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SUMMARY:Mehdi Dandi | Afterimage
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Saturday\, March 7\, 2-5 pm \nGuided Tour of the Exhibition with Mehdi Dandi: Saturday\, March 7\, 3:00 pm \nExhibition Dates: March 7 – April 25\, 2026 \nStephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present Afterimage\, our first solo exhibition of work by Mehdi Dandi (b. 1988\, Zanjan\, Iran). Afterimage examines how photography\, memory\, and migration are closely connected. Rather than using the photograph as a reliable document\, it is used as something fragile and moving toward collapse. Photography simultaneously records a situation while losing the context of the moment of seeing; what often remains is not the image itself\, but its Afterimage. \nThe images used for this series are largely drawn from objects and anonymous figures encountered in public spaces\, particularly the street\, that refer to moments\, narratives\, and conditions often connected to a time before migration. These images were developed through a multi-stage process. Dandi’s practice begins with a straight photograph\, which are hand-manipulated and re-photographed. Making multiple copies of the altered photograph\, they are adhered in layers onto a stretched canvas. Using the technique of décollage\, Dandi removes sections of images by cutting and tearing\, to reveal underlying images. \nThe physical act of tearing the photographs is an important part of the production process. It reflects how memory can be disrupted or damaged\, and how perception is often unstable. These hand torn fragments form patterns that reactivate the process of remembering. Migration plays a central role in this work. Distance in time and place makes it difficult to fully recall or hold onto memories from the past. Instead of clear memories\, what remains are fragments\, partial impressions that linger and slowly settle in the mind. \nDandi’s works are a combination of the original photograph captured\, and the process used to reflect the action of seeing. Far removed from their original state\, his photographs offer moments of encounter that acknowledge loss\, change\, and the ongoing movement of memory. \nDandi received his BA in Graphic Design from the University of Applied Science and Technology in Iran. Informed by poetry\, his practice approaches image-making as a way of thinking. His work uses the camera not simply to frame an object\, but to attend to the quieter meanings that surround it\, considering how images are perceived over time. Dandi’s relationship to his images intentionally unsettles the balance between subject and environment\, allowing moments of tension and reflection to emerge. Through this process\, the photograph becomes a space where observation and perception converge\, and where visual meaning unfolds with a poetic sensibility. \nDandi’s work has been included in over twenty-five group exhibitions internationally\, including presentations in Italy\, the United Kingdom\, the United Arab Emirates\, the United States\, India\, and Iran. Dandi’s work is held in private and corporate collections.
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LOCATION:Stephen Bulger Gallery\, 1356 Dundas St W\, Old Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6J 1Y2
CATEGORIES:Art & Design
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SUMMARY:Joan Lyons
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Saturday\, January 10\, 2-5pm \nGuided Tour of the Exhibition with Joan Lyons: January 10\, 3pm \nExhibition Dates: January 10 – February 28\, 2026 \nStephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to announce our representation of Joan Lyons (American\, b. 1937\, Brooklyn\, NY) with a solo exhibition featuring examples of work made over six decades. Since the 1960s\, Lyons has been a key figure and influence in the photography scene in Rochester\, New York. Working in printmaking\, photography\, and artists’ books\, she creates innovative work that incorporates both historical and contemporary processes. Her fascination with the people and objects that surround her\, along with her desire to challenge the influence of traditional photography through a feminist lens result in Lyons drawing her private life into her artistic practice. Her artwork moves well beyond the Black & White printing that once dominated the photographic academy. \nOur exhibition features work from ten of Lyons’ key photographic projects and a wide range of media\, including antiquated photographic processes\, photograms\, offset lithography\, photo-quilt making\, pinhole photography\, xerography\, screen printing\, and digital prints. Her technical skill enables her to develop complex processes using a variety of optical devices and print techniques. \nIn a 1982 artist statement\, Lyons wrote: “I work through complexity to something simple and direct. This distillation process becomes more evident as time goes on. I work at those things that are evident; how I see\, not conventions of seeing.” \nOur exhibition will include seminal work from