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30/4/2014

Four exhibitions

Ryerson Image Centre RIC, Toronto

STAN DOUGLAS
SCOTIABANK PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

Guest Curated by Robert Bean
Main Gallery

The work of Stan Douglas affirms the validity and volatility of photography at this decisive moment in the history of art and media. The continuous fluctuations in optical technology, the reduction of images to data and the everyday use of photographs in social media have resulted in challenging questions regarding how images are made, used and distributed.

The stories, sites and events that Douglas investigates are familiar and historically situated. His work explores the vestiges of culture and memory through the mediated experience of photography and film. Frequently, the images describe the overlooked histories of cultural identity, displacement and injustice, revealing an uncanny resemblance to present-day events. Utilizing recombinant narratives and pictorial strategies, Douglas pursues the effects of anachronism to inscribe past events onto contemporary contexts. The photographs, employing a labyrinth of invention and meaning, examine the technological apparatus from which they are constructed. This is achieved through his discerning attention to photography as both medium and subject.

Stan Douglas’s documentary photographs affirm the authenticity of the locations they describe. The layered meanings these images acquire when presented in the context of fictionalized historical narratives reposition documentary photography in a paradoxical relationship with other media. The tension between fact and fiction, a basis for all documentary art, encourages the spectator to create and participate in the meaning of the work.

Presented by Scotiabank
Organized by the Ryerson Image Centre
In partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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BENNY NEMEROFSKY RAMSAY AND ALEESA COHENE
THE SAME PROBLEM 5
May 1 – June 1, and June 18 - August 24, 2014
Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall

Acclaimed Canadian media artists Aleesa Cohene and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay premiere the latest instalment of their ongoing collaborative project The Same Problem, initiated in 2009. The Same Problem 5 explores questions of the ego and memory within a reconstruction of deeply felt media experiences. Both artists are interested in notions of splintered identities and the mutability of self. Through the process of addressing these ever present vulnerabilities, composite characters begin to emerge, stitched together from pre-existing material and subtly melded with scenes filmed by the artists themselves and with a carefully wrought sense for language and sound.

A Public Installation of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

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ZANELE MUHOLI
FACES AND PHASES

Zanele Muholi’s Faces and Phases aims to address the representation of black lesbian and queer identity, focusing largely on post-apartheid South Africa. This ongoing series of large-format black and white photographs includes more than 240 portraits, of which 36 are exhibited to coincide with the celebration of WorldPride 2014 in Toronto.

As a visual activist for the rights of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) people in South Africa and beyond, Muholi endeavours to radically change the conventional perception of lesbian and transgender communities, who suffer from an epidemic of continuous attacks: “corrective” and “curative” rapes, physical and psychological assaults, and hate crimes. Working from and for her own community, Muholi creates strong, beautiful and positive images of empowered individuals. As visual statements, her photographs dignify the members of an often hidden, voiceless and marginalized population. The verticality and scale of the prints accentuate the resilience of the figures, purposely confronting the viewers with their scrutinizing gaze. The powerful images support and promote self-expression and pride, shaping and claiming a black lesbian and transgender visibility.

A Primary Exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

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CURIOUS ANARCHY
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF MAIA-MARI SUTNIK

Instructors: Sophie Hackett and Dr. Gaëlle Morel
Student Gallery

“Photography does not behave”
– Maia-Mari Sutnik, curator, photography – special projects, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

Curious Anarchy displays a selection of photographic objects from the private collection of Maia-Mari Sutnik, who has played a pivotal role in the development of the photography collection at the AGO. Sutnik’s diverse and inclusive collection ranges from playful assortments of postcards to soberly mastered prints, framing the evolution of photography since its inception. In looking at photographic objects, we encounter what noted photographer and critic Geoffrey James calls a “curious anarchy that exists in the world of photography.” Sutnik’s vast and eclectic collection is similarly revealing.

This exhibition, its accompanying publication and digital component aim to reveal the inherently surreal qualities of photographs in Sutnik’s collection. The exhibition is conceived by second-year students in the film and photography preservation and collections management master of arts program at Ryerson University.

Generously supported by the Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Family Foundation.

Image: Clarke & Hyde, Armour Plated Eyes, 1915, gelatin silver print. Collection of Maia-Mari Sutnik, Toronto. Photo by Laura Margaret Ramsey.

Media inquiries:
Erin Warner +416 9795164 erin.warner@ryerson.ca

Ryerson Image Centre (RIC)
33 Gould Street, Toronto Ontario Canada
HOURS:
TUESDAY: 11 - 6PM
WEDNESDAY: 11 - 8PM
THURSDAY: 11 - 6PM
FRIDAY: 11 - 6PM
SATURDAY: 12 - 5PM
SUNDAY: 12 - 5PM
MONDAY: Closed
Admission is FREE.

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