An image from the Sports Gallery in Toronto
This summer I will be traveling to Toronto on vacation. Upon doing some research, I have come to learn that Toronto is a hub of photographic exhibits. Throughout the city there are many photographic exhibits featuring many different subjects. In fact, during the month of May Toronto holds the largest photographic festival in the world, The Contact Photo Festival is held in over 200 venues around Toronto, local and international photographers display their works. The Contact Photo Festival is one of the largest tourist attractions that Toronto has. It is promising that the art world is doing so well for our neighbors to the North. A few of the year round galleries have caught my interest.
Sport Gallery-
The Sport Gallery is filled with, you guessed it, sports photography. The exhibit was started by a Toronto man and has been in existence for years. The gallery is filled with images from Sport Magazine. This magazine was started in 1946 and was very popular throughout the 50s and 60s until it went out of business in the 70s. The magazine was filled with dynamic images of sports stars and in-game action. After the magazine went out of business, a Toronto man purchased over 250,000 images that are now displayed year round. I definitely plan to stop by this interesting exhibit during my trip.
Political Poetics, University of Toronto Art Centre
Suzy Lake has created an exhibit in the University of Toronto Art Centre that focuses mainly on women and their role in the world. The images deal with society, politics, and media themes that challenge conventional ideas. Suzy Lake is a well-respected artist in Canada who is known as “a seminal figure in the world of visual arts.” In her gallery Political Poetics, Lake, continues her theme of the last 40 years, women’s rights. The gallery is extremely popular and I would be remise if I did not look into her work.
http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/primary-exhibitions/490
http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_photography_galleries_in_toronto/
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