This year, the gallery’s featured summer exhibition is ‘Universal Code.’ This large-scale group exhibition will present compelling and at times enigmatic responses from a broad range of contemporary artists to cosmology and ideas of the universal in our current information age.
‘Universal Code’ is the latest in a series of summer exhibitions organized by The Power Plant, that bring together international artists from a variety of cultural positions, to reflect on topics driving the development of contemporary culture. ‘Universal Code’ presents responses from 22 international contemporary artists to cosmology and ideas of the universal in our current information age. As such, the exhibition is one of the most ambitious in the gallery’s history. Curated by Director of The Power Plant Gregory Burke, the show includes many of the world’s leading contemporary artists – from Canada, United States, Mexico, Asia, Algeria, as well as Britain, Spain and many other countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Drawing inspiration from the cosmos—as artists, scientists, mystics, and philosophers have throughout the ages—the exhibition is timed to mark the International Year of Astronomy and combines the work of Canadian and international artists in painting, film/video, photography, sculpture and installation. Artists in the exhibition work against the backdrop of developments within contemporary culture ranging from DNA research and the politics of the night sky to Morse code, corporate communication networks and migration patterns.
Address: 231 Queens Quay West Toronto. ON.
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Parking: Fee parking available on-site
What’s nearby: Harborfront, Toronto’s waterfront
Why should you go: this is a free gallery showing thanks to sponsors, Friday night gallery tours, Toronto’s best contemporary art gallery, ongoing summer events (most are free!)
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