Paul Petro Contemporary Art features two floors of exhibition space and has been exhibiting Canadian and international artists by invitation since 1993.

Exhibitions

Species Life | June 12 – August 6

Zavisha Chromicz, Marlene Creates, Barbara Klunder, Jeanne Randolph, Nell Tenhaaf, Carol Wainio, Natalie Wood

Paul Petro Contemporary Art is pleased to present two group exhibitions, Species Life and Standing Ground IV, Dreaming of You, offering approaches to remembering the past, channelling history, and accommodating the future.

Species Life takes its name from the title of a photo-based light-box work from 1989 by Nell Tenhaaf, produced through an Inter Access artist-run centre residency in Toronto in 1988 and using a TARGA video capture board and computer image manipulation.

Nell Tenhaaf, Species Life , 1989
four fluorescent lightboxes, duratrans, plexiglass
95 x 365 cm (three components overall), 29 x 150 cm (one component)
“Legitimation” Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, November 1989. Photo by Guy Couture.

Standing Ground IV, Dreaming of You | June 12 – August 6

Stephen Andrews, Zavisha Chromicz, Estate of Wendy Coburn, Keith Cole, Francisco De la Barra, Michel Dumont, FASTWÜRMS, Estate of Robert Flack, Andil Gosine, Matthias Herrmann, Zachari Logan, Estate of Will Munro, Natalie Wood

Paul Petro Contemporary Art is pleased to present two group exhibitions, Species Life and Standing Ground IV, Dreaming of You, offering approaches to remembering the past, channelling history, and accommodating the future.

Estate of Will Munro, Untitled , n.d., hand-stitched thread on felt on artist’s extra small acrylic sweater

Standing Ground IV, Dreaming of You is the fourth in an ongoing series of group exhibitions that remember Will Munro (1975-2010). The feature image for the exhibition is an untitled work with hand-stitched thread on felt on a found extra small acrylic sweater, quoting the name of Will’s momentous club night.

More information about the exhibition can be found on the Paul Petro Contemporary Art website, here.