BOOK LAUNCH
SHARY BOYLE: SUNDAY MAY 25, 2008. 2-4PM
OTHERWORLD UPRISING
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BOOK SIGNING AND TORONTO BOOK LAUNCH
GEOFFREY JAMES : SUNDAY JUNE 8, 2-4PM
UTOPIA / DYSTOPIA AND FIELD NOTES
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ON EXHIBIT FOR CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, MAY 2008
THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA PORTFOLIO
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
APR 1 - AUG 15
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse.
TORONTO A CITY BECOMING
MICHAEL AWAD, SCOTT JOHNSTON, DAVID KAUFMAN
MAY 1 - AUG 3, 2008
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming, edited by David Macfarlane, published by Key Porter Books.
ON EXHIBIT
THE LOST BOYS - The Sweaters
An installation by Michele Karch-Ackerman
“I would like to be Wendy. The Wendy of Peter Pan who so consoled her Lost Boys with stories and love. I will sew nightgowns. I will make dolls. I will knit sweaters. I will provide clean straw and clean sheets. I will make the terrible itching go away. And the fear” MKA
The Lost Boys is an ongoing project by artist Michele Karch-Ackerman. It is an act of memory, grieving and consolation for the “Lost Boys”, in particular the soldiers of the Newfoundland Regiment lost at Beaumont-Hamel at the First Day on the Somme, July 1, 1916. When completed, the traveling installation will comprise of 750 sweaters, one for each young man who died in the battle.
The title of the artwork “The Lost Boys” is adopted from J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. In Barrie’s story the lost boys in Neverland are nurtured by Wendy while they struggle against evil (Captain Hook.) The association derives in part from the enormous popularity of Peter Pan during and after WWI, just a few years after the book was published.
KNITTING BEE & ARTIST TALK Sunday February 24 2-4 pm
On Sunday February 24, David Mirvish Books will host a knitting bee and artists talk. Patterns and wool supplied. EVERYONE WELCOME. Needle size will be 4 ½- 5, if you have them, bring them along. All sweaters created will be incorporated into the exhibition as it continues its travels.
Michele Karch-Ackerman will sign copies of The Lost Boys published by The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery.
ON EXHIBIT
BUNK!
Installation by Jen Hutton
UPCOMING EVENTS
BOOK LAUNCH
Sunday March 9, 2008 2 pm
MOON OVER MANDALAY
by Rhoda Rabinowitz-Green
A light-hearted battle of the sexes plays out against a backdrop of the just-passed sixties, the pervasive whiff of marijuana and sounds of The Beatles, The Who, the Grateful Dead.
BOOK LAUNCH - Two books on South Asian popular culture!
Sunday, March 16, 2008 2 pm
GODS IN THE BAZAAR
The Economies of Indian Calendar Art
by Kajri Jain
A fascinating account of the printed images known in India as “calendar art” or “bazaar art,” the color-saturated, mass-produced pictures often used on calendars and in advertisements, featuring deities and other religious themes as well as nationalist leaders, alluring women, movie stars, chubby babies, and landscapes.
Kajri Jain is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Visual and Media Culture at the University of Toronto at Mississauga and the Graduate Department of Art at the University of Toronto, St. George.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN BOLLYWOOD
The Global Swing In Hindi Cinema
Edited by Gurbir Jolly, Zenia Wadhwani, Deborah Barretto
Once Upon a Time in Bollywood presents an extravaganza of essays on globalization and contemporary Hindi cinema (“Bollywood”).
-- Gurbir Jolly is currently pursuing a PhD in Humanities at York University.
-- Zenia Wadhwani works in the non-profit sector during the day and spends her evenings and weekends loving and promoting South Asian arts and culture.
-- Deborah Barretto works for a women's organization in Toronto.
PREVIOUSLY AT DM BOOKS
OTTO DONALD ROGERS
Exhibition in conjunction with the publication of OTTO DONALD ROGERS
The paintings will be on view at the bookstore November 7, 2007 to January 8, 2008.
Otto Rogers at drawing studio.
BOOK LAUNCH
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 6-8 pm
LET THAT BAD AIR OUT
Buddy Bolden's Last Parade
A novel in linocuts by Stefan Berg.
BOOK SIGNING
Sunday, December 2, 2007 1-2 pm
DUTY: THE LIFE OF A COP
Julian Fantino, Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police and formerly Toronto's Chief of Police, will be present to sign copies of his recently released autobiography.
BOOK LAUNCH
AND BEAUTY ANSWERS
The Life of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle
by Elspeth Cameron
Book launch and Sunday Tea
Sunday November 18, 2007 2-4pm
All but forgotten, Frances Loring and Florence Wyle were major forces in establishing Canadian sculpture and the style of Canadian national monuments. Frances and Florence met in 1906 at the Chicago Art Institute, where Florence was a teacher and Frances a student. Immediately forming a connection that would endure the rest of their lives.
