Archive for May, 2010
Guest Artist Lecture: NADJA SAYEJ
Come to the TORONTO SCHOOL OF ART for
A critic’s talk by the Queen of Sass from
ArtStars*
N A D J A S A Y E J
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9
410 Adelaide St. West, 3rd Floor
pay what you can + cash bar
ArtStars* host Nadja Sayej
Tired of ArtSpeak* pyramids and post-modern mummies? Join the club.There are 7 Unsolved Mysteries of the Art World and ArtStars* unveils them all this summer.
The ArtStars* Odyssey is a new world tour that will bluster through the map to expose what is obsolete in the art world and why you should stay tuned for the Toronto vlog you love to hate.
Stick around after for an ArtStars* pop quiz with prizes! How hardcore a fan are you?
Nadja Sayej is against pretentious ArtSpeak* as well as long and complicated bios. She is the host of ArtStars* – “TMZ for the art scene” – a legendary You Tube reality TV show which has garnered a cult following for her Gonzo, balls-out approach to the white box. Nadja has been called “Jeannie Beker of the art world,” by Eye Weekly, “a gonzo skewering of sanctified art pretense” by the Toronto Star and “center stage in Toronto” by Art in America.
A pioneer of the internet TV revolution, Nadja has stuck the ArtStars* mic in the famous faces of Douglas Coupland, Bruce La Bruce, Peaches, Robert Gober and even got naked for Richard Kern (but didn’t get paid for it). Redefining the role of the art critic, her reporting and criticism has blazed through the pages of the Globe and Mail and The New York Times, C magazine, artUS and Border Crossings but still can’t find post-modernism in the dictionary. Hungry for more? You’d better be: http://artstarstv.com
UPCOMING LECTURES
Swintak Wednesday, June 16th at 6:30 p.m. www.swintakswintak.com
Guy Maddin Fall 2010
Toronto School of Art
410 Adelaide St. West, 3rd Floor
416.504.7910 info@tsa-art.ca
Organized by Camilla Singh for the Toronto School of Art
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Drink & Draw at TSA!
TSA’s third Drink and Draw event will be happening on Saturday, June 12th, 2010 at 7:00pm in Studio 2.
This is an event hosted by the TSA student council and will be a good opportunity to get to know the TSA community.
GUEST ARTIST LECTURE SERIES: Alex McLeod
Come to the TORONTO SCHOOL OF ART
for an artist talk by candyman of the apocalypse
A L E X M c L E O D
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19th
at the TSA, 410 Adelaide St. West, 3rd Floor
pay what you can + cash bar
The Toronto School of Art (TSA) is pleased to welcome Alex McLeod to our studios on Wednesday, May 19th, at 6:30 p.m. to talk about his work.
Alex McLeod constructs hyper-realistic 3D environments filled with crystalline mountains, fiery lakes, and rotund clouds, all rendered in a sickly sweet and gooey candy-colored palette. Recalling the wide-open vistas of Romantic landscape painting while at the same time staging otherworldly dystopias, McLeod’s CGI prints act as hybrid spaces that imply an almost infinite recombination of the past and present, the real and virtual.
Beneath their seductively polished surfaces, of glimmering fortresses and floating geometric abstractions, lies a haunting stillness that comes forth in the aftermath of cataclysmic events. The cause of destruction remains unknown in these depopulated spaces – there are no people in these images, however much human traces remain in the rickety railways and empty fortresses. And yet, from the twilight of devastation shown in these strange dioramas lies possibilities for hope and rebirth in our own digital milieu through the artist’s new approaches to concepts as varied as ecological responsibility and the shared intersections between photography and painting.
Alex McLeod lives and works in Toronto, Canada. Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibition Imperial Lands at ROJO Artspace Barcelona; participation in Empire of Dreams at MOCCA; and Estates of the Splendorous and Secret held in conjunction with the 2010 01SJ Biennial.
Eat some ice cream while you check out his website! www.alxclub.com
UPCOMING LECTURES:
Nadja Sayej Wednesday, June 9th at 6:30 p.m. www.artstarstv.com
Swintak Wednesday, June 16th at 6:30 p.m.
TORONTO SCHOOL OF ART 410 Adelaide Street West, 3rd Floor
(416) 504-7910 info@tsa-art.ca
Organized by Camilla Singh for the Toronto School of Art.
