Monday, September 21, 2009

our fish in a magazine on airplanes.

Wish You Were Here

Vacant storefronts are blank canvases for these artists at work.

enRoute: August 2009 Issue

http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/wish-you-were-here-9


Los Angeles

Phantom Galleries L.A.

Peer into an unused furniture store in the City of Angels, and you might be haunted by an installation curated by Phantom Galleries L.A. But don’t blink; it might vanish. Disappearing and reappearing spaces are used to stage installations like Kim Abeles’ commemorative plates depicting well-known faces, including Ronald Reagan’s, “inked” out of city smog.

213-626-2854, phantomgalleriesla.com

Philadelphia

Dumpster Divers 

In the 1960s, this boulevard bristled with counterculture; now art lovers are bringing South Street back to its bohemian past. A group called the Dumpster Divers turns trash into treasure with street signs, old licence plates and lampshades bursting across the space one day and mazes sculpted out of recycled Styrofoam the next.

732 South St., dumpsterdivers.org

New York

Exhibition 211 

Dice are rolled and names are drawn from a hat to determine the space and order in which artists add to or destroy their predecessor’s work in this vacant Elizabeth Street storefront, which explains how paper airplanes became a carpet of multicoloured confetti. Sloppy seconds have never looked so good.

211 Elizabeth St., exhibition211.blogspot.com

Toronto

minnow & bass 

When minnow & bass, a nomadic artist-run space, was housed in a defunct store on the edge of Kensington Market, artist Irene Loughlin stopped foot traffic by dancing in the gallery’s window on piles of dirt wearing a striking green dress. But its founder Faye Mullen really made the Kensington store home when she lived in the space for a week, watching passersby watch her.

minnowbass.blogspot.com



Saturday, July 18, 2009

we are missed by blog t.o.

minnow & bass has been tragically added to blog t.o 's "deathpool" along with Mel's, Speedy Burger and Heart on Your Sleeve.


Just to clarify: we were always destined to move out of the Dundas & Augusta location on May 12th 2009. We are a migratory space and this was scheduled.  Currently, we are still looking for our next artist space.

Any storefronts you would like to see inhabited by artists? Please, send us your suggestions.

sincerely,
your fish.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

how to catch a bass using a minnow...


An enlightening article about how to catch a bass using minnow as bait.  

http://www.ehow.com/how_4550585_catch-bass-using-minnows.html


minnow & bass wants to wish you a good summer under the sun and in the water. 

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Monday, May 11, 2009

The Rock Lottery

The Rock Lottery. Screening on May 11th, doors open at 8pm and the screening begins at 9pm.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

kind passerby...

A kind passerby from urbantoronto.ca

http://www.urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?t=4983&page=13

Thank you urbandreamer.



recession proof

"Minnow and Bass really brightens up this intersection. I always thought this corner had massive potential. Hopefully it's not short lived!

A slightly blurry shot I took yesterday (12 April 2009) demonstrating the effect a clean facade has on the area:"



Monday, May 4, 2009

(IN)Animate.



[IN]ANIMATE. Annie Tse, Mani Mani, Conan Masterson and Bevan Ramsay explore what happens when corporeal boundaries are blurred and recognizable forms are distorted. Curated by Stephanie Fielding. Presented in partnership with XPACE. May 4th-May 10th 2009 in bass. Reception Friday May 8th, 7-11pm. Artist Talk Saturday May 9th, 2-4pm


breathing sculpture by Mani Mani

looped video by Annie Tse

jitterering installation by Conan Masterson

sculpture by Bevan Ramsay