inbetween

January 19 – February 20, 2011
Doris McCarthy Gallery
University of Toronto Scarborough

Work by Bill Burns, Jason Dunda, Thaddeus Holownia, Jessica Korderas, Micah Lexier, Ray Mead, Michael Mirus & John Paskievich, Kristine Moran, Kim Ondaatje, Nick Ostoff, Paulette Phillips, Frank Pimentel, Christopher Pratt, David Rokeby, Barbara Steinman, Richard Storms, Shaan Syed, Renée Van Halm, Stephen Waddell

Curated by Mireille Eagan
Organized by the Doris McCarthy Gallery in collaboration with the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown

Opening Reception Wednesday, January 19, 5 – 9 pm
Artist and Curator's Talk with Paulette Phillips and Mireille Eagan at 7 pm
Take the bus! Free shuttle bus to DMG departs 401 Richmond St. W. at 6 pm, returning at 9 pm.

inbetween presents works by noted Canadian artists examining the conversations of physical and psychological space, investigating the places and spaces in which our lives are played out.

To be "inbetween" is to consider one's movement through various spaces that mediate perception. These are largely psychological spaces, mindsets, a sense of the self created by constant comparison to what has come before and what may yet appear. As referenced or depicted in the works found in the exhibition, the spaces — the tarmac (Stephen Waddell, Boarding, 1999), the bedroom (Kim Ondaatje, Bedroom from the House on Piccadilly Street Series, 1970) or side of the highway (Richard Storms, Hibiscus, 2002) — chronicle the passage of time and the accumulation of events. We may consider contents: belongings that surround us as well as objects that help define us outwardly to the world. Spaces may contain residual energy from those who have inhabited them before, echoes and shadows clinging to a room's remnants. Our lives are imparted to each environment we inhabit and given back to us through it.

Generously supported by the Toronto Arts Council and Manulife Financial.

UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS

Wednesday, February 2, 12 pm
Exhibition Tour with DMG Director/Curator Ann MacDonald

Wednesday, February 9, 2:15 pm
Artist's Talk with Richard Storms

Sunday, February 20, 12 - 5 pm
Contemporary Art Bus Tour
Starting at 12 pm with a tour of the Koffler Gallery's off-site exhibition at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West), free bus departs for the Blackwood Gallery, Art Gallery of York University and Doris McCarthy Gallery. To reserve a seat, please contact the Koffler Gallery at 416.638.1881 ext. 4270 or kofflergallery@kofflerarts.org.

Sunday, February 20, 3:45 pm
Artist's Talk with David Rokeby

For updated information on programming and events, please visit our website at www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dmg.

Image: Nick Ostoff, Untitled (Tennis Court), 2004
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Doris McCarthy Gallery
University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4
416.287.7007
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www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dmg

Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm; Wednesday to 8 pm; Saturday & Sunday, Noon to 5 pm.
Admission is free.