Marcel Dzama, Winnipeg Map, 2007, from “My Winnipeg – There’s No Place Like Home” at Plug In ICA in Winnipeg, from 8 Sept. to 7 oct 2012
This month’s What’s on is devided geographically in four parts. The part 1 pick-n-mixed shows from Canada and USA – Montréal, Sherbrooke, Quebéc City, Toronto, Winnipeg, Banff, Vancouver, New York, St Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, San Antonio, Nevada, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland.
Montréal
Stéphane Gilot: MULTIVERSITÉ/Métacampus
at Galerie de l’UQAM, through 6 October 2012
Stéphane Gilot, MULTIVERSITÉ / Métacampus, installation (detail), 2012. © Stéphane Gilot
Paul Bureau: Thrust
at Galerie Donald Browne, through 6 October 2012
Paul Bureau, Thrust, 2012. Courtesy Galerie Donald Browne © Jean Pierre Lacroix
Interactions
at Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, through 27 October 2012
Artists:Bertille Bak, Olivia Boudreau, Louis-Philippe Côté, Rachel Echenberg, Erin Gee, Nelson Henricks, John Massey, Thérèse Mastroiacovo, Alana Riley, Jana Sterbak, Sharif Waked, Hong-Kai Wang. Curated by Mélanie Rainville
Jana Sterbak, Artist as Combustible, 1986. Collection, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery with the assestance of Canada Council for the Arts. Photo : Richard-Max Tremblay
Raymond Gervais: 3 X 1 /
Trevor Gould: Philosophy’s Self Image
at Vox, 7 September – 1 December 2012 (RG);
7 September – 13 October 2012 (TG)
Openings on Thursday 6 September 2012, 5pm
Raymond Gervais, Poème phonographique (after Nocturnal by Edgar Varèse), 2000
Sherbrooke
The Indivisible
at Foreman Art Gallery, 5 September – 12 December 2012
Opening on Wednesday 12 September 2012 5-7pm
Artists: Matilda Aslizadeh, Pascal Grandmaison, Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline, Soft Turns, Tanya St-Pierre. Curated by Vicky Chainey Gagnon
Matilda Aslizadeh, Portrait Series, 2009. Courtesy the artist.
Quebec City
Yannick Pouliot: Le soliloque et le diplomate
at L’Oeil de Poisson, 7 September – 7 October 2012
Opening on Friday 7 September 2012, 8pm
Yannick Pouliot, L’Ensemblier. Courtesy the artist
Toronto
Jessica Eaton: Squeezed Coherent States
at Clint Roenisch Gallery, 6 September – 13 October 2012
Opening on Thursday 6 September 2012, 7pm
Jessica Eaton, cfaal 78 (detail), 2010. Courtesy the artist and Clint Roenisch Gallery
Brian Groombridge with Elisa Strinna and Eva Cenghiaro:
Small Telescopes
at YYZ , 8 September – 10 December 2012
Opening on Friday 7 September 2012, 8-10pm
Brian Groombridge, Untitled, 2008. Courtesy the artist and Susan Hobbs
Francisco Castro: Point and Lines
at Diaz Contemorary, 6 September – 6 October 2012
Image Courtesy the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Krista Buecking: WE THING
at Susan Hobbs, 13 September – 27 October 2012
Opening on Thursday 13 September 2012, 7–9pm
Image courtesy the artist and Susan Hobbs
Winnipeg
My Winnipeg Project: There’s No Place Like Home
at Plug In ICA, 8 September – 7 October 2012
Opening on Friday 7 September 2012
Artists include Marcel Dzama, Daniel Barrow, Jackson Beardy, Eddy Cobiness, Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber, Rosalie Favell, Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, Alex Janvier, Wanda Koop, Bernie Miller, Kent Monkman, Norval Morrisseau, Darryl Nepinak, Daphne Odjig, Hope Peterson, Alex Poruchnyck and Vern Hume, Don Proch, Jon Pylypchuck, Carl Ray, Royal Art Lodge, Joseph Sanchez, Colleen Simard, Esther Warkov and many more.
Marcel Dzama, Untitled (Winnipeg Map), 2007. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York.
Banff
Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater: Modest Livelihood
at Water Phillips Gallery presented in collaboration with
dOCUMENTA (13), through 18 November 2012
Still (detail) from Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater’s Modest Livelihood (2012), courtesy the artists
Vancouver
Science Fiction 18: The Future from Memory
at Or Gallery, 8 September – 14 October 2012
Opening on Friday 7 September 2012, 8pm in conjunction with Swarm 13
Artists:Allison Hrabluik, Emma Kay, Elizabeth Zvonar
Elizabeth Zvonar, Timeslip, 2012. Courtesy the artist
Annette Kelm
at Presentation House Gallery, 8 September – 14 October 2012
Opening on Saturday 8 September, 7pm
Curated by Reid Shier
Annette Kelm, Untitled (Rider), 2005. Courtesy the artist and Presentation House Gallery
Rodney Graham: Canadian Humourist
at Vancouver Art gallery, through 30 September 2012
Rodney Graham, production still from,Canadian Humourist, 2011. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Scott Livingstone
New York
Magnolia Laurie: what could hold us together
at Frosch&Portmann, 5 September – 21 October 2012
Opening on Wednesday 5 September 2012, 6–8pm
Image Courtesy of the artist
Props for Memory
at Invisible-Exports, 5 September – 21 October 2012
Opening on Wednesday 5 September 2012, 6-8pm
Artists: Josef Beuys, Paul.P, Amanda Ross-Ho.
