More loop at Art Toronto 2010

There are two more days to see loop member's work at Art Toronto 2010 (Toronto International Art Fair).   Gallery hours for today are 12-6 pm which still leaves ample time for Halloween fun.

Illumination by Elizabeth Babyn
Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 42 inches
$4000

Babel T. H. II by Maureen Paxton 2009
Graphite on Paper, 22x30
$1800

In Between by Kelly Cade
Water-based pigment on yamagampi, 22x28
$650

More loop at ArtToronto 2010

loop Gallery artists offer a diverse range of work, including drawings, paintings, mixed media, installation and photography. Here is another sampling of what is available for sale at out booth at ArtToronto 2010 (Toronto International Art Fair).

Babel T. Fshng. by Maureen Paxton 2008
Graphite on paper, 22x30 inches
$1800

In Between by Kelly Cade
Water-based pigment on yamagampi, 22x28 inches
$650

Sacred 1 by Elizabeth Babyn
Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
$400

Posts will continue through the weekend with more samples of loop artist's work. 

Last chance to see Maureen Paxton and Barbara Rehus at Loop

It is the final weekend for the exhibition of Maureen Paxton's Wish Well and Barbara Rehus Saint's at loop Gallery. 

If you missed the question and answer session with the artists which was moderated by Antonia Lancaster, check out the following links on vimeo:
For an extract of the discussion with Maureen Paxton, watch here.
For an extract of the discussion with Barbara Rehus, watch here.
In these short clips, the artists speak about their work and what inspires them.

Gallery hours this weekend are Saturday 1-5 pm and Sunday 1-4 pm.


loop Gallery Fundraiser: October 17, 2010 at Lula Lounge. Get your tickets today via Paypal on the loop website!

loop Gallery will be at Art Toronto 2010 - The 11th Annual Toronto International Art Fair on October 28 - November 1, 2010. Come visit us at booth #1022.

Maureen Paxton at Loop Gallery

Maureen Paxton is currently exhibiting WISH WELL at Loop Gallery.

Ovals predominate in this body of work, with nine of the paintings offered as variations on the locket.  While adornment for the body, historically this item of jewellery has also functioned as a tiny wearable vessel, its contents ranging from medicine to poison.  Most commonly though, it bore images or artifacts associated with a loved one.

Whether over the heart or at the base of the neck or at the wrist, the keepsake locket tends to be worn at points on the body where the wearer’s pulse can be felt. Because of this, Maureen Paxton describes the locket as a form of life support, a memory bridge, a circuit, a conduit. Is breathes life into Was.  Through the keepsake (keepsafe), much is cycled.  That is, time, ourselves, each other.

Maureen Paxton teaches in the Animation program at Sheridan College.  She also writes.  A past member of the Tarragon Theatre’s Playwrights Unit, she is currently at work on a novel, funded by a Works-in-Progress Grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

Installation Shots from Loop Gallery's Current Show

The exhibitions of loop members Barbara Rehus and Maureen Paxton opened yesterday at loop Gallery and will continue until October 17, 2010.  The photos below are selected installation shots from Barbara Rehus show Saint's and Maureen Paxton's show Wish Well.

Icon Installation by Barbara Rehus

Calculation by Barbara Rehus

"I see you, Marguerite" by Barbara Rehus

Maureen Paxton at Loop

Maureen Paxton

Maureen Paxton at Loop

Photos by: Ester Pugliese, 2010

Upcoming Show: Maureen Paxton and Barbara Rehus

loop Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibitions of loop members Maureen Paxton: Wish Well and Barbara Rehus: Saint’s which will open Saturday, September 25, 2010.

Nine of the twelve paintings presented by Maureen Paxton in Wish Well describe variations on the locket.  Often containing images or artifacts belonging to a loved one, the locket tends to be worn at points on the body where the wearer’s pulse can be felt - over the heart, at the base of the neck, at the wrist.  A tiny wearable vessel, it might then be described as a form of life support, a memory bridge, a circuit or conduit between past and present. In this case, Paxton’s lockets are re-contextualized and re-worked excisions from older paintings.  Ovals, though not the locket, are to be found in Wish Well's three remaining paintings.

With the exhibition Saint’s, Barbara Rehus creates her own series of icons inspired by her childhood fascination with saints and their stories.  Their tales were told to Rehus by nuns who believed her desire to hear the tragic, gory tales was fueled by piety.  Rehus’ painted portraits tenderly explore how people come to put faith and hope into objects and places in order to feel safe.  The risas used as coverings in the works protect not only the paintings, but the figures represented.  Standard saints accompany contemporary icons which place friends and family in their own risas, places where they’ve told the artist they feel safe.  The portraits of Saint’s are painted in acrylic on panel, each recessed within and cradled by a carved encaustic risa.

Maureen Paxton teaches in the Animation program at Sheridan College.  She also writes.  A past member of the Tarragon Theatre’s Playwrights Unit, she is currently at work on a novel, funded by a Works-in-Progress Grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

Barbara Rehus is a St. Catharines-based visual artist, working primarily as a sculptor and painter.  She holds two degrees from Cleveland State University, as well as accreditation from Toronto School of Art.  Her work has been shown in public and commercial galleries as well as artist-run centres throughout North America and Europe. Her work is included in numerous private collections.



September 25 – October 17, 2010
Reception: Saturday, September 25, 2-5 PM

Question & Answer Session: Saturday, Sept. 25, 3:45pm
At loop Gallery with Barbara Rehus and Maureen Paxton moderated by Antonia Lancaster

Canadian Art Gallery Hop stop at Loop Gallery at 3:20 pm on Saturday, September 25, 2010