artUS 26

Profile
Interview with Kris Knight
by Otino Corsano

The 2009 - 1 issue of artUS features
my interview with painter Kris Knight.
Kris' new solo exhibition
"Farewell Log Cabin"
opens Thursday June 18th 6-9PM
at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary
Art Projects in Toronto.

Farewell Log Cabin
New Paintings by Kris Knight
June 18-July 18th, 2009
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, 1082 Queen Street W, Toronto 416.993.6510
Opening Reception is Thursday June 18 6-9PM
For more information contact Katharine Mulherin at info@katharinemulherin.com

The following is an excerpt of the artUS article:

There’s too much pressure if you have to paint a live person, so even if I start off with a photographic reference,
I usually drop it halfway through.
I also often add elements of myself to the portraits,
however unconsciously.

Kris Knight "Meeting Point", Oil on Canvas, 14 x 18 inches 2009

artUS 24/25

Six Degrees
Call Me: An Interview with Joshua Abelow.
by Otino Corsano

The Fall Winter 2008 issue of artUS features my interview with New York painter Joshua Abelow. The following is an excerpt of the artUS article:

I think my work irritates some people because they read it at face value and see it as only being about me.
Of course, the work is about me.
But I'm also interested in using the self as a larger political
and social metaphor.

Joshua Abelow "Untitled (#13 Berlin)", 2008, oil on linen, 12 x 12 inches

p|m Gallery @ TIAF

Big Crossword, 32 x 40.5 x 3 Inches, Enamel on Plexiglas

Thanks to Powell and p|m Gallery for showing my work at the TIAF this year.

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
October 2-6, 2008
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE
North Building, Exhibit Hall A & B
255 Front Street West

p|m Gallery
Booth 1126
tel: 416 937 3862
info@pmgallery.ca
http://www.pmgallery.ca/

p|m Gallery TIAF 2008 Exhibitor

DECADE - 10 Years of KM Contemporary Art Projects

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects presents DECADE, a 10th anniversary exhibition extravaganza. Over the last 10 years, the gallery has been integral in furthering the careers of emerging and mid-career Canadian and international artists through projects in 5 different locations on Toronto's Queen Street West, as well as through exhibitions abroad and art fairs.

To celebrate the gallery's perseverance, Katharine Mulherin has invited everyone who has ever taken part in her gallery project to submit a piece for the exhibition. Hundreds of works have been mounted and work continues to come in over the course of the exhibition.

Featuring artists: Dean Baldwin Temple Bates Mike Bayne Cecilia Berkovic Shauna Born Paul Butler Michael Caines Scott Carruthers Tyler Clark Burke Heidi Conrod Otino Corsano Oscar De Las Flores John Dickson Eric Doeringer Dominika Dratwa Jason Dunda Hollie Dzama Shayne Ehman Dennis Ekstedt Franklin Evans Holly Farrell Ray Fenwick Alexandra Flood Heather Goodchild Megan Greene Scott Griffin Clint Griffin Eliza Griffiths Andrew Harwood Rob Hengeveld Dana Holst Jay Isaac Tiff Izsa Matt James Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline Lydia Klenck Kris Knight Christy Langer Drue Langlois Marianne Lovink Annie MacDonell Rob MacInnis Allison McCall Casey McGlynn Roberta McNaughton Allyson Mitchell Iza Mokrosz Corbridge Lisa Neighbour Davida Nemeroff Kate O'Connor Kelly Palmer Lorenz Peter Tanya Read Dale Ronson Seth Scriver Morley Shayuk the slomotion Ryan Jacob Smith Sojourner Truth Pearl Van Geest Jason Van Horne gallery view Paul Villinski Esther Pearl Watson Neil Whitacre Margaux Williamson Jay Wilson Balint Zsako

Closing Reception: Saturday, October 18, from 4-7pm followed by a party at the Gladstone Art Bar with musical guests.

