Four Things to Do Today in Toronto

1. Today is the second last day of Art Metropole's Annual Spring Sale at the their "Clouds and Horizon" location at MOCA (158 Sterling Road). Everything is at least ten percent off, with some items marked down sixty percent.

2. While you're there, check out Life of a Dead Tree by Mark Dion.

3. Just down the street, Roula Partheniou's Works on Paper opens at 2pm at MKG127 (1445 Dundas West).

4. In the evening (until 1am) check out the Vija Celmins exhibition To Fix The Image in Memory. Admission is free all day, from 10:30 am.

Mark Dion | Carnivore (Bag of Bones)

Mark Dion
Carnivore (Bag of Bones)
Port Colborne, Canada: Bywater Bros. Editions, 2015
36 x 23 x 11.5 cm
Edition of 5 signed and numbered copies (+ 2 AP)

Launched today, and available for $5000 from the publisher, here.

Or come see the work in person, at Pop Up Shop, a mini-exhibition and sale of work published by Bywater Bros., Nothing Else Press, Paul + Wendy Projects and Slow Editions that takes place this weekend at G Gallery.

Saturday April 18 & Sunday April 19, Noon - 6:00pm
Opening Party: Friday April 17 - 7:00pm

G Gallery
134 Ossington St, Toronto, Ontario (entrance on Foxley Street, rear of building)

Lou Ford at G Gallery

The exhibition Lou Ford, curated by Roger Bywater, of Bywater Bros. editions, opens tonight at G Gallery. The show includes works by Scott Lyall, Rachel Harrison, Adam McEwen, Tania Kitchell, Jens Haaning, and Derek Sullivan, as well as works published Bywater Bros. These include projects by General Idea, Jonathan Monk, Mark Dion, Zin Taylor and Josephine Meckseper.

As far as I can gather, the premise of the show is that the fictional Lou Ford has selected objects from the above artists, and placed them alongside some favorite product designs (Sweet Tango Apples and Desert Essence Organics, for example). Here's the press release blurb:

"Lou Ford isn't much of a people person. He prefers things. The things he likes the most are things that mess with his mind. What really interest him are unique objects... specifically art objects. This exhibition bearing his name includes some of his favorite items. Most of the objects on display would be considered art, but he also added a few things that most people would call "trash". If Lou had learned anything about the relationship of art to things over the years it is that anything can become art."

G Gallery is located at 134 Ossington Street (Entrance on Foxley Pl, rear of building) and is open Friday to Sunday 12 - 5pm.

Mark Dion | Tool Bag of Dirty Tricks

Two Mark Dion editions published by John Goodwin's Shark Editions in 1991, as he was relocating from New York to Toronto:

C.I.A. Tool Bag of Dirty Tricks
Shark Editions/American Fine Arts, Co., New York City, 1991
Nine tools entirely covered with liquid rubber, with enamel inscriptions, housed in a canvas bag with a Hawaiian shirt.
Edition of 10, plus 3 artists proofs. Signed, numbered and dated.

F.B.I. Tool Bag of Dirty Tricks
Shark Editions/American Fine Arts, Co., New York City, 1991
Nine tools entirely covered with liquid rubber, with enamel inscriptions, housed in a canvas bag with a plunger.
Edition of 10, plus 3 artists proofs. Signed, numbered and dated.


The works share the visual style of Ben Vautier, and could serve as a companion to George Maciunas' Burglary FluxKit.