Photo-OP 2013 Installation View

Photo-OP 2013
September 5 - 20, 2013

Photo-OP 2013: 5th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

Photo-OP 2013
5th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

September 5 - 20, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 5, 6-8 pm
Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm.


For this annual juried photography exhibition artists from across Ontario submit photographs that are reviewed by a jury or juror. This year’s juror was Dale Barrett, Director/Curator of the John B. Aird Gallery. Dale Barrett has overseen the exhibition programme at the Aird Gallery since 1998. He has worked in the art gallery sector, for both public and commercial art galleries, for over thirty years.

“As a juror, I set myself the task of viewing and considering the entries with an eye towards selecting works that surpass ordinary standards of photographic art practice. In my view, works that “surpass ordinary standards of photographic art practice” are exemplified by a high level of technical skill, critical reflection of subject matter and aesthetics, and an awareness of the history of the art form, whether it be photographic portraiture, landscape photography, abstraction, documentation, or numerous other such categories. Of course no single standard can be used to judge all categories of works. Given the different fields of interest and approaches taken by the artists entering this exhibition, one has to look for excellence on a number of fronts. Although the decision making process is not always straightforward or even it always results in an interesting perspective on excellence. And, as always, presents an outstanding collection of artworks by emerging and established photographers.”

The following artists’ works have been selected for the exhibition: Melissa Armstrong, John  Bingham, Peter Bogaczewicz, Jason Brown, Marco Buonocoro, Gokche Erkan, Julie Florio, Janny Fraser, Amy Friend, L. E. Glazer, Cathy Griggs, Frank Gross, Tineke Jorritsma, Sandy Middleton, Emily Miller, Audra Noble, Christine Peterson, Tom Ridout, Akas Tarmaji, Sarah Tothill, Ross Winter, Nicola Woods, Olga Zamora.

We are also pleased to announce that the following artists will be awarded prizes at the opening reception on Thursday, September 5.
1st Prize: Jason Brown, Toronto, ON
2nd Prize: Tom Ridout, Acton, ON
3rd Prize: Nicola Woods, Toronto, ON
Curry’s Art Supplies Award: Cathy Griggs, Mississauga, ON

Photo-OP 2013: Call for Entry

CALL FOR ENTRY:  Photo-OP
5th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

Entry Form Deadline
Entry forms with digital images (jpegs) on CD are
due Friday, August 23rd, 2013 by 5:00 p.m. If mailing
your Call For Entry please do so at least 7 days in advance of the deadline. See reverse regarding hand-delivered entries.

Jurying
Jurying will take place on August 24th and 25th.

Notification of Jury Results
Artists will be notified of jury results by email on or before Tuesday, August 27th.

Delivery of Accepted Works
Artists must deliver accepted works to the Gallery
on Tuesday, September 3rd, between 10 am & noon.

Exhibition Dates
September 5 to September 20, 2013

Opening Reception
Thursday, September 5, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Pick-up of Artworks
Saturday, September 21st,  from 10 a.m. til noon.

Call For Entry: The PRINT Show

 CALL FOR ENTRY: The PRINT Show 2013

The PRINT Show 2013
10th Annual Juried Print Exhibition
April 30 - May 24, 2013
Organized by John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

Entry Deadline: Friday, April 19, 2013, 5:00 pm  
Artists are invited to submit entries to this 10th annual juried print exhibition. The jurors are: Joscelyn Gardner, Artist/Printmaker, and Dale Barrett, Director, John B. Aird Gallery. Cash prizes will be awarded. Entry forms can also be downloaded from our web site www.airdgallery.org (via "Open Calls and Submissions), or by clicking here: 2013 Call For Entry.

If you have trouble downloading the "Call" you can request an entry form by email contact: director@airdgallery.org.




Dale Barrett
Director

Werner Liebmann: Works on Paper

 

 

 

Werner Liebmann: Works on Paper

March 5 - 29, 2013

 

With his latest series of works in gouache, artist Werner Liebmann continues his exploration of "What is painting, what is a picture?" He finds that the term "painting" is readily used to define works from unrelated disciplines such as photographs, sculp-tures and even installations, especially when the colours used are remiscent of painting. For Liebmann, a painting represents an opinion of reality that excludes movement. It is to be understood as a substrate of the essential: it is a philosophical generalization con-taining time as a formula, thus it captures the beginning and end simultaneously.

Werner Liebmann (1951) is a Berlin-based artist and professor of painting at the Art Academy Berlin-Weissensee. After graduating with a degree in chemistry from Martin Luther University in Halle in 1973, he worked in the industry for several years. In 1976 he gave up his profession to pursue his passion for the arts. After studying painting and graphics at leading art schools in Germany, he taught art in Dresden in from 1986 to 1992. In 1993, he moved to the Art Academy in Berlin, where he has remained ever since. He has exhibited extensively, in both group and solo shows, in his native Germany and abroad in major centres stretching from London to Seoul to Vancouver.

 

The Art of Line

 

The Art of Line (Subversivität der Linie) offers a unique opportunity to see how contemporary European artists are approaching the medium of drawing. The nine artists in the exhibition, all from Austria's easternmost state of Lower Austria, demonstrate the variety and dimension of drawing. Themes range from landscape and botanical studies to figure drawing and technology, while approaches encompass traditional mediums to new graphic techniques. The nine artists include the doyen of Lower Austria drawing, Karl Korab, with his impressive charcoal drawings of the beautiful Waldviertel region, where the landscape transitions from forests to vineyards. The other artists include Martina Golser, Christina Starzer, Moussa Kone, Leopold Kogler, Gunter Damisch, Gerhard Kaiser, Robert Kabas and Gerlinde Thuma.