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Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Carrie Mae Weems

Dates TBA
  • Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Carrie Mae Weems, A Class Ponders the Future, 2008. Photograph. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY.

$15 and $8 for students/under-waged
Purchase tickets here
Daniels Building, Main Hall

Through photography, text, video, installation, and theatre, American artist Carrie Mae Weems has created a complex body of work that investigates family relationships, gender roles, racism, classism, and politics. Although her work addresses a wide array of issues, Weems’ overarching commitment is to create a better understanding of the present moment by examining our collective past.

Weems, a MacArthur grant recipient, is represented in public and private collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at major national and international museums including the Whitney Museum; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

As Weems’ first solo presentation in Canada, her exhibition in five parts includes an array of the artist’s pivotal, celebrated works, some in unique new iterations. Works will be shown at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, at CONTACT Gallery, and at three outdoor sites in Toronto’s Entertainment District, including the exterior of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, the headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Supported by Liza Mauer and Andrew Sheiner, Cindy and Shon Barnett, The Stonefields Foundation, and an anonymous donor

Mike Hoolboom and Jorge Lozano Configurations

A Space Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Arnait Video Productions Arnait Ikajurtigiit: Women Helping Each Other

AGYU
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Photography Collection: Women in Focus, 1920s–1940s

Art Gallery of Ontario
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Heave

Art Museum
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Michael Tsegaye Future Memories

BAND Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Ayana V. Jackson Fissure

Campbell House Museum
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Annette Mangaard Water Fall: A Cinematic Installation

Charles Street Video
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Blending the Blues

CONTACT Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Carrie Mae Weems

Daniels Building U of T
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Geoffrey James Working Spaces | Civic Settings: Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana

Daniels Building U of T
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Developing Historical Negatives

Gallery 44
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Erika DeFreitas It is now here that I have gathered and measured yes.

Gallery TPW
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Zinnia Naqvi, Luther Konadu, Ethan Murphy The New Generation Photography Award

Gladstone Hotel
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

As Immense as the Sky

The Image Centre
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Scotiabank Photography Award: Moyra Davey

The Image Centre
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Nevet Yitzhak WarCraft

Koffler Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Louie Palu Distant Early Warning

The McMichael
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Beatrice Gibson Plural Dreams of Social Life

Mercer Union
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

T.M. Glass The Audible Language of Flowers

Onsite Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Idea Projects

Ontario Science Centre
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Taysir Batniji Suspended Time

Prefix ICA
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

The 2019 Photobook Lab

Scrap Metal
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Nadia Myre Balancing Acts

Textile Museum of Canada
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Manar Moursi The Loudspeaker and the Tower

Trinity Square Video
Archives 2019 primary exhibition
OverviewCorePublic ArtOpen CallArtists
  • Overview
  • Core
  • Public Art
  • Open Call
  • Artists
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Carrie Mae Weems

Dates TBA
  • Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Carrie Mae Weems, A Class Ponders the Future, 2008. Photograph. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY.

$15 and $8 for students/under-waged
Purchase tickets here
Daniels Building, Main Hall

Through photography, text, video, installation, and theatre, American artist Carrie Mae Weems has created a complex body of work that investigates family relationships, gender roles, racism, classism, and politics. Although her work addresses a wide array of issues, Weems’ overarching commitment is to create a better understanding of the present moment by examining our collective past.

Weems, a MacArthur grant recipient, is represented in public and private collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at major national and international museums including the Whitney Museum; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

As Weems’ first solo presentation in Canada, her exhibition in five parts includes an array of the artist’s pivotal, celebrated works, some in unique new iterations. Works will be shown at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, at CONTACT Gallery, and at three outdoor sites in Toronto’s Entertainment District, including the exterior of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, the headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Supported by Liza Mauer and Andrew Sheiner, Cindy and Shon Barnett, The Stonefields Foundation, and an anonymous donor

Mike Hoolboom and Jorge Lozano Configurations

A Space Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Arnait Video Productions Arnait Ikajurtigiit: Women Helping Each Other

AGYU
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Photography Collection: Women in Focus, 1920s–1940s

Art Gallery of Ontario
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Heave

Art Museum
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Michael Tsegaye Future Memories

BAND Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Ayana V. Jackson Fissure

Campbell House Museum
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Annette Mangaard Water Fall: A Cinematic Installation

Charles Street Video
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Blending the Blues

CONTACT Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Carrie Mae Weems Carrie Mae Weems

Daniels Building U of T
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Geoffrey James Working Spaces | Civic Settings: Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana

Daniels Building U of T
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Developing Historical Negatives

Gallery 44
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Erika DeFreitas It is now here that I have gathered and measured yes.

Gallery TPW
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Zinnia Naqvi, Luther Konadu, Ethan Murphy The New Generation Photography Award

Gladstone Hotel
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

As Immense as the Sky

The Image Centre
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Scotiabank Photography Award: Moyra Davey

The Image Centre
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Nevet Yitzhak WarCraft

Koffler Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Louie Palu Distant Early Warning

The McMichael
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Beatrice Gibson Plural Dreams of Social Life

Mercer Union
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

T.M. Glass The Audible Language of Flowers

Onsite Gallery
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Idea Projects

Ontario Science Centre
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Taysir Batniji Suspended Time

Prefix ICA
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

The 2019 Photobook Lab

Scrap Metal
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Nadia Myre Balancing Acts

Textile Museum of Canada
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

Manar Moursi The Loudspeaker and the Tower

Trinity Square Video
Archives 2019 primary exhibition

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CONTACT is a Toronto based non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing and celebrating photography and lens-based media through an annual festival that takes place every May.

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