The practice of Toronto-based artist Tau Lewis is anchored in a spiritual imaginary, recuperating feelings, forms and landscapes often rendered unseen. Working primarily with found textiles and foraged objects, Lewis' works take shape through slow, labour-intensive processes such as carving, quilting and scavenging, drawing on a material and psychic resourcefulness that has long been significant to black cultural production.
For Sparkle's Map Home, Lewis harnesses a broad spectrum of seemingly modest materials to conjure a latent ancestral otherworld. Re-envisioning Gairloch Gardens as a scene from the cosmos, Lewis reflects on the possibilities of outer space as a locus of both a black past and a black future, one where that which is unbound—materially, spiritually and otherwise—is given license to take shape anew.
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Family Workshop with Izzy Powis
17 February 2020
Bring the whole family and enjoy an afternoon of artmaking this Family Day with Izzy Powis, who works closely with exhibiting artist Tau Lewis. Following a brief walkthrough of Lewis' show, Powis will lead participants in a hands-on patchwork workshop, using found and foraged fabrics to explore how recycled materials can be readily transformed into terrific artworks.
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ARTbus: Exhibition Tour
26 January 2020
Ride the ARTbus and discover some of the season's best exhibitions in the GTA! Visit the Ryerson Image Centre, the Art Gallery of Burlington and Oakville Galleries.
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Shannon Te Ao
26 January – 22 March 2020
Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square
Ka mua, ka muri is
a new sound and moving image installation by Aotearoa New Zealand-based
artist Shannon Te Ao (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) that explores our experience of
time, history
and song.
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