Image courtesy invisible-Exports
Searching
at Mixed Greens, 6 September – 6 October 2012
Opening on Thursday 6 September 2012, 6–8pm
Artists: Bas Jan Ader, Arianna Carossa, Mie Olise
Imge courtesy of Mixed Greens
Jesper jest: This Nameless Spectacle
at James Cohan Gallery, 6 September – 27 October 2012
Opening on Thursday 6 September 2012, 6–8pm
Jesper jest, This Nameless Spectacle, 2011, still image (detail). Courtesy the artist and James Cohan Gallery
Simon Starling: Triangulation Station A (40°44’49.17″N 74° 0’22.45″W)
at Casey Kaplan, 6 September – 20 October 2012
Opening on Thursday 6 September 2012, 6-8pm
Image courtesy Casey Kaplan
Alex Olson: Palmist and Editor
at Lisa Cooley, 9 September – 28 October 2012
Opening on Sunday 9 September 2012, 6–8pm
Image Courtesy the artist and Lisa Cooley
St. Louis
Leslie Hewitt: Sudden Glare of the Sun
at CAM St Louis, 7 September – 30 December 2012
Opening on friday 7 September 2012, 7-9pm
Leslie Hewitt, Installation view: D’Amelio Terras, New York. Blue Skies, Warm Sunlight, 2011. Photo: Jason Mandella. Courtesy the artist and D’Amelio Terras
Chicago
Jimmy Robert: Vis-Ã -vis
at MCA Chicago, through 25 November 2012
Jimmy Robert, Untitled, 2005. Courtesy Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam. © Jimmy Robert
Minneapolis
This Will Have Been: Art. Love & Politics in the 1980s
at Walker Art Center, through 30 September 2012
Over 80 Artists include General Idea, Jeff koons, Sherry Levine, Mary Heilmann, Guerrila Girls and many more. Curated by Helen Molesworth, chief curator, ICA Boston
Installation view of the exhibition. Photo Gene Pittman. Courtesy Walker Art Center
Dallas
Omer Fast: 5000 Feet Is the Best
at Dallas Museum of Art, through 30 September 2012
Omer Fast, 5000 Feet Is the Best, 2011. Collection of Dallas Museum of Art. © Omer Fast
San Antonio
Adad Hannah: Intimate Encounters
at San Antonio Museum of Art, through 30 December 2012
Adad Hannah, Eros and Aphrodite, 2008 Video still (detail) Courtesy the artist and PFOAC Gallery, Montreal
Nevada
Edward Burtynsky: Oil
at Nevada Museum of Art, through 23 September 2012
Edward Burtynsky, Breezewood, Pennsylvania, USA, 2004. Courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. © Edward Burtynsky
San Francisco
Jason Kraus: Edits
at Jessica Silverman Gallery, 7 September – 20 October 2012
Image Courtesy the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery
Lucy Puls: Geometria Concretus
at Electric Works, 7 September – 6 October 2012
Opening on Friday 7 September 2012, 6–8pm
Image courtesy the artist and Electric Works
Stage Presence
at SFMOMA, through 8 October 2012
Artists include Geoffrey Farmer, Craigie Horsfield, Carey Young, Charles Atlas, James Coleman, Gerald Byrne, General Idea, Sharon Hayes, Guy Ben-Ner, Janet Cardiff and more
Charles Atlas, Hail the New Puritan, 1985-86. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, Inc., NY © Charles Atlas
Los Angeles
Amanda Ross-Ho: Teeny Tiny Woman
at MOCA Pacific Design Center, through 7 October 2012
Amanda Ross-Ho, Installation view at MOCA Pacific Design Center 2012, photo by Brian Forrest. Courtesy the artist
Sarah Cain: Freedom Is A prime Number
at Honor Fraser, 8 September – 13 October 2012
Opening on Saturday 8 September 2012, 6–8pm
Image courtesy the artist and Honor Fraser Gallery
Rafaël Rozendaal: Everything Always Everywhere
at Steve Turner Contemporary, 8 September – 6 October 2012
Opening on Saturday 8 September 2012, 6–8pm
Rafaël Rozendaal. Falling Falling, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Steve Turner Contemporary
Portland
Happy Birthday: A Celebration of Chance and Listening
at PNCA, 5 September – 17 November 2012
Artists:Ray Johnson, Brad Brown, Molly Dilworth, Luke Murphy, Stephanie Simek and John Cage
Ray Johnson, A Shoe (John Cage Shoes), 1977; Courtesy of Ray Johnson Estate, Richard L Feigen & Co.
Time-Based Art Festival
at PICA, 6 –16 September 2012
Artists include Laurie Anderson, Big Art Group, chelfitsch, Nora Chipamuire, Andrew Dickson, Gob Squad, Sam Green & Yo La Tengo, Miguel Gutierrez, Ant Hampton & Tim Etchells, Keith Hennessy and many more.
Courtesy Time-Based Art Festival