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FEATURES AT THE 2011 EXPO |
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EXPERIENCE TORONTO ART EXPO video 2011 Opening Night Preview Benefit in support of SickKids Foundaton, was on Thursday April 14, 6pm to 10pm:
The BIG ONE. Canada’s largest art party at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Thousands joined us for this spectacular and luminous event welcoming light, colour and sound to Toronto’s spring. It was a night to sip wine, peruse the aisles for that perfect piece of art, and listen and dance to exciting world rhythms. Special guest performer three time Juno Award winner, twice Grammy nominatee and recipient of the Order of Canada, Jane Bunnett with her unique style and the Spirits of Havana. Jane, with Ry Cooder introduced the Buena Vista Social Club from Cuba to North Americans. Many witnessed Matsutani’s ‘Moment’ during the Opening Night Preview, Thursday April 14, 6pm to 10pm when he inaugurated for the first time in Toronto, his inspiring installation performance of ‘Relations’. "To start the piece, the artist pricks small holes in the bag, allowing the thick ink to drip onto the canvas. As the fabric becomes saturated, the ink drips through it into the pan below, darkening the pool of water. Nearby, one of Matsutani’s enormous graphite drawings will cascade down to sprawl along the floor, setting up a contrast—or “relation”—between its blackness. (and the manner in which it was achieved) and the black-splattered, self-creating painting-in-progress, giving viewers a sense of the inherent drama and discipline that are to be found in Matsutani’s art, from the predictably unpredictable nature of a work that can be seen creating itself to the daunting size of a handmade piece whose craftsmanship is as obsessive as it is precise." Edward M. Gomez, Matsutani’s Moment, Art in America, 12/31/09 |
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| Opening Night: Highlights of past Expos | ||||||||||||||||
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Korean Salmunori dance & drum group JENG YI | |||||||||||||||
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Whirling Dervishes from Turkey | |||||||||||||||
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NagataShachu Taiko Drumming with Kiyoshi Nagata | |||||||||||||||
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Korean Salmunori dance & drum group JENG YI | |||||||||||||||
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Korean Salmunori dance & drum group JENG YI | |||||||||||||||
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Menaka Thakkar Dance Company 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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Juno-nominated Jane Bunnett for a smash performance with special guests in a Cuban Extravaganza which included the legendary Jon Hendricks in 2008. | |||||||||||||||
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The Art of Jazz presented the Divas of Jazz in 2009: |
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