1. Highlights from the Toronto International Art Fair – Part One

-Mike Bayne at Katherine Mulherin - Click HERE

Mike Bayne, Untitled. (Oil on panel, 6 x 4 inches)
Image: katharinemulherin.com

-Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay at Jessica Bradley Art & Projects - Click HERE

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Live to Tell, 2002. Image: jessicabradleyartprojects.com

-Karin Bubas at Monte Clark Gallery - Click HERE

Karin Bubas, Woman with Horse, 2006. Image: monteclarkgallery.com

-Spring Hurlbut at Georgia Scherman Projects - Click HERE

Spring Hurlbut, Mary 2. Image: keylight.org

-Fred Herzog at Equinox Gallery - Click HERE

Fred Herzog, Black Man Pender. Image: ericburke.ca

2. Alberta Biennal of Contemporary Art: Living Utopia and Disaster

October 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008

For the 6th incarnation of the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, curators Catherine Crowston and Sylvie Gilbert have examined the ideas of Utopia and Disaster within the context of Alberta.

The works in the exhibition act as reminders that hopes are often matched with impeding catastrophe, actions with adversity. As economic achievements are boasted and celebrated, misfortunes that have made such wealth possible are minimized or even dismissed.

The Biennale includes work by Sarah Adams-Bacon, Robin Arseneault, Richard Boulet, Jennifer Bowes, Ken Buera, Kay Burns, Chris Flodberg, Julian Forrest, Paul Freeman, Anu Guha-Thakurta, Terrance Houle/Jarusha Brown, Geoffrey Hunter, David Janzen, Jonathan Kaiser, Linh Ly, Annie Martin, Mark Mullin, Paul Robert, Laurel Smith and Kristy Trinier.

Robin Arsenault, Head and Mitts, 2006. Image: ubuart.org.uk

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Noteworthy events include:

U.K artist Hamish Fulton’s talk at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre.

October 29, 7 p.m.

Hamish Fulton, the documentation of a walk. Image: khm.de

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3. Camera, Toronto: Video Art in Germany From 1963 to the Present

6 nights of screenings:
MON-WED: Oct 29-31, 7pm
MON-WED: Nov 5-7, 7pm

Six evenings of screenings featuring newly-restored video works from 1963 to the present by such avant-garde luminaries as Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Samuel Beckett, Joseph Beuys, Valie Export, Harun Farocki, Rebecca Horn, Imi Knoebel, Marcel Odenbach, Nam June Paik, Ulrike Rosenbach, Rosemarie Trockel, and Robert Wilson.

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Highlights include:

October 29, 2007

Eh Joe
Samuel Beckett
1965/1966, 33.52 min, b&w
October 30, 2007

Samuel Beckett, Eh Joe, 1966. Image:medienkunstnetz.de

Felt TV
Joseph Beuys
1970, 11.25 min, b&w

October 31, 2007

Space Seeing and Space Hearing
Valie Export
1974, 4.58 min, b&w

Berlin - Exercises in Nine Parts
Rebecca Horn
1974/1975, 40.00 min, colour

Video 50
Robert Wilson
1978, 51.40 min, colour

November 5, 2007

City of Angels
Marina Abramovic/Ulay
1983, 20.09 min, colour

As If Memories Could Deceive Me
Marcel Odenbach
1986, 17.35 min, colour

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Nam June Paik
1984, 58.00 min, colour

November 6, 2007

No Sunshine
Bjørn Melhus
1997, 06.15 min, colour

Björn Melhus, No Sunshine, 1997. Image: kunsthalle.nuernberg.de

Buffalo Billy + Milly
Rosemarie Trockel
2000, 05.45 min, colour

November 7, 2007

Prison Images
Harun Farocki
2000, 60 min, b&w