Industrial hard-edge Cull

One of the 60 Painters, Patrick Cull at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Hard-edge abstraction and gravity "painting" by Cull at Peak Gallery, Toronto 2009:

Stroked, crumpled and bent

One of the 60 Painters, Jinny Yu at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Yu at General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto 2012:

Unruly Crookshank vs unruly Benson

Defying all rules about balance and harmony with his fearless strokes, Matt Crookshank is one of the 60 Painters at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Crookshank at General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto 2012:

Just about as unruly as Crookshank, Trudy Benson at Mike Weiss Gallery, New York 2011:

Painterly sculptural Fleming

General Hardware Contemporary artist Joe Fleming's painted sculpture clearly stands out at the 60 Painters exhibition.

Fleming at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Fleming at General Hardware's current show Eight Of Sixty, Toronto:

Fleming at General Hardware, Toronto 2011:

1/8/60

Eight high-profile artists from General Hardware Contemporary are featured at the 60 Painters exhibition now showing in Toronto.  General Hardware is celebrating that with their current show Eight Of Sixty.  Nicole Collins is one of the eight.

Collins at General Hardware, Toronto 2012:

Thank you, N, for your warm hospitality, as always.  Congratulations on successful showings at both exhibitions.

Nostalgic abstractionist

Elizabeth McIntosh at Diaz Contemporary, Toronto 2010:

McIntosh 2009:

The Scavenger* and the Gardener

60 Painters' Melanie Authier at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Celia Neubauer at General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto 2012:

*The Scavenger is the title of Authier's painting.

Pixelated, corrupted, and romantic

60 Painters' Jennifer Marman & Daniel Borins at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

60 Painters' Jay Isaac at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Eisler: Tear Here

I first saw John Eisler's works a year ago at his Diaz Contemporary solo exhibition Tear Here.  I was delighted to see his punctured wall reliefs again at the 60 Painters exhibition this past weekend.

Eisler at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Späth's Angle

I love Sally Späth's subtly reflective Untitled Angle at the 60 Painters exhibition.

Späth at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Legacy

Although my degree of satisfaction usually declines with the scale of group exhibitions (art fairs are particularly disappointing), I must admit that my little hike to the far west of T.O. to see 60 Painters yesterday was well worth it.  The show was very well curated.  Most works are abstract and recent, and they all complement each other.  Colette Laliberté's wall "painting" with black tape, Legacy, got my biggest vote.  Coincidentally, I'm also working on my own wall "painting" with white tape just recently.

Laliberté at Humber Arts and Media Studios, Toronto 2012:

Genzken's rings

Isa Genzken at Saatchi Gallery, London 2011:

About ... Concrete Island

Harm van den Dorpel's show About at Wilkinson Gallery, London 2012:

Jed Lind's show Concrete Island at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto 2012:

uni mode

Another great video from Alva Noto's 2011 album UNIVRS:

Video from videokaox66's youtube channel

B.C.C.

Pete Smith's paintings from his current show Blind Carbon Copy are based on still images of an animation he made, also named Blind Carbon Copy, which remixes portions of his works from recent years.

Smith at p|m Gallery, Toronto 2012:

Concrete Island

Just like his monumental sculpture Gold, Silver & Lead, which is still on view at Toronto Sculpture Garden until this fall, Jed Lind's latest show Concrete Island also features various car parts in his modest-sized sculptures.

Lind at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto 2012:

It Exists In The Cut

Liza Eurich's solo exhibition at MKG127, Toronto 2012:

... process as the generative concept.