Elaborate
Presented by Harbourfront Centre at Harbourfront Centre, TorontoSeptember 13 - December 29
Join us in celebrating ceramic ornamentation through a group of elegant and intricate works by Marissa Y Alexander, Marc Egan, Kaley Flowers, Julie Moon and Lindsay Montgomery. Their work is the ultimate antidote to Adolf Loos’ famous (infamous?) 1913 essay, “Ornament is Crime,” in which he characterized ornament as “degenerate.”
“Elaborate” is a descriptor (a complicated arrangement of parts and details) and an action (to develop or explain something in detail), and both are...
[more+]Join us in celebrating ceramic ornamentation through a group of elegant and intricate works by Marissa Y Alexander, Marc Egan, Kaley Flowers, Julie Moon and Lindsay Montgomery. Their work is the ultimate antidote to Adolf Loos’ famous (infamous?) 1913 essay, “Ornament is Crime,” in which he characterized ornament as “degenerate.”
“Elaborate” is a descriptor (a complicated arrangement of parts and details) and an action (to develop or explain something in detail), and both are at play in the exhibition. The artists’ aesthetic influences, whether abstract or figurative, merge with contemporary issues and ideas, using decoration as an investigative framework. Their works are effusive, confrontational, expressive and non-apologetic – espousing more-is-more and kicking Mr. Loos to the curb.
Curated by Melanie Egan, Director of Craft & Design at Harbourfront Centre.
[less-]Dates & times
Fri, Oct 18 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Oct 19 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Oct 22 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Oct 25 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Oct 26 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Oct 27 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Oct 29 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Oct 30 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Oct 31 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 01 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 02 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Nov 03 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Nov 05 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Nov 06 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 07 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 08 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 09 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Nov 10 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Nov 12 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Nov 13 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 14 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 15 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 16 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Nov 17 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Nov 19 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Nov 20 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 21 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 23 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Nov 24 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Nov 26 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Nov 27 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 28 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 29 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 30 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Dec 01 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Dec 03 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Dec 04 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 05 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 06 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 07 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Dec 08 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Dec 10 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Dec 11 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 12 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 14 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Dec 15 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Dec 17 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Dec 18 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 19 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 20 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 21 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Dec 22 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Dec 24 @ 12:00 pm Wed, Dec 25 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 26 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 27 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 28 @ 12:00 pm Sun, Dec 29 @ 12:00 pm Tue, Oct 15 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Oct 16 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Oct 22 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Oct 23 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Oct 24 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Oct 25 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Oct 26 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Oct 27 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Oct 29 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Oct 30 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Oct 31 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Nov 01 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Nov 02 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Nov 03 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Nov 05 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Nov 06 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Nov 07 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Nov 08 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Nov 09 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Nov 10 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Nov 12 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Nov 13 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Nov 14 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Nov 15 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Nov 16 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Nov 17 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Nov 19 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Nov 20 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Nov 21 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Nov 22 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Nov 23 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Nov 24 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Nov 26 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Nov 27 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Nov 28 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Nov 29 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Nov 30 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Dec 01 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Dec 03 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Dec 04 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Dec 05 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Dec 06 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Dec 07 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Dec 08 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Dec 10 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Dec 11 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Dec 12 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Dec 13 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Dec 14 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Dec 15 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Dec 17 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Dec 18 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Dec 19 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Dec 20 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Dec 21 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Dec 22 @ 1:00 pm Tue, Dec 24 @ 1:00 pm Wed, Dec 25 @ 1:00 pm Thu, Dec 26 @ 1:00 pm Fri, Dec 27 @ 1:00 pm Sat, Dec 28 @ 1:00 pm Sun, Dec 29 @ 1:00 pm - Less dates
Admission
Free
