Seth and Sheila Stayed Behind

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Hardcover, 40 pages
29 x 21.5 cm
Edited by Jeff Khonsary
Designed by The Future
Published by New Documents, 2015

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Seth Fluker's latest project is a collaboration with author, and fellow Toronto native, Sheila Heti. The pairing of Seth's photographs with Sheila’s abstract narrative about longing and transition, creates a balanced and interesting mix throughout the 40-page publication, which was recently launched at Art Metropole. Seth also produced a window installation for the event, featuring the same wintery landscapes captured in this unique and beautiful book.

—Available from Art Metropole and New Documents

The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978

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—01. Published by MIT Press, 2012.

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I love reading about educational institutions that while highly influential, were also experimental and pushing the envelope of their respective fields. This includes, for instance, the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, or the Free University of New York. The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, however, is slightly different because, unlike these schools, it is still in operation. This book focuses on NSCAD's heady years between 1968 and '78, an era when such luminary figures as Joseph Beuys, Sol LeWitt, Gerard Richter and Donald Judd, among others, were visiting artists and faculty members. Written by Garry Neill Kennedy, the president during this period, The Last Art College documents an incredibly interesting time for one of the most influential art colleges of the 20th century.

—Art Metropole

Nicholas Gottlund – The Domestic Scene

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—01. The Domestic Scene poster, 1 of 2.
—02. Spanner 1, 2014, installation photo.

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Toronto's Art Metropole and Working Title have collaborated on a series of events focussed on the work of Nicholas Gottlund, the first of which opens this Friday. Featuring two exhibitions and a public conversation, the presentation aims to connect Gottlund's work as a publisher to his output as an independent artist.

—Art Metropole
—Working Title