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Monday, March 21, 2016

Exhibit: Bold & Timely!

The Power Plant Gallery's Winter Exhibitions Review

Even though winter has finally ended, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery is still running their winter exhibitions, which opened just before I left on vacation almost two months ago. And finally, I get to share my review about the bold four exhibitions that are on now.

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery Winter 2016 Exhibitions in Toronto, Artmatters, Culture, Exhibit, PsCulture, The Purple Scarf, Meanie.Ps, Ontario, Canada, Patrick Bernatchez, Les Temps inacheves
Patrick Bernatchez: Les Temps inachevés
Three of the four exhibits are new and all use a variety of media in their installations.

The first exhibit is Collective Stance by New York-based artist Leslie Hewitt. This exhibit has many parts including several videos exploring past events, and a variety of steel sculptures. Although the ideas and themes of Collective Stance are interesting, it is not my favourite form of art and I found it a little boring. But, I have read some rave reviews about Collective Stance, so I may be apart of a small group.

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery Winter 2016 Exhibitions in Toronto, Artmatters, Culture, Exhibit, PsCulture, The Purple Scarf, Meanie.Ps, Ontario, Canada, Collective Stance, Leslie Hewitt
Leslie Hewitt: Collective Stance
The second and largest exhibit is Les Temps inachevés by Patrick Bernatchez, which brings together several pieces from his Chrysalides (2006-13) and Lost in Time (2009-15) works. Exploring themes revolving around time, Bernatchez uses several types of media into his installations. Although I loved the Fashion Plaza Nights (2007-13), which is a part of Chrysalides, I'm not a huge 'art films' fan, and films are a huge part of Les Temps inachevés.

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery Winter 2016 Exhibitions in Toronto, Artmatters, Culture, Exhibit, PsCulture, The Purple Scarf, Meanie.Ps, Ontario, Canada, Les Temps inacheves, Patrick Bernatchez
Fashion Plaza Nights (2007-13) from Les Temps inachevés by Patrick Bernatchez
The third exhibit is another film-based exhibition called The Political Nightfall by Aude Moreau. The cities of Los Angeles and Toronto are featured in Moreau's films and I liked to simple strong message of the slowly panning videos of the cityscapes.

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery Winter 2016 Exhibitions in Toronto, Artmatters, Culture, Exhibit, PsCulture, The Purple Scarf, Meanie.Ps, Ontario, Canada, Aude Moreau, The Political Nightfall
Aude Moreau: Ploitical Nightfall

The last exhibit, Black Cloud by Carlos Amorales, was my favourite from the Fall Exhibitions. Even though it was featured previously, it has been slightly altered from its original staging.

Even though these were not my favourites compared to past Power Plant Gallery exhibitions, they still made me think and ask questions, which is why I love all forms of art. All four exhibitions are running until May 15, 2016. Please visit The Power Plant Gallery for more information.

P.s!: The Power Plant Gallery offers several workshops, seminars and lectures, usually free. Please visit The Power Plant - Programs and Events for more information!

P.s,
Melanie!

2 comments:

  1. Unknown10/14/2016 1:10 pm

    Leslie Hewitt's Collective Stance was boring, I agree. And actually, as a volunteer gallery attendant for this show, you weren't suppose to take photographs of the work but I wont tell lol. The Chrysalides's active sculpture was and continues to be my favourite work I've ever seen at The Power Plant. Thanks for the post, it was a good reminder of last year.

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    1. melanie.ps10/22/2016 6:50 pm

      You are very welcomed! And yes I sometimes take 'sneaky pics' for the purposes of giving my readers a better understanding of the exhibits I review (thanks for not ratting me out:)

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