| Curated by Richard McNeill & Shuhui Lee, Nov. 7 - 30, 2012 | Common Thread International Exhibition | |||||
| Curatorial Statement | List of Artists | The Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||
| Return to 2012 Exhibitions Menu | Photography: Gareth Bate Design | |||||
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| Dagmar Kovar | Dagmar Kovar | Dagmar Kovar | Dagmar Kovar | |||
| London, Ontario | London, Ontario | London, Ontario | London, Ontario | |||
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| Catherine Dormor | Catherine Dormor | Catherine Dormor | Catherine Dormor | |||
| Cambridge, United Kingdom | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Cambridge, United Kingdom | |||
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| Camilla Geary-Martin | Camilla Geary-Martin | Camilla Geary-Martin | Camilla Geary-Martin | |||
| Toronto, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | |||
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| Installation View | Judi Michelle Young | Judi Michelle Young | Judi Michelle Young | |||
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| Britta Fluevog | Britta Fluevog | Marie Bergstedt | Marie Bergstedt | |||
| Vancouver, British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia | San Francisco, California | San Francisco, California | |||
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| Marie Bergstedt | Marie Bergstedt | Marie Bergstedt | Marie Bergstedt | |||
| San Francisco, California | San Francisco, California | San Francisco, California | San Francisco, California | |||
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| Jodi Colella | Jodi Colella | Jodi Colella | Anna Wieselgren | |||
| Somerville, Massachusetts | Somerville, Massachusetts | Somerville, Massachusetts | London, Ontario, Canada | |||
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| Anna Wieselgren | Anna Wieselgren | Anna Wieselgren | Anna Wieselgren | |||
| London, Ontario | London, Ontario | London, Ontario | London, Ontario | |||
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| Xia Gao | Xia Gao | Xia Gao | Xia Gao | |||
| East Lansing, Michigan | East Lansing, Michigan | East Lansing, Michigan | East Lansing, Michigan | |||
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| Martina Breyer | J. Mac | J. Mac | J. Mac | |||
| Berlin, Germany | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | |||
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| J. Mac | J. Mac | |||||
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Curatorial Statement
The Sculptors Society of Canada was pleased to be join the World of Threads Festival 2012 as a Toronto exhibition venue.
The SSC is an organization of Canadian sculptors that promotes and fosters Canadian sculpture. We also, occasionally, exhibit international work and it was our intention to find, from far corners, work of exceptional caliber for this exhibition. Thus, we had work coming from the UK, Germany and from across the USA. Canadian fibre artists were also chosen from Vancouver, BC and London, ON.
From the outset, it was decided that the exhibition would be an equitable sharing of space with invited/selected international artists and SSC sculptors (most of whom do not normally work in a fibre manner). When selecting pieces, all work had to be sculpture, had to be created by fibre/thread processing and/or materials, and had to be well designed, expertly executed, and speak beyond its fabrication. Size was a formidable consideration as our gallery is not huge – however, a range of sizes, from mere inches to many feet, were chosen.
As it happened, the exhibition was completely feminist. It showcased an equal sharing of totally abstract and figurative approaches with a smattering of pop. There were five artists invited from abroad, three from Canada, along with six SSC members chosen from our call. We were excited to host this exhibition.
Download the 2012 Festival Exhibition Brochure.
Common Thread International Exhibitions
The Common Thread International exhibitions are the flagship shows of the World of Threads Festival. Hundreds of artists from around the world submitted bodies of work, installations or individual pieces to the Festival. Multiple curators from various Oakville and Toronto galleries have created exciting exhibitions based on their own unique interests. We bring international contemporary fibre art to Oakville and the Toronto area as well as highlight the strength of our local artists.
Curators
- Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Richard McNeill & Shuhui Lee.
Artists
Sculptors Society of Canada
- Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Michelle duQuesnay-Jones, Lisa Jayne Irvine, Camilla Geary-Martin, J. Mac, Judi Michelle Young, Wainfleet: Joyce Honsberger.
Common Thread International
- Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver: Britta Fluevog, Ontario: London: Dagmar Kovar, Anna Wieselgren.
- Germany: Berlin: Martina Breyer.
- United Kingdom: Cambridgeshire: Cambridge: Catherine Dormor.
- USA: California, San Francisco: Marie Bergstedt, Massachusetts: Somerville: Jodi Colella, Michigan: East Lansing:
Xia Gao.
Photographer
Venue
Canadian Sculpture Centre, 500 Church Street, Toronto, (South of Wellesley Street East on the west side of Church St.)
Special Thanks to Richard McNeill, Shuhui Lee and Judi Michelle Young.