Mark Lewis: Canada, at the AGO, April 13 to December 10, artist talk 6 pm April 12.
The influential video artist shows a few selections from his ongoing series about the idea of Canada – one video associates the nation with the unconscious, another looks at industrialization in the Don Valley and a third depicts an encounter with a strong woman at Scarborough Bluffs.
Julieta Maria: Limpia
Claudia Bernal, Coco Guzmán, Julieta Maria and David Constantino Salazar: Strike A Chord, at Sur Gallery, April 13 to June 3, reception/performance/artist talks 7-10 pm May 4.
In this show, part of the annual Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, video, performance, installation and drawing works by four Latin- and Spanish-Canadian artists call for action and resistance.
David Rokeby: Circle Trafalgar Square
David Rokeby: Between Motion And Stillness, at Pari Nadimi Gallery, April 13 to May 27, reception 6-8 pm April 13.
Noted Canadian media-manipulator Rokeby explores motion and stillness in four public locations – Venice’s Piazza San Marco, London’s Trafalgar Square, Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square and Square One Mississauga – using light boxes, lenticular images, chromogenic prints and video.