Wedge Curatorial Projects

Rockstone & Bootheel @ Realways

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:25:48 +0000

Opening Saturday, November 14 - Real Art Ways presents Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art, Curated by Kristina Newman-Scott and Yona Backar, featuring Wedge collection artist Christina Leslie.

‘Take a journey’ with emerging and established West Indie and diaspora artists, influenced by the social, political and economic conditions of a fragile region.

Rockstone and Bootheel review in the Hartford Courant. Congratulations to curator Kristina Newman-Scott for putting together a thoughtful and poignant show.

BECOMING: Photographs from the Wedge Collection

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:31:02 +0000

BECOMING: Photographs from the Wedge Collection features over 60 contemporary and historical photographic works by 38 artists, exploring the creation and assertion of identity through portraiture. Our first venue was the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit (MOCAD). Programming included a lecture and a weekend youth photography workshop led by Wedge artist Jamel Shabazz. Jamel introduced a small group of high school kids in the Detroit area to the exploratory possibilities basic photography can offer, focusing on their personal visions and community issues. These photos were subsequently displayed as a mini-exhibition in conjunction with our show.

Accompanied by an essay by Canadian curator and art scholar Pamela Edmonds, the exhibit drew increased attendance to MOCAD and enjoyed excellent reviews!

Visionary Delusions - Extended Dates

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:25:32 +0000

Hank Willis Thomas’ show at Georgia Scherman Projects has been extended until 20th June, 2009. Be sure to see it while you can!

Wedge News: Hank Willis Thomas in Toronto

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:24:14 +0000

Wedge Collection artist Hank Willis Thomas’ first Toronto exhibition,
“Visionary Delusions” is currently showing at Georgia Scherman
Projects. It is an excellent survey of his increasingly conceptual art
practice, and runs until May 31 2009.

Kenneth Montague will be introducing Hank at his artist talk, tomorrow (Saturday, May
16th) at the gallery. Hope to see you there for this event at 1pm!

Here’s the location of Hank’s exhibition - as well as tomorrow’s lecture:

Georgia Scherman Projects
133 Tecumseth Street
Toronto ON M6J 2H2
Canada
T. 416-554-4112
F. 416-516-3990
georgia@georgiascherman.com
www.georgiascherman.com

And, check out Hank’s own site here:

http://hankwillisthomas.com/

Hank Willis Thomas at Georgia Scherman Projects, May 2009.

head room featured in Globe and Mail

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:24:37 +0000

head room, which ran from Sept. 26 - Oct. 26, 2008 is featured in today’s Globe and Mail:

2008: THE YEAR THAT WAS

VISUAL ARTS: The go-go vibe gets a remix
SARAH MILROY
December 27, 2008

Most Surprising Curatorial Encounter

Head Room, a little show within a show at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto this fall, revealed the talent of a lesser-known treasure: Kenneth Montague, a practising dentist and art collector who also makes hip exhibitions here and there under the banner Wedge Curatorial Projects. At MoCCA, he inventively brought together photographs by black artists from his collection with found objects (a wooden painted hair salon sign from Togo, a shopping bag from Cape Town), exploring the elaborate hair braiding and styling practices prevalent in black culture. -S.M.

For the full article, click here.

The Press Release can be downloaded here.

head room: images

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:56:03 +0000