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Look for Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts at the 2011 Art Toronto - Booth # 1002.
Founded in 2000, Art Toronto is one of the most successful fairs in North America. Art Toronto is held annually at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Gala opening night preview, benefit for the Art Gallery of Ontario, Thursday October 27. Visit www.ago.net/art-toronto-2011, or call (416) 979-6628 for AGO Gala tickets.
Public hours:
Friday October 28, 12-8pm
Saturday October 29, 12-8pm
Sunday October 30, 12-6pm
Monday October 31, 12-6pm
Our weekend open house / group show opening was a success! Thank you to all who dropped by. Selected artists exhibiting: Jennifer Amenta, Barbara Amos, Tamara Bahry Paterson, Bill Boyko, Bruno Capolongo, Clay Davidson, Alan Davis, Steve Eprile, Peter Gottlieb, Christina Grace, Vladimir Kabelik, Rachelle Kearns, Michael Levin, Jennifer McGregor, Mats Nordstrom, Susan Rankin, Susana Reisman, Richard Roblin, Hanna Ruminski, Linda Rutenberg & Arnold Zageris.
Click on the link below to watch a stunning video piece by Brad Kremer featuring Michael Levin at work creating his photographs in Japan.
Brad Kremer is based in Savannah, Georgia and regularly shoots for Nike and Burton Snowboards, often using very creative time-lapse photography to give his work a kinetic pacing. Brilliant. The feature video Kremer and Levin shot together is a stylized view of how Levin makes his way through Japan. Enjoyed best at full screen.
Shawna Patenaude will be having a solo exhibition at the Skylight Gallery on the top floor of the Aurora Town Hall on October 3rd, 2011. The show will continue until the end of October.
Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts is pleased to announce the availability of two limited edition versions of Michael Levin's award-winning monograph, ZEBRATO: Deluxe Edition & Collectors' Edition. The original trade edition of ZEBRATO has completely sold out the first edition and is no longer available. Anyone interested in purchasing either of these special volumes should note that they are subject to tiered pricing based upon availability.
The Deluxe Edition - limited to 75 signed copies – features a cover made from blue Japanese bookcloth with title and author’s name debossed in silver foil. Includes a signed and numbered archival pigment print of Zebrato, 7x7 inches. This award-winning photograph was used as the title and cover image for the original trade edition. Zebrato is a much coveted photograph that sold out its original 15 prints long ago.
The Collectors' Edition - limited to 26 signed copies, lettered A-Z - tiered pricing starts at $900.00 - features a white linen cover with the title and author’s name debossed in silver foil. The book is enclosed in a custom-designed slipcase made from heather grey linen. Includes a 7x7 inch signed and editioned platinum print from an artist selection of 4 of his award winning images. Platinum print images to select from: Reveal, Zebrato, Posts & Shadows and Floating.
*Additional details & images of the 2 limited edition versions will be provided in an attached PDF document upon request.
Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts congratulates Shawna Patenaude on her recent award at the 23rd annual Art in the Valley exhibition-1st place in the Oil painting category. Patenaude also won the People’s Choice award at the 48th annual Art Aurora 2010.
Linda Rutenberg's spectacular coffee-table book, The Garden at Night, is available for purchase through MRFA. The book contains images taken in 20 of North America's premiere public gardens. Rutenberg unveils a luminous, unseen world of plants, colour, shadow, and light: the garden at night.
Click on the link below to view a new film that was made documenting Linda Rutenberg’s recent Eden Project. Just the latest in Rutenberg’s Gardens at night photographic exploration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bYSF7zbpyo
Barbara Amos is one of the resident Artists participating in the Artist’s Space at Calgary’s Creative Kids Museum. Click on the link below to view the Museums Review article.
Museum Article
Barbara Amos has completed a commission for the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. She was awarded 48 linear feet in the new women’s wing and is installing 16 photographs that relate to images of home. Each of these has been taken through a hand made lens that fragments the image and creates new patterns out of everyday objects. Click on the link below to read the article written about the development of the lens and view images of the installation.
Click here to view the article and see the installation
Arnold Zageris will be having solo exhibitions at both the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa and the Peterborough Art Gallery in 2012. These solo exhibitions will feature the intimate details and vistas of Labrador.
Zageris was also part of a group show which opened at the Espace Creation Loto-Quebec in Montreal. This show will tour Quebec for a year and represents the best of their 30 years of collecting Quebec art.
Michael Levin is the recipient of two Gold awards and a Silver award at this year's International Photography Awards (IPA). Levin’s new photographic series was also recognized with a 1st place in the highly competitive "Fine Art Category". This year the IPA received over 18,000 submissions from 140 countries.
Click on the link below to listen to Michael Levin’s interview with MAG magazine. MAG magazine has recently launched artist interviews on their website. You can also obtain your free copy of MAG magazine at the gallery and other various locations around Toronto.
http://www.massartguide.com/audio/200811_michael_levin_toronto_o.php
View Richard Roblin’s most recent and truly unique installation from his Icon painting series by clicking on the links below. The owners of this magnificent yacht are enjoying Roblin’s painting while traveling around the Mediterranean.
Richard Roblin's Yacht Image - please click the back arrow to return
Richard Roblin was commissioned to create the art for the 20-story Park Plaza Condominiums in Naples, Florida (2006-2007). Roblin is currently creating artwork for an exclusive residential project in Montreal. Richard Roblin is continuing his practice of collaborations with architects and designers. Robert Ledingham, the prominent Vancouver modernist designer, has included Richard's artwork in a San Francisco project. Richard's work was also featured in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Bermuda. The painting was the maquette for a 19' x 9' painting commissioned by XL Corporation, Bermuda.
Congratulations to Jennifer McGregor on the recent acquisition by the Colart Collection in Montréal Québec.
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The English Garden at Night, Linda RutenbergThe English Garden at Night published by Thames & Hudson. MRFA Photographer Linda Rutenberg visits Kew Gardens, Hatfield House, Great Dixter, Hestercombe Gardens, Wisley, Levens Hall and Alnwick Garden, Sissinghust, The Lost Garden of Heligan and The Eden Project. The challenge was to capture the essence and spirit of each of these extraordinary places with the mystery and theatricality of a summer’s night.
After Midnight, Linda Rutenberg
Through the Seasons at the Montreal Botanical GardenAfter Midnight: Through the Seasons at the Montreal Botanical Gardens is a sumptuous and elegant evocation of one of the crown jewels of Montreal, among the greatest of North American cities. In this luxurious large format volume, Linda Rutenberg's more than one hundred full-color photographs perfectly capture the gardens in all their seasonal splendor. In this unique exploration of the gardens, rich color imagery perfectly captures the mystery and beauty of the gardens at night, revealing a never-before-seen vision of the gardens After Midnight.
I Am My Family, Rafael Goldchain
Photographic Memories and FictionsRafael Goldchain's I Am My Family: Photographic Memories and Fictions is a family album of traditional portrait photographs with an unconventional twist: the only subject is Goldchain himself. In an elaborate process involving genealogical research, the use of makeup, hair styling, costume, and props, Goldchain transforms himself into his ancestors and captures their personifications with the camera. Taking some liberties with historical accuracy, Goldchain has assembled a fascinating cast of characters: from his short-story-writing grandfather, to his great-aunts Pola and Fela, to the Gur Rabbi's nephew and his bride Rachelle, Goldchain reinvents himself over and over again.
Jinny Yu
This 66 page catalogue raisonné by artist Jinny Yu is the first collection of Yu's paintings, covering the past ten years of her practice. Three critical essays by Antonio Foscari, Édith-Anne Pageot, and Emily Falvey explore and contextualize her work.