over fifty years of artistic production\, including Untitled (bedspread)\, 1969; Prom\, 1975; Women’s Portrait Series\, 1974–1979; the portfolio Presences\, 1980; Happy Birthday\, August 1986; Domestic Accumulations\, 2016–2025; and Land(landscape)scapes\, 2010–2020. \nLyons completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Alfred University\, New York (1957)\, and a Master of Fine Arts at SUNY Buffalo\, New York (1973). Since 1963\, her work has been collected by major institutions worldwide\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston; the DeCordova Museum\, Lincoln; the Arts Council of Great Britain; the Center for Creative Photography\, Tucson; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo\, Sevilla; the Art Gallery of Ontario\, Toronto; the National Gallery of Canada\, Ottawa; and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Her work is held in numerous permanent collections\, among them the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston; the Minneapolis Institute of Art; the Norton Simon Museum\, Pasadena; the J. Paul Getty Museum\, Los Angeles; the Yale University Art Gallery\, New Haven; the DeCordova Museum\, Lincoln; the Museum of Modern Art\, New York; and the National Gallery of Canada\, Ottawa. Lyons has published over thirty editions of her artist’s books since 1972. A retrospective exhibition\, JOAN LYONS\, was organized by the Memorial Art Gallery\, University of Rochester\, and presented from February 25 to August 13\, 2023. \nIn addition to her artistic practice\, Lyons was the Founding Director of the influential Visual Studies Workshop Press (1972–2004). Under her leadership\, VSW Press played a central role in the evolution and definition of the field of artist’s books over the past six decades\, publishing more than 450 titles. Lyons is the editor of the highly influential Artist’s Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook (1986\, 1988\, 1991\, 1993\, 1995)\, as well as the annotated bibliography Artist’s Books: Visual Studies Workshop Press\, 1972–2008. \nJoan Lyons will be on view January 10 – February 28\, 2026\, at Stephen Bulger Gallery\, 1356 Dundas Street West\, Toronto\, ON\, M6J 1Y2\, Canada. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday\, 11 AM to 6 PM. For more information about the exhibition or general inquiries\, please contact the gallery at info@bulgergallery.com or 416-504-0575.
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LOCATION:Stephen Bulger Gallery\, 1356 Dundas St W\, Old Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6J 1Y2
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SUMMARY:Canadian Photographs: 1950 – Present | A Group Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present “Canadian Photographs: 1950 – Present”\, a group exhibition. \nRecent events have encouraged Canadians to reflect on the significance of our country. When we think of the places\, people\, and events that have shaped our collective memory\, photographs often come to mind. In support of this reflection and to inspire deeper appreciation\, we present a selection of works that highlight the evolution of photography over the past seventy-five years and its important role in documenting history. \nThis exhibition primarily features photographs taken in Canada. Organized chronologically\, the exhibition includes original examples by photographers who exhibited in camera club salons during the 1950s and 1960s\, and explores the continuing influence of documentary practice from that period to the present. It also traces the rise of photography accepted as art\, and the growing prominence of colour photography in the final decades of the 20th century. \nPhotographs from the 21st century highlight the diverse practices of people using both analogue and digital photography to document the world around them and to express personal thoughts\, emotions\, and ideas. \nThe exhibition features work by Doug Ball\, Phil Bergerson\, James Borcoman\, Jessica Bradley\,Peter Bregg\, Reva Brooks\, Lynne Cohen\, Scott Conarroe\, Sylvain Cousineau\, Donigan Cumming\, Lutz Dille\, Henri Durand\, David Evans\, Evergon\, Robert Frank\, Rex Frost\, Charles Gagnon\, Pierre Gaudard\, Tom Gibson\, Fred Greenslade\, Richard Harrington\, Isobel Harry\, Joseph Hartman\, Fred Herzog\, David Hlynsky\, Geoffrey James\, Albert Kish\, Shaney Komulainen\, Ivaan Kotulsky\, George Legrady\, Rita Leistner\, Christina Leslie\, Randal Levenson\, Nina Levitt\, Peter Martin\, John Max\, Sanaz Mazinani\, Wynne Neilly\, Shelley Niro\, Louie Palu\, Cyril Ryan\, Michael Schreier\, Volker Seding\, Orest Semchishen\, Vincent Sharp\, Andre Sima\, Barbara Spohr\, Gabor Szilasi\, Sam Tata\, Jeff Thomas\, Larry Towell\, Peter Varley\, and Harry Waddle. This is the second of two related exhibitions; the first\, “Canadian Photographs: 1900–1950\,” was presented in the summer of 2025.
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LOCATION:Stephen Bulger Gallery\, 1356 Dundas St W\, Old Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6J 1Y2
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