1. LOGOTOPIA: THE LIBRARY IN ARCHITECTURE, ART AND THE IMAGINATION AT CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES, CAMBRIDGE ONTARIO

February 19 - April 6, 2008

Shigeru Ban, Japan Pavilion, Hanover Expo 2000. Image: nyc-architecture.com

Logotopia, from the Ancient Greek Logos meaning “word” and topos meaning “place.”

Logotopia: the Library in Architecture, Art and the Imagination is a multi-disciplinary exhibition and accompanying book. The exhibition comprises work by artists/architects who have explored the library as a concept and a built form through four distinct categories—the Universal Library, the National Library, the Public Library, the Private Library.

Denis Farley, Déplacements, Grande Bibliothèque, Paris, 2003-5. Image: denisfarley.net

Including work by Hariri Pontarini Architects, Shigeru Ban Architects, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Denis Farley, Guy Laramée Douglas Coupland and Michael Lewis

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To buy the book, please click HERE.

2. WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE AT OAKVILLE GALLERIES

9 February – 6 June 2008

Patrick Faigenbaum, Ellen Erwes, Bremen 1997. Image: artseensoho.com

Yep, it’s an exhibition about food - or more precisely the dining table - and knowing curator Marnie Fleming, it will be a visual feast not to be missed.

what we bring to the table attests to the cultural importance and metaphorical nature of the table as a place where complex social dynamics are discussed; family, religion, gender, class and group identity.

Laura Letinsky, Untitled 4, 1999 from ‘Morning and Melancholia series’.
Image: michaelhoppengallery.com

Featuring the work of artists Patrick Faigenbaum, Bettina Hoffmann, Instant Coffee and Laura Letinsky.

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