING RECEPTION:  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2-4 PM

Sarah Nind’s work addresses the chaotic, even illogical, dimensions of today’s visual language, in which images and ideas often collide in the digital-analogue world.  Pattern and excerpts from popular culture are superimposed onto oil painting and photographic imagery.  What appears to be the image on the surface and what lies below this surface often exist in tension and absurd juxtaposition.  The seeming abstraction and beauty of these images veil or mask layers below the painted surface, much in the way we ‘gloss over’ or ‘make light’ of issues or memories.

Venue & Address: 
Newzones 730 11th Ave SW Calgary, AB
Website: 
http://www.newzones.com
Email: 
info@newzones.com
Phone: 
403-266-1972