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Ontario Scene: Five cool
things to see on the Art
Gallery crawl
JACQUIE MILLER, OTTAWA
CITIZEN
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Published on: April 27, 2015
Last Updated: April 27, 2015 7:25 AM EDT
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One of the stops on the tour, BioArt: Collaborating with Life, is an exhibit of art inspired by life sciences. This work,
called RePurposed, combines apples with human cells.
Andrew Pelling
There’s a free art gallery crawl on Sunday, May 3. It’s a great chance to
see the visual art on display as part of the Ontario Scene Festival.
Free shuttle buses will leave every 20 minutes from each of 13 locations,
traveling around loop.
Get on and off wherever you choose.
Alana Bartol will be at the BioArt exhibit, inside this living sculpture called UnCamouflaging #7 from the series Forms of
Awareness: Ghillie Suit, 2012.
BioART: Collaborating with Life
What: an exhibit of art inspired by life sciences
Why: The exhibit is billed as including “A lawn that mows itself, human
cells co-cultured with apple cores, a feminist re-interpretation of
military camouflage, and the ultimate locavore culinary experience.”
The sculpture shown here by Windsor artist Alana Bartol, called UnCamouflaging #7, is made of “netting, synthetic fiber, weeds, and
grasses common to Southwestern Ontario.” Bartol will be in residence
for the afternoon, inside the suit, staging some sort of performance.
Intrigued yet?
Where & when: Karsh-Masson Gallery at Ottawa City Hall, 110
Laurier Ave. W. Runs to May 31.
Artist Tanya Lukin Linklater, seated at right, will present a video, with poetry reading and dancers.
Christian Leduc
North of the 45th
What: Exhibit of works by artists from Northern Ontario
Why: A chance to see some cutting-edge art, including a videoperformance piece by Tanya Lukin Linklater at 2 p.m. that will feature
her video, poetry recitation, and dancers.
Where & when: Gallery 101, 301 Bank St. Runs to May 30.
Why: A chance to see some cutting-edge art, including a videoperformance piece by Tanya Lukin Linklater at 2 p.m. that will feature
her video, poetry recitation, and dancers.
Michael DeForge: All Dogs are Dogs
What: An exhibit of drawings, sculptures, prints, graphic novels and a
comic-strip mural
Why: This is the first major exhibit for DeForge, originally from
Ottawa. He’s giving away an original drawing to the art-lover who writes
the best caption for it. Visitors can also make buttons using vintage
comics.
Where & when: SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas St. Runs to June 21
Detail of Andrew Wright’s installation “Disused Portrait Camera Considers Wedgwood Vase,” at Ottawa Art Gallery.
OAG/Andrew Wright / courtesy Ottawa Art Gallery
Pretty Lofty and Heavy All at Once
What: An exhibition of works by Andrew Wright
Why: Wright messes with both your head and the very notion of
photography. Consider this piece, Disused Portrait Camera Considers
Wedgwood Vase, which consists of an antique camera and a vase both
coated in shiny, reflective silver and encased in a box made of one-way
mirrored glass. Look into the box and you see “reflections of the vase
and camera, repeated in every direction, to infinity,” as Citizen art critic
Peter Simpson put it. He branded the piece “glorious.” The show closes
soon, so see it while you can.
When & where: Ottawa Art Gallery, 2 Daly Ave. Runs to May 10
A giant version of the paper-folding game that children have played for generations will be on display.
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What: An installation by TO Union, a multidisciplinary company that
brings together artists from a variety of mediums
Why: The folded paper game, variously called a Cootie Catcher or a
Fortune Teller, has been played by children for generations. This giant
version of it “allows an exploration of the various ways we attempt to
bring control to our lives,” says the artist statement. Plus, the kids
should love it, and you can have your fortune told.
Where & when: NAC main lobby. The artists will tell fortunes and
help you make your own fortune teller.
Information about the Ontario Scene Art Gallery Crawl
What: A free afternoon of art-gallery hopping.
When & where: Sunday, May 3 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Information: ontarioscene/packages/gallery-crawl (http://naccna.ca/en/ontarioscene/packages/gallery-crawl)
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