General Hardware Contemporary
1520 Queen St. West M6R 1A4 Toronto, ON, Canada

CONGRATULATIONS JULIE VOYCE AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario acquires work at ART/TO 2020 https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-2515474 #julievoyce #generalhardwarecontemporary

Fall Programming at General Hardware - https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-2514910

GRAHAM GILLMORE THE END OF ELOQUENCE Opening: Sept. 17 Artist in attendance, 5- 8 pm Gallery Hours: Wed. - Sat. 12-5 pm ... The gallery maintains COVID-19 protocols. Please wear a mask and maintain social distance. Private viewings are available by appointment. [email protected] We are pleased to present The End of Eloquence, a solo exhibition of recent paintings by iconic Canadian artist Graham Gillmore. The paintings in the exhibition were created in Gillmore’s Winlaw, BC studio, nestled in the Slocan Valley region of the West Kootenay Mountains. Known for his seductively vibrant paintings interspersed with provocative phrases, Gillmore’s recent work comments on the slippery intricacies of personal and cultural communication. His use of suggestive text fragments and satirical word play draw attention to the indeterminacy of language. By engraving these poetic fragments into sleek layers of enamelled surfaces, Gillmore underscores the fluid and unsettled vagaries of our interpersonal exchanges. His work maintains a tenuous balance between sarcasm and sincerity, clarity and confusion, intimacy and distance. Gillmore lived in New York for over 25 years and has positioned himself internationally. His reputation extends across Canada, the United States and in Europe with recent exhibitions held in Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, San Francisco, New York, Miami Beach, Madrid and Berlin. Earlier exhibitions include Learn to Read at the TATE Modern alongside John Baldessari and Carol Bove. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Audain Art Museum, British Columbia; the Ghent Museum, Belgium; Gian Enzo Sperone, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto; RCA Records, New York; The Royal Bank of Canada; The Bank of Montreal; The Vancouver Art Gallery; and numerous other institutions and private collections worldwide. He has been featured in publications such as Canadian Art, Border Crossings, W Magazine, Art News, ArtForum, L.A. Weekly, C Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine. The End of Eloquence, oil on panel, 72 x 48, 2020 #grahamgillmore #generalhardwarecontemporary #parkdale #toronto #cndart @lfdocumentation

Graham Gillmore Absurdistan, 2020 diptych, oil on panel, 60 x 80 x 3 Exhibition: ... The End of Eloquence Opens Sept. 17, 5-8 pm artist in attendance #generalhardwarecontemporary #grahamgillmore See more

SUMMER EXHIBITIONS Kate Wilson: Exoplanet Lyla Rye: Blaze Open by appointment https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885902

FEATURED EXHIBITION Celia Neubauer: Advance https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885897 #celianeubauer #generalhardwarecontemporary #earthday #canadianart #painting #torontogalleries #nature

Thank you artoronto.ca and #mikaelsandblom for reviewing our current exhibition. Fossil Record continues until Feb. 22, Wed.- Sat. 12 - 6 pm https://www.artoronto.ca/ #margauxsmith #gillianking #stanzietooth #fionafreemark #tatumdooley #galerienicholasrobert #diannawittegallery #generalhardware #fossilrecord

FOSSIL RECORD: Group exhibition opens this Sat. Jan. 18, 2-5 pm Curated by Tatum Dooley Featuring the work of four artists: Gillian King, Fiona Freemark, Margaux Smith and Stanzie Tooth. https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885853

FOSSIL RECORD Opens: Saturday Jan. 18, 2-5 pm General Hardware Contemporary Fiona Freemark Gillian King... Margaux Smith Stanzie Tooth Curated by: Tatum Dooley image: Gillian King, Cecropia, 2019, Acrylic, rust sediments, and various plant materials on canvas, 72 x 60 image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nicolas Robert

John Armstrong and Paul Collins, Brinay Corner, oil on chromogenic print mounted to aluminum, 20 x 30 inches

OPENING Sat. Nov. 30, 2 6 pm FORECAST: A Group Exhibition See you there. https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885833

Now in its 24th year, Canadian Art’s Social is one of the largest live and silent contemporary art auctions in Canada, and is an essential source of funding for Canadian Art. Here, four members of the Art Advisory CommitteeAryen Hoekstra, Luis Jacob, Claire Christie and Stuart Keelerdiscuss some of their favourite works. https://canadianart.ca/news/social-2019-art-auction-picks/

TORONTO BIENNIAL OF ART opens this weekend. Join us at upcoming events including: Sinaaqpagiaqtuut/The Long-Cut Exhibition and Procession Performance - PA SYSTEM & EMBASSY OF IMAGINATION - #pasystem #embassyofimagination Toronto Biennial of Art https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885805

REMINDER Jordan Broadworth: Bag of Shadows Opening SATURDAY Sept. 7, 36 pm #jordanbroadworth #generalhardwarecontemporary #gallery #toronto #parkdale #canadianart https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885789

Thank you Alex Bierk and Canadian Art for speaking out. https://canadianart.ca//artist-speaks-out-on-opioid-deaths/

image: Jordan Broadworth State Like, 2018, oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches... Forthcoming Exhibition: Bag of Shadows Opening: Sat. Sept. 7, 3 - 6 pm Artist in attendance #generalhardwarecontemporary #jordanbroadworth

REMINDER // JOE FLEMING: SILVER HARLEY exhibition closes on Saturday (July 20) - https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885781

OPENING TONIGHT Joe Fleming: Silver Harley THURS. JUNE 13, 5-8, all welcome . .... Fleming’s new series, Silver Harley, grapples with figuration and abstraction. Found animated drawings are torn, deconstructed and morphed into fantastical images with a social and political narrative at a time when our beliefs and values are being challenged daily. Hand and machine are employed and mark making happens on both sides of the transparent surface, creating a play between figure and ground in a modernist way. Light travels through the surfaces casting shadows and involving the wall in the experience. Joe Fleming has exhibited internationally for over 20 years with solo exhibitions in Singapore, Malaysia, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and New York City. He has lectured at universities in Canada, the United States and South East Asia since 1993. His paintings are included in many public and private collections such as: BMO Financial Group, Trimark Mutual Funds, Honeywell Bull, Prince Waterhouse Coopers (Malaysia), HSBC Bank, A.T. Tolley Collection, Australian High Commission, Canadian High Commission (Kuala Lumpur), the Art Gallery of Edmonton, the Museum of Civilization (Hull, Quebec) and the Holocaust Museum (LA). Fleming has exhibited in numerous international art fairs: Art Stage (Singapore), FIAC (Paris), Arte Cologne (Germany), Scope (New York and Miami), Papier (Montreal) and TIAF (Toronto). He has received recognition for his work in Carte Blanche 2: Painting a survey of new Canadian painting (The Magenta Foundation), 60 Painters in Canada, The Artist’s Studio @jhartmanphoto , American Illustration, Imago Mundi, Design Lines Magazine, Azure Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Now Magazine, CBC, Chelsea Now and The Wall Street Journal Magazine. Fleming lives and works in Toronto, Canada. . Contact the gallery for details: [email protected] #generalhardwarecontemporary #painting #cndart #contemporaryart #joefleming #toronto #parkdale #silver #harley @joeflemingartist

Reminder JOE FLEMING: SILVER HARLEY opens this Thurs. June 13, 5 -8 pm - https://mailchi.mp/generalhardware/8g502aso6n-885765