Elspeth Cameron will be present to sign and discuss her new book, And Beauty Answers.
BOOK SIGNING
BOOK LAUNCH
Firefly Books - Book Launch and Celebration
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6-8 pm
In celebration of the publication of Canadian Churches: An Architectural History, Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Graphic Witness, Living the Country Dream and Old Canadian Cemeteries.
With every book purchased, received a framable poster.
EXHIBITION AND BOOK LAUNCH
OTTO DONALD ROGERS
Wednesday November 7, 2007 5:30-7:30 pm
Essay by Sky Glabush, text by Otto Rogers and introduction by Sir Anthony Caro
Clement Greenberg once said of the young Otto Rogers, that he is "an artist of amazing talent, worthy of an international reputation." Widely collected throughout the entire breadth of Canada, Otto Rogers is considered one of that country's mature, leading artists.
BURTYNSKY - QUARRIES
by Edward Burtynsky with text by Michael Mitchell
Sunday, October 28, 2007
After some 25 years of exploring the impact of industry on our planet, the celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has accumulated a substantial body of work documenting the world's major quarries--in Canada, Italy, China, Spain, Portugal, India and America.
Don't miss this one! A rare opportinity to meet one of Canada's most respected and renown photographers.
Signed copies will be available in the bookstore after the event.
BOOK LAUNCH
CAPE DORSET PRINTS
A Retrospective - 50 Years of Printmaking at the Kinngait Studios
by Leslie Boyd Ryan
Thursday, October 11, 2007
We will be going offsite. This event will be held at Feheley Fine Art, 14 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto (5 - 7 pm). Author Leslie Boyd Ryan and the renown sculptor / printmaker, Kenojuak Ashevak, will be in attendance.
Signed copies will be available in bookstore after the event.
BOOK LAUNCH
PREOCCUPIED WITH MY FATHER
by Simon Schneiderman
Thursday, October 4, 2007 6-8 pm
In Preoccupied with My Father, Simon Schneiderman has written a graphic memoir about his late father,Yoel. Together with paintings and poetry he depicts his father's life after the Holocaust. A life,where Yoel Schneiderman's "... balance was always precarious; living in this world haunted by the last."
BOOK LAUNCH
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6 - 9 pm
Two new titles from woodcut artist George Walker
IMAGES FROM THE NEOCEREBELLUM
The Wood Engravings of George A. Walker
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GRAPHIC WITNESS
Four Wordless Graphic Novels
Selected and introduced by George Walker
An anthology of four wordless novels by Frans Masereel, Giacomo Patri, Lynd Ward and Laurence Hyde
BOOK LAUNCH
BEYOND WILDERNESS
The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art
by John O'Brian and Peter White
Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:30 - 7:30 pm
BOOK LAUNCH
ABSTRACT PAINTING IN CANADA
by Roald Nasgaard
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5 - 8 pm
Artists included in the book are invited to sign copies along with the author.
Illustrated with 200 works of art, this is the first comprehensive history of abstract painting in Canada from the 1920s right up to the present.
Published by Douglas & McIntyre - co-published with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Pictures from the Abstract Painting in Canada book launch. Thanks to Jeff Nolte!
TIEN CHANG
HORSE - INK BRUSH PAINTINGS
Signed copies of Tien Chang's catalogue are available.
Book Launch
Thurday May 3, 2007
5-7pm
MICHAEL DAVIDSON
will be present to celebrate the publication of his book - 26
Signed copies are available.
BOOK SIGNING
Sunday, April 29, 2007 2-4pm
THE CHI OF THE DRAGON by Moira Mudie
Author Moira Mudie will be present to sign copies of her book, The Chi of the Dragon - a guide to the mystery, magic, philosophy and symbolism of oriental paintings.
A selection of Moira Mudie's artwork - from the book - will be on view in the bookstore (second floor) from April 28 to June 3, 2007.
Coming in May, as part of Toronto's annual Contact Photography Festival, and remaining on view throughout the summer, 2007.
SIGN OF THE TIMES
Photographs from the Panda Collection, University of Calgary
Gander, Redpath, Loblaws, Faberge. Panda Associates - a group of Toronto architectural, commercial and industrial photographers - documented Canada's postwar building boom. They photographed the designs of their contemporaries through modern eyes. The signage and typography, the architecture and the photographs together reflect the idealism of Mid-Century Canada.
Photographs courtesy the Panda Archive, Canadian Architectural Archive, University of Calgary. Presented concurrently with "Mid-Century Icons: Architectural Photography from The Panda Collection", the Eric Arthur Gallery, University of Toronto. Curated by Rebecca Lesser, BA Art History, University of Calgary.