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True Colours

Posted: June 28, 2024 in galleries
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“True Colours” was a brief exhibit at the Dignam Gallery.  The gallery is run by the Women’s Art Association of Canada and is located in their building on Prince Arthur Street.  This was their 3rd Annual Uptown Pride Exhibition.  Saturday, 29th June is the last day of the show.

One of the nice things about this gallery space is the decor.

in an art gallery, a chaisse lounge against a wall with two paintings by karen taylor on it. another painting in the background

below: “Express Yourself” and “It’s bad bitch o’clock” by Karen Taylor

two paintings on a gallery wall, both by karen taylor. one is a long vertical and the other is square. both are words, express yourself on the left in orange, green, and purple. On the right is it's bad bitch o'clock in shades of pink and red

below:   Hung over this old fireplace is a painting by Stacy Athena May.  It is titled, “Hymn to Hera (Sisters Dance)”.

old fireplace painted white, painting above the mantel, art gallery space, painting by Stacy Athena May, two figures dancing, male and female body parts,

below:  Another Stacy Athena May painting, “Dismal Entity” hangs over a matching old white fireplace.  On the left is a painting by Shawn Skeir.

inside an art gallery with an old white fire place on an interior wall, paintings hung around the room

below: “Spirit Doll”, mixed media, sculpture by Steve Rose

small ssculpture, spirit doll, by steve rose, covered in fabric with lots of loose fibers, reds and oranges,

below: On the right is “Pride on the Subway”” (2019) by Lin Duperron.  The other 2 are by Steve Rose.

a green cloth covered wood chair, against a wall in dignam gallery, womens art association of canada, with three artworks on the wall behind the chair, 2 paintings and a photograph

below: What’s so crazy about peace, love, and understanding…. over and over again.  A twist on “What’s so funny about peace, love, and understanding” from the song written by Nick Lowe but made famous by Elvis Costello.

close up of artwork, with words what's so crazy about peace love and understanding, written many many times on white and yellow background, word love written loosely, and large, over the hand written text

At the Women’s Art Association, there are two galleries – the Ruth Upjohn Gallery has its own small room.   At the moment there are some marvelous photos by Ulla Djelweh, “Through the Garden Gate”, of flowers from a garden.  These orchids are hers.

lens based artwork by ulla djelweh, orchidsi n a garden, growing in small blue baskets

sewing mannequin form stands in front of an open door, photo on door, framed paintings on wall in hall, bottom of staircase can be seen

two Queen West galleries

Posted: May 23, 2024 in galleries
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… a CONTACT Photography post.

Gallery 1313 and Elaine Fleck Gallery are within a block of each other out in Parkdale and both were participating in this year’s festival.

The Elaine Fleck Gallery were featuring the work of one artist, Bill Hornbostel, in a retrospective show titled ‘Luminous Realism’.   At Gallery 1313 I saw ‘Offshoot’, a collection of images from nine photographers.   Unfortunately the latter was only on display until May 19th.

below: Hornbostel’s images are large, and shot at slightly longer exposures.   Some of the photos, like this one of traffic on Bay Street south of Old city Hall, were taken in Toronto

a large photograph of Bay Street in Toronto, looking toward old city hall, hanging on a wall in Elaine Fleck Gallery, photo by Bill Hornbostel

below: ‘Offshoot’ at Gallery 1313

two women in an art gallery looking at photographs that are mounted on the wall

below: Margaret Kittel Canale, two building exteriors, orange and blue.

two photographs on a gallery wall, both building exteriors, the upper photo is an orange building, the lower one is grey stone with a blue arched door

below: Jude Marion (two photos), industrial areas in Hamilton.

photograph by Jude Marion of an industrial part of hamilton ontario at night

four photos of hamilton industrial areas on a gallery wall, work of jude marion

below: Lilianne Schneider with “Displaced” that looks at the abandonment and relocation of two heritage structures.

photographs of rural abandoned buildings by Lilianne Schneider, on a gallery wall

below: One of the photos by Courtney Fairweather who chose to highlight cell phone usage in today’s society.

man in orange robes, seated, looking at his cell phone, a photograph in a gallery by courtney fairweather

below: Some interesting photographs by Ted Scott

4 photos on a gallery wall by ted scott

below:  When I first posted this, I thought these images were part of ‘Offshoot’ but I was mistaken.   They are in fact part of a solo exhibit of digital photocollages by Janne Reuss (in a separate little room) titled ‘Thread(t)s and Narratives’ .

artwork on a gallery wall

artwork on a gallery wall

With apologies to the photographers whose work I haven’t shown (not missed on purpose): Joachim Oepkes, Ulla Djelweh, James Sutherland, and Eric Garsonnin.

The Bill Hornbostel show continues until the end of May

a large framed photograph on a gallery wall with lots of reflections of the people in the gallery, and of the view from the front window of the gallery