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Last Call: Until August 21

THIS IS PARADISE by Tom Dean. Design by Shannon Griffiths. © Tom Dean.

Main Space
This is Paradise | Place as state of mind
The Cameron Public House and 1980's Toronto

John Abrams, Stephen Andrews, Isaac Applebaum, Rebecca Baird, Napoleon Brousseau, Brian Burnett, Derek Caines, Pauline Choi, Barbara Cole, Cathy Daley, Tom Dean, Reid Diamond, Lynn Donoghue, Andy Fabo, Elinor Rose Galbraith & John Scott, Eldon Garnet, General Idea, Oliver Girling, Sybil Goldstein, Matt Harley, Hummers (Deanne Taylor, Janet Burke, Jennifer Dean, Alan Bridle),Tim Jocelyn, Rae Johnson, Donna Lypchuk, Peter MacCallum, Tanya Mars, HP Marti, Michael Merrill, Handsome Ned (Robin Masyk), Andrew James Paterson & Alan Fox, Evan Penny, Randy & Berenicci, John Scott, Joanne Tod, Renée Van Halm, Video Cabaret (Deanne Taylor & Michael Hollingsworth), Julie Voyce, Lorne Wagman, George Whiteside, Tony Wilson

Curated by Rae Johnson and Herb Tookey. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.

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Project Space
National Gallery of Canada at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
This is Paradise | From the National Gallery of Canada Collection

Susan Britton, David Buchan, Tom Dean, General Idea, Tanya Mars, Sandra Meigs, John Scott, Joanne Tod

Curated by Rae Johnson, Guest Curator, and Jonathan Shaughnessy, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the National Gallery of Canada.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Main Space
¡Patria o Libertad!
On Patriotism, Immigration and Populism

Adel Abidin, ANTUAN, Maja Bajevic, Marc Bijl, Alexander Apóstol, Iván Candeo, Emilio Chapela, DEMOCRACIA, Jen DeNike, Nezaket Ekici, Karlo Ibarra, Kaoru Katayama, Elena Kovylina, Carlos Motta, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay & Pascal Lièvre, Johanna Reich, Krisdy Shindler, Shahzia Sikander, Santiago Sierra, José Angel Toirac, Katri Walker

Curated by Paco Barragán. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the COBRA Museum, Amsterdam.

September 9 - October 30, 2011
Opening reception: September 9, 8-11 pm

As a consequence of immigration, globalisation and economic recession, patriotism is on the rise around the world. How we deal with love of country and nationalism is an important challenge of our time. ¡Patria o Libertad! presents video works by 22 international artists, all investigating the diverse forms that patriotism embodies.

Project Space
Toronto International Film Festival Future Projections
Duane Hopkins | Sunday

Curated by Noah Cowan, Artistic Director, TIFF Bell Lightbox. Presented in collaboration with the Future Projections programme of the Toronto International Film Festival.

September 9 - 18, 2011
Opening reception: September 9, 8-11 pm

UK director Duane Hopkins' full-scale installation project, Sunday, is both an extension of his previous films and a haunting, elegiac projection-based work in its own right. Consisting of a series of subtly looped diptychs and triptychs, Sunday focuses on the West Midlands youth of his much-celebrated feature-film debut Better Things, 2008, and his early shorts Field and Love me or Leave me Alone. Hopkins captures the ennui, sadness and beauty of isolated adolescence in painterly tones and colors that recall the British Romantics.

Media Lounge
Artur Zmijewski | Them
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the National Gallery of Canada

September 9 - October 30, 2011
Opening reception: September 9, 8-11 pm

Polish artist Artur Zmijewski's powerful video Them, 2007, a highlight of Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany, in 2007, documents the results of a social experiment bringing together four different groups within Polish society. As with many of Zmijewski's projects, Them engages directly with dogma and prejudice to reveal profound insights into human behaviour and relationships

This is Paradise | From the National Gallery of Canada Collection and Artur Zmijewski | Them are presented as part of the three year National Gallery of Canada at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art program that will see the two institutions co-organize and co-present a series of exclusive exhibitions in MOCCA's newly-renovated project space, drawn from the NGC's extensive contemporary art collection. These will include the presentation of single works, new acquisitions or full scale exhibitions designed to complement MOCCA's existing programming.

The National Gallery of Canada at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art is generously supported by Cineplex Media, Porter Airlines, and The Ouellette Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by AXA Art Canada. The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art is also grateful for the patronage of THE ART DEPT. a leadership circle of MOCCA patrons.

All programs and activities at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art are supported by Toronto Culture, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, BMO Financial Group, individual memberships, and private donations.

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