Sheila Hicks: Material Voices, at the Textile Museum of Canada, October 6 to February 5, 2017, reception 6:30-8 pmOctober 5.
The influential American fibre artist, who’s been creating colourful cloth and yarn sculptures, hangings and installations for over 50 years, gets a career survey at the Textile Museum.
Maria Ezcurra: La Procesión Va Por Dentro
Maria Ezcurra: In Your Shoes, at Sur Gallery, October 6 to December 3, reception 7-10 pm October 6.
The Argentina-born artist’s installations – made with pantyhose, shoes and blankets – conjure missing and murdered women and the trauma associated with social inequality. Sur Gallery is run by LACAP (Latin American Canadian Art Projects).
Renée Green: Begin Again, Begin Again
Renée Green: Facing, at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, October 6 to November 26 reception 7-10 pm October 6.
The African-American filmmaker, conceptual artist and writer brings her project about the relationships of locations to perception and memory – with the film Begin Again, Begin Again – to Toronto. (Previous iterations have included Spacing in Lisbon, Placing in Berlin, etc.)