KM Contemporary Art Projects DECADE webpage

4 Grids Solo Exhibition @ p|m Gallery

Otino Corsano

4 Grids

September 13 - October 25, 2008

Opening Saturday September 13, 2 - 6pm

p|m Gallery, Toronto


"Grid 2", 2008 colour photograph 23.5" x 31.5"

The notion of a still frame encompassing the totality of a film is the concept hinging together the images in this series titled “4 Grids”. The intention of this project is to create pictorial films using the medium of photography alone.

Each work consists of four photographs and these images represent different scenes comprising a “conceptual art film”. One scene involves Olympian Larry Cain winter training on Lake Ontario in his outrigger canoe. Preparing for international competitions primarily located in Hawaii, Cain’s determination attempts to offset the environmental disadvantages of training in a regional Canadian climate. Another set of images features myself subbing in for Michael Snow in his domestic environment. Inspired by location stills, a local artist acts as a stand–in for an international art star. The third set of gallery views are of empty Chelsea art spaces located in New York City. As wayward tourist photos, these spaces are viewed as containers for potential art narratives. The final set of photographs feature actress Maev Beaty relaxing at home on a day when she was not acting. The mini-project attempts to capture a “Cinéma Vérité” aesthetic while questioning the notion of prescribed acting techniques.

The juxtaposition of each diverse series of photos is intended to create more complex narratives in this new genre of photo-based filmmaking.

Special Thanks to Nikki Ormerod for her photographic assistance.

This is Otino Corsano’s second solo exhibition with P|M Gallery. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, University of Toronto and Otis College of Art (Los Angeles), Corsano describes his visual art practice as neo-conceptualist, new genre work since he explores areas of meaning production in a variety of media. His art writings and artist interviews are published in ArtUS magazine and can also be found online at artpost.info. Corsano has taught at the Univesity of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art and has exhibited in Toronto and abroad.

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P|M Gallery website
p|m Gallery is located in Toronto’s East End (South of Riverdale) at 1159 Dundas Street East.

(Closest intersection: Dundas Street East and Carlaw Avenue)


Gallery Hours

Wednesday 11am – 8pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11am – 6pm
Sunday by appointment or call (416.937.3862)

artUS 23

First Degree
Interior Ghosts: An Interview with Karin Davie.
by Otino Corsano

The Summer 2008 issue of artUS features my interview with New York painter Karin Davie. The following is an excerpt of the artUS article:

The painting gesture in my work,
however, documents a repetitive bodily act.
I thought of these behavioral dispositions as informal and obsessive rather than as grand
or aggressive.
For me, it is about taking the dominant images of power, purity, and nobility,
and reclaiming them through exposed feelings of powerlessness and vulnerability.

Karin Davie "Chinatown Blues No. 3" 2007

Creative Art Gems 2008

"Brain Flower (B&W)", 2008 will be on auction at Creative Art Gems 2008: an event organized to raise funds for Craetive Works Studio, a special program operating in downtown Toronto.

Creative Art Gems 08
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Enoch Turner School House

Registration/Reception: 6 - 7:30 pm
Presentation/Live Auction: 7:30 pm

Creative Art Gems 2008 website

CIRCA International Art Fair 2008

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects (Toronto) will be exhibiting my work at

CIRCA, Puerto Rico, 2008
International Art Fair

Aprill 11 - 14, 2008
Puerto Rico Convention Center

Special Thanks to Katharine Mulherin

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects @ CIRCA 08 - works available by Otino Corsano

MERGE: Emerging Artists Meet Emerging Collectors

My work will be included in the following exhibition:

MERGE
April 7 to May 2, 2008

Art Gallery of Ontario's Art Rental + Sales
481 University Avenue
Toronto Ontario M5G 2E9

MERGE Opening
Wednesday April 16th
6 - 9pm

"There is a buzz of excitement at the Art Rental + Sales Gallery these days, as plans are well under way for the Emerging Artists Series. Selectors have been scouring the city in search of exciting, edgy art from fresh young artists for this exhibition.

Everyone is welcome to the opening on April 16, including old friends of the Art Rental + Sales Gallery, as well as new and potential clients who share a passion and a keen eye for the next big thing."

Special Thanks to Powell @ P|M Gallery.