Thirty must-see pieces from the Artist Project

Thirty must-see pieces from the Artist Project

By Kevin Naulls | March 2, 2012

By Kevin Naulls | 03/02/2012

The Artist Project (Images: Kevin Naulls)

Two hundred artists, one venue: that’s the concept behind the Artist Project, an annual jury-selected event bringing together creators from a variety of disciplines, with a diverse array of talent. We took in the impressive spectacle last night at the Queen Elizabeth Building at Exhibition Place, where we saw everything from landscape paintings mimicking Group of Seven works to impressive photorealism to sculptural oddities. Everything was for sale, and the art was flying off the walls.

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No one uses VHS anymore. That’s what we assumed Matthew Sweig was trying to say

Dana Filibert’s blue horse sculpture was something everyone had to stop and look at

Aislinn Caron’s sculptural oddities

Tel Aviv’s Nisim Ben Aderet creates pattern and texture with the repetition of his figures

Bailey Govier’s fantastic use of colour

Elly Smallwood’s eerily beautiful portrait (we couldn’t look away)

Sarah Ammons creates movement with her subject on the canvas

Artist Dwight Baird’s baseball scene uses a minimal colour palette so the eye focuses on the striking figures

Artist Dwight Baird tugs at our heartstrings with his vivid representations of nostalgic scenes

Keita Morimoto’s portraits are as pretty as soft-focus photos, but much more striking with their monochromatic palettes

Harv Glazer’s beautiful women get a geometric treatment

Maureen O’Connor’s vivid photographs of what appears to be an abandoned children’s hospital

Richard Anhert creates an animal with layers

And here’s Richard Anhert’s take. Society meets Animorphs

We’re not going to lie, we have a thing for humans with animal heads. Here’s Tony Taylor’s take on this timeless tradition

Another work by Peter Barelkowski

Painter Peter Barelkowski carves elements into his canvases—a simple but effective technique

Sarah Tacoma’s waxy treatment created the illusion of a tilt-shift photograph

Lynne Schumacher’s breathtaking paintings of trees were totally worth getting your nose up to the canvas for—the detail is incredible

John Ovcacik’s vivid, almost-perfect homes required thoughtful inspection

David Marshak’s look at a vacant street reminded us of the calm before a storm

Casey Roberts, who came from Indianapolis, was one of the standouts this year. He paints with cyanotype, which when exposed to light creates vibrant blues. That, combined with layers of a baking soda solution, peroxide and bleach, is what makes his work so special

The brightness of this Eric Robitaille piece makes it seem like we’re looking at an overexposed photograph

Montreal’s Eric Robitaille pairs photorealism with fantasy

Kyle Stewart adds tangible imagery to his typically abstract shapes

Kyle Stewart’s rich colour palette made his work worth a closer look

Ali Golkar’s ladies had people coming in droves

See? We actually meant everyone

Artist Jennifer Wigmore has a dog painting for everyone

Kelly Grace’s Date Night series

Topics: Art Casey Roberts David Marshak Jennifer Wigmore Nissim Ben Aderet Sarah Tacoma The Artist Project