Yam Lau's "Hutong 3" project at Leo Kamen Gallery (80 Spadina), as well as a photograph of one of his projects at the YYZ Gallery at 401 Richmond.
His work appears to be super-visual as "Hutongs 3" was a digitally composed video with no sound to accompany it. I enjoyed his exploration of space - i suppose digital space as a representation of space and culture? Also, his work with the Hutong was really interesting because it preserves an aspect of traditional Chinese culture through a new media artwork.
http://www.leokamengallery.com/artists/lauYam/lauYam.html
Marianne Fowler's paintings at Moore Gallery (80 Spadina)
A series of really lovely paintings that are representational, yet ambiguous enough for me to relate them to my personal experiences with the city and motion. These paintings are oils on canvas, built up to a great level of texture and thickness. The image bank procedure comes to mind - the paintings consists of a neutral ground with geometric shapes as the figure. These shapes are painted in varied forms and sizes with horizontal darker stripes across each one. They remind me of highway soundboards, or a cityscape due to the layering of the forms. These paintings are meditative with the neutral colours and repeated forms and shapes. However there is a sense of dynamism coming from the movement of horizontal lines as well as the contrast of values within the paintings. I really enjoyed seeing this show.
http://www.mooregallery.com/artists/Marianne_Fowler/index.php
Thats all I'm going to write about for now. There was another photograph at YYZ, by artists Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge, but i will write about that tomorrow.
http://www.marissaneave.com/timewarp/ --> YYZ auction site.
Cheers for now!
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