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Paper Stories | Continuing at Propeller Art Gallery, one of the oldest artist-run galleries in Toronto, Canada | propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/...
March 26 – April 13, 2025 | Demonstrations: Sunday, April 6, 1 – 3 pm | Artist Talks: Sunday, April 13, 2 pm PAPER STORIES joins together three contemporary artists—Dominique Prévost, Susan Ruptash and Heejung Shin—who share a mutual respect and love of paper. Although each artist expresses this in different ways, they share common themes of repetition, rhythm and poetry. Through a restrained palette, the works will celebrate the importance of light, and invite viewers to pay attention to details of texture, colour and movement. All three artists work in a variety of traditional Japanese heritage washi and Korean Hanji paper– both renowned for their exquisite texture and fibres, embedded in a deep history of careful craft.
April 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Small Pleasures Opening Reception at Propeller Art Gallery, one of the oldest artist-run galleries in Toronto, Canada | Saturday March 8, 2 - 5p. | propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/...
The art in Small Pleasures is a dynamic showcase of various artistic processes and innovations that can be achieved on a small scale. Featuring emerging and established artists, this exhibition has been organized in a dualistic manner to rebel against the preconceived limitations of working small: embracing the tension between power and preciousness through the symbolic representation of the interconnectedness between naturalistic and alternate realities. The first half of the gallery explores a naturalistic perception of reality as it is recalled in fragmented memory. Separated into night and day, these works, mostly representational and earthy, explore the beauty and intimacy within mundanity. Elements of the natural world are represented and dissected to offer a sense of introspection, melancholy, and yearning. Reciprocally, the bold colour palettes and surrealist content of the second half of the gallery provide a saturated, psychedelic disruption to our current understanding of fleshly, terrene, and cosmic matters. The transition between colours—from yellow to orange, red to blue, opposite a purple and pink wall—aims to invoke this notion of transcendence that occurs as the viewer moves through the gallery, shifting between dreamscape and reality. Ultimately, this exhibition seeks to redefine the presupposed boundaries of working small by challenging the fluid nature of human memory, dreams, and naturalistic reality. It invites viewers to question the absoluteness of our world, one tiny piece at a time. Additionally, it suggests the beauty of function on a smaller scale, pushing the limits of how to impact the world emotionally. Tiffany Duong
March 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Distant Fruit | Gwen Tooth | Opening today at Propeller Art Gallery, one of the oldest artist-run galleries in Toronto, Canada | propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/...
February 12 – March 2 | Opening Reception: Saturday, February 15, 2 – 4 pm | Artist Talk: Saturday, February 22, 2 pm Why do I love painting? I am an expressionist painter. For the “Distant Fruit” series, I painted a series of canvases with several layers of acrylic paint. Some were coated in pale yellow, others in pale green. Then I selected a small bristle brush to apply paint directly to the canvases, in the fashion of drawing with paint. The results were the essential outlines of various fruits, calling forth echoes of Matisse. I held the brush firmly and did not lift it until each line was completed. In hanging this exhibition, the installation may recall the bounty of a fruit harvest and the images of a glorious feast. The imagery evolved from my previous show “Let Loose” in which I portrayed various abstracted view of lemons.
February 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A Dream Within A Dream; Selected Paintings | Parissa Daie | Opening today at Propeller Art Gallery, one of the oldest artist-run galleries in Toronto, Canada | propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/...
February 12 – March 2 | Opening Reception: Saturday, February 15, 2 – 4 pm | Artist Talk: Saturday, February 22, 2 pm I recall a scene—familiar, perhaps from a dream—and begin my work. In the dim light of early morning, shadows dance on the walls, weaving tales of forgotten moments and lingering whispers. I reach for my tools, each one holding a memory. The brush, worn and weathered, cradles the essence of colours long past, remnants of nights spent in fervor and solitude. Before me stands the canvas, a blank expanse, a universe waiting to be born. I dip into the palette, vibrant hues mingling like old friends. With each stroke, I pull at the threads of nostalgia, unravelling the tapestry of that familiar scene. The air is thick with anticipation as if the very essence of creation pulses under my fingertips. I lose myself in the rhythm, the ebb and flow of artistry; the ghost of a story beckons, begging to be heard. It is a place I’ve wandered before, where sunlight spills through the leaves and memory melds with imagination. My heart quickens as I paint, each motion a step deeper into this world I reclaim. It feels as though I am not merely crafting an image but resurrecting a moment from the ether. Time flows differently here; minutes stretch into hours, reality blurring alongside colours that shimmer and pulse. I lose myself in the intricacies—the way the light dapples through the foliage, the texture of the earth beneath my feet, the cool air wrapping around me like an embrace. With each layer, I stitch fragments together, building a bridge between what was and what could be. And then, as I step back to survey my creation—a glimpse of paradise captured on canvas—I cannot help but wonder. Is this dreamlike refuge a reflection of my own heart, or does it exist in a parallel realm, waiting for wanderers like me to rediscover its beauty? A soft smile forms, the satisfaction of creation washing over me.
February 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM