Winter 2012


Top: Tasman Richardson, Memorial, Necropolis installation excerpt (detail), 2011. Courtesy of the artist. © Tasman Richardson
Bottom: Sarah Anne Johnson, Explosions (detail), 2011. CMCP Collection. Photo © Sarah Anne Johnson


Main Space
Tasman Richardson
Necropolis
Curated by Rhonda Corvese.
Presented by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

February 4 - April 1, 2012
Opening reception: February 4, 2-5pm

Necropolis is an immersive multi-media meditation on the nature of video and its strong affiliations with death culture. Consisting of six installations housed within a twisting, darkened superstructure, Necropolis channels visitors through stages of erosion, narcissism, acceleration, idolatry, self-doubt, and oblivion.


Project Space
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
Spectral Landscape
Peter Doig, Tim Gardner, Sarah Anne Johnson
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the National Gallery of Canada

February 4 - April 1, 2012
Opening reception: February 4, 2-5pm

The expression "losing yourself in the wilderness" takes on new meaning in works by Peter Doig, Tim Gardner, and Sarah Anne Johnson. Here ambiguous, hallucinatory vistas collide with sublime, pastoral scenes and the idea of the ruggedness of the hinterland clashes with its ultimate fragility. In each case, the realism of the works is interrupted by a sense of sheer uncanny. These multifarious landscapes mix autobiography with illusion and the banal with the extraordinary, offering striking images that suggest a shift in our perceived relationship with the natural world.


Media/Retail Space
Daisuke Takeya
GOD Loves Japan
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

February 4 - April 1, 2012
Opening reception: February 4, 2-5pm

GOD Loves Japan is a time-sensitive installation memorializing the earthquake/tsunami disaster that took place in Japan on March 11th, 2011. This installation intends to raise awareness of Japan's long-term recovery needs and will encourage viewers to re-evaluate the meaning of love and empathy in our time.


Spring 2012

Main Space
Scotiabank CONTACT 2012: Public
Curated by Matthew Brower, David Liss and Bonnie Rubenstein
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, University of Toronto Art Centre
and the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

April 28 - June 3, 2012

A special two-venue international group exhibition exploring the role of photography in representing civic display, performance of identity, social, political and authoritative structure and conflict as they unfold in the public realm.


Project Space
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART
STREET VIEW
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, the National Gallery of Canada
and the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

April 28 - June 3, 2012

This exhibition draws on the collection of the National Gallery of Canada and highlights seminal approaches to street photography and the urban setting. Including works by Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Gilden, Leon Levinstein, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, and Weegee.


Spectral Landscape and STREET VIEW 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 AXA Art Canada, Cineplex Media, World MasterCard®, and The Ouellette Family Foundation. The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art is 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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