A Space Gallery Proudly Presents, The Long Time: 21st Century Art of Steele + Tomczak Artists Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak Curated by Paul Wong Exhibition runs November 8 – December 13, 2013 Opening Reception Friday November 8th, 6-8 pm Panel discussion: Sunday November 10 at 3pm with Lisa Steele, Kim Tomczak, Paul Wong, Jennifer Fisher, Jim Drobnick, Vicky Moufawad-Paul Gallery open 1-3pm on Sunday A Space Gallery is pleased to present The Long Time, a major exhibition of 21st century art by Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak in photography, video and installation. The exhibition includes ...bump in the night, The Miniatures series of video objects and the Toronto premiere of …before I wake the trilogy that has been in progress since 2000. The final segment Entranced (2012) has been commissioned by On Main and completes this epic journey to the other side. This exhibition curated by Paul Wong features the work of long-time collaborators Steele + Tomczak who have produced an extraordinary body of work investigating aspects of the self for over 30 years. Central to the exhibition is the long awaited …before I wake trilogy. This multi- screen installation brings together the three video components We’re Getting Younger All The Time, Practicing Death and Entranced. This monumental love story searches for the fountain of youth, surrenders to the idea of eternal sleep and crosses the threshold of the hereafter. It is poignant, chilling and deeply personal. The 88-page full-colour book includes essays by Felix Vogel (Berlin), Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher (Toronto), Michael Turner and Paul Wong (Vancouver). Published by On Main, edited by Paul Wong (ISBN: 978-0-9694777-5-4). This national touring exhibition is produced by onmaingallery. The exhibition opened in Vancouver in Sept. 2012. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, City of Vancouver, Rick Erickson. Biographies Lisa Steele + Kim Tomczak have worked exclusively in collaboration since 1983, producing videotapes, sculptural installations, public artworks, performances and photo/text works. They have received numerous grants and awards including the Bell Canada prize for excellence in Video Art, a Toronto Arts Award and, in 2005, a Governor General’s Award for lifetime achievement in Visual & Media Arts. They were also awarded with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia (Okanagan) in 2009. They are co-founders of Vtape and teach at the University of Toronto. Major public art commissions include Love Squared (2006), screened on the video board at Yonge & Dundas, and Watertable (2009), a light and sound installation that marks the original shoreline of Lake Ontario at the foot of historic Fort York. Since 2010, their work has been included in exhibitions at MOCCA Toronto (Empire of Dreams: phenomenology of the built environment), EXIS: Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, Korea, Wharf Centre dart Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, and the prestigious La Mois de la Photo a Montreal. The Long Time, a major survey of their 21st Century work, debuted in Vancouver in 2012 and is touring nationally from 2013-2015. Their work is included in more than 30 Canadian, American and European museum permanent collections. Their video work is represented by Vtape. vtape.org steeleandtomczak Programming, curating and facilitating the work of artists is a strong parallel activity to Paul Wong’s own artistic practice. He has collaborated with hundreds of artists to produce exhibitions nationally and internationally, including the groundbreaking Living Art Performance Festival (1979) and Yellow Peril: Reconsidered (1990). He is a co-founding director of VIVO (Satellite Video Exchange Society, est. 1973) and On Main Gallery (On The Cutting Edge Productions Society, est. 1985). A Space Gallery 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110 Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8 Hours: Tues to Fri 11 – 5 PM, Sat 12 – 5 PM F: 416-979-9683 E: [email protected] aspacegallery.org A Space Gallery 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 View Map · Get Directions
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