New'ish & Noteworthy

Mike Billington - Free Money $ 5.00

Soner Ön - Richie Rich $ 20.00

Soner Ön - The Light In The Dark, With The Neon Arms
- $ 10.00

Ryan Dodgson - Paper Bag/Canvas Bag - $ 15.00

Ryan Dodgson & Matthew King - Libary Bag - $ 20.00

 
VSVSVA - Accidental Ashtrays - $ 20.00

Psst! GIFTS BY ARTISTS is coming soon. Watch out for upcoming event announcements and our preview page...

Christy Langer, Untitled,2011

 

Peanut Brittle

Katie Bethune Leamen, Robert Dayton, Sarah Nasby, Miyo Takeda, Pascal Paquette, Colette Urban, Kika Thorne, Heather Goodchild, Kerri Reid, Laurie Kang, Anitra Hamilton, Hanna Hur, Lyndsey Cope, Chrysanne Stathacos, Liz Knox, Paul Kneale, Janice Gurney, Christy Langer, Matt King and Ryan Dodgson, Maryse Larivière, Petrina Ng, Emily Smit-Dicks, Jennie Suddick and Cole Swanson, Anitra Hamilton, Sarah Nasby, Derek Sullivan and Christy Thompson, Charlie Murray, Annie Dunning, Christine Baigent, Julius P. Manapul, Cary Leibowitz, XXXX collective, David Horvitz, Lex Vaughn, Alicia Nauta, Garry Neill Kennedy, VSVSVS collective, Bill Burns, Ron Benner, Tonik Wojtyra, Sandy Plotnikoff and Swintak. Performance by Peanut Brittle.

Anitra Hamilton, Blue Balls: The Multiple, 2011

Ulysses Castellanos - Alien 3, 2010

The customarily cheerful-looking nesting dolls usually personify contentment and abundance. 'Alien 3' transforms these dolls into all-surveilling and coy creatures that no longer represent the power of robustness and prosperity but rather an ambiguous forcefulness.

Signed by artist 

$50 each or entire set for $400 

Jeremy Laing - Funnel Jabot, 2010

Neckpiece made of silk organza with hand-sewn leather sequins. From Fall/Winter 2010 collection

Edition of 12

$ 1,095.00

Lyndsey Cope - Leather & Lace, 2010

Cope's leather and a lace necklaces are is inspired by the Stevie Nicks song 'Leather and Lace':

Stay with me stay
I need you to love me
I need you today
Give to me your leather…
Take from me…my lace. 

$ 45.00 each

Special Projects at Art Basel: Sebastian Butt

Here is what it looked like when Sebastian Butt and visitors to the Art Metropole booth engaged in all things Cheetoh at Art Basel this month.

 

Special Projects at Art Basel: Sebastian Butt

 

Canadian artist Sebastian Butt has been asked to participate in Art Metropole's new initiative Special Projects at Art Basel within their booth at Art 42 Basel, June 15-19, 2011. This year's Shopping Bag By Artists series has also been designed by Butt, along with a special edition tote bag.

Building upon the artist's previous works "Cheetoh Pin" and "Cheetohs Revised" Sebastian intends to actualize a new on-site project at Art Metropole's booth. For the duration of the fair the artist will be accepting commissions from the public. Your small to medium sized objects will be infected with Cheetoh and returned at a later date. A pricing structure based on a square inch rate will be determined by the size of the object submitted.

Sebastian Butt, Dreamcatcher, 2011 (left), and Die Kanadischen Rockies, 2011 (right)

Sebastian Butt's sculptural objects produced while in residence at the Banff Centre will be on display and available for sale alongside multