Honest Heart Collective, Texas King, Aukland at the Moustache Sept 22 2016 - All photos by Mirjican Simeunovich

Honest Heart Collective

All photos by Mirjican Simeunovich
 

Texas King

Aukland

Robert McLaughlin Gallery presents new exhibit 'Edge of the Visible'

Oshawa's Robert McLaughlin Gallery is getting close to the edge, The Edge of the Visible. The new exhibit features twelve works by Kingston-based photographer Robert Boudreau. The show, curated by Linda Jansma, opens Oct 1 2016 and runs through to Jan 29, 2017.

Boudrea is a technical photographer who uses film and silver gelatin prints with a unique gold chloride solution added. He deals in black and white. His technique is interesting in so far as he adds farness to the process, he emphasizes distance, the space between him and his subjects. He gets as close to the edge of his subject, close enough to be seen but close enough hint at the unseen - the known knowns and the unknown knowns so to speak.

Petals, patterns and paths, Kirk Mechar exhibit on at Navillus Gallery in Toronto

Looking for the present? Looking to make sense of this world of ours, this fragmented, diluted, disassembled, broken-down world of ours. Look no further than Kirk Mechar and his latest exhibition which opened Sept 9 2016 at the Navillus Gallery in Toronto.

Mechar’s methods involve mixing marble dust with oil paint, creating works with depth and volume, moving the image into the sculptural reign. The resulting creations provide a glimpse at an answer for our modern quest. Mechar builds beautiful pictures of the present, this reflecting, rearranging, reassembling, evolving, ever fluid present.

Mechar continues his exploration of flowers in the New Works exhibit but these are far from still lifes, they burst forth with growth and possibility, the possibility that within nature we may find the patterns we need to follow on, the patterns we need to navigate the very uncertain future we have created for ourselves.

The exhibit is on until Oct 8. 

Hollerado/ TUNS - Moustache Club Sept 8 - a photo essay

A photo essay by Mirjican Simeunovich

Road warriors Hollerado paid a return visit to the Moustache Club in Oshawa. They brought Royal Mountain labelmates TUNS with them, a super group consisting of Mike O'Neil, Matt Murphy and Chris Murphy. Great tunes from their debut S/T - Hollerado too are touring new material but swung into a few fan faves.

TUNS at The Star Mill Street Sessions.

Sally Thurlow's new exhibit opens at the Red Head Gallery Sept. 10 2016

Here at SlowCity we are fans of Sally Thurlow and always look out for new work from the Durham Region based artist. Sally has an uncanny ability to see the animate in the inanimate. Her reimagination finds expression in her use of found objects, nature's discards discovered on her beach walks. With the deftest touch of paint or the slightest addition of a piece of wire or rope or a spring she imbues the found with a life force, an energy and a personality.

Sally has a new exhibit opening Sept 10 2016 at the Red Head Gallery in Toronto. Systems Failure centres on four pieces, Expectations I - IV.

Will the great expectations be met? That is up to the viewer.

The opening reception runs 1 - 5 p.m., the exhibit is on until Sept. 24