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Looking Back at The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Posted by Tim / July 10, 2006

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This weekend I stopped by the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. It was a lot bigger and more interesting than expected. Reminded me how many talented artists - of all disciplines - we have in the city.

As I walked around the grounds outside City Hall, I snapped a bunch of photos of some of my faves like Milk Sugar Bacon (above) by Louis Cohen. There was definitely more than painting and photography here. I guess it just so happened that's what stood out for me.

I'm pretty sure I've seen Mike Parsons doing his thing on Queen West. He was attracting a bit of a crowd at the TOAE. His work is really intricate and involved.

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Not sure if this one was from Krista Bursey or Jason Watterman but it picked up a top prize for something.

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I really liked Paul C's work. These look like paintings but they're actually high res photos taken against a white background, printed on canvas.

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Oleh Sirant won an award for Best Portraits at the show. He too prints his photos on canvas.

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I really liked these still life's from Dorion Scott. Or maybe I was just hungry.

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Discussion

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jerrold / July 11, 2006 at 02:46 pm
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Such a shame I had to miss this one! :(
timmah / July 12, 2006 at 03:35 pm
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I work at City Hall, and had no idea this was going on untill I went outside for my lunch break. Spent most of the hour wandering around looking at the art, then spent more time during my afternoon break, and then even more once I was done work for the day. Hell, I even wanted to go back to look some more on Sunday but didnt get the time to.

I wish I had more money, as there were a number of works that I would of loved to have snagged up.
sookie / July 12, 2006 at 04:02 pm
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Hi Tim, Love the red one too - are those dragonflies mating?

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