New Exhibitions Feb 28-March 10

Gallery 1313 www.g1313.org 1313 Queen St. West

Main The Art of City Building Our cities are going through a renaissance of sorts not perhaps out of choice but out of necessity as a housing crisis consumes us. Infrastructure is dated. Sprawl threats municipalities. Artists see the towers springing up around them and they have become the reluctant victims of development . Labelled the soldiers of gentrification artists are now just the casualties of urban speculation and a city that seems like a ship without a pilot.

The selected artists in this exhibition have taken individual explorations of their urban environments. Some are former planners and architects. This exhibition offers no solutions just a glimpse into our city .

Ironically the art deco building that houses the gallery is slated for demolition. The facade of the former police station will remain to respect heritage ( a former Police Station – Division 6 ) as a new Parkdale Library takes the space along with the Green P Parking lot . New housing in a ten story building will pop up where the Dollarama Store now resides . Tenants including the Gallery will move into this new building . When the building was first turned over to Artscape in 1997 with a 20 year lease it was time when buildings with history were repurposed.

Participating Artists include : Beverley Daniels , Frances Patella , Paul Brandejs, Bruce Freeman, Sandra Franke, Margaret Kittel , Nancy Bennett, Jesse Miletin , Emanuel Pavao, Robert Teleruck , Bill Ward , Sanghoon Kang , Natalia Tcherniak , Pooja Kumar , Courtney Fairweather , Gerda R. Wekerle , John Lymch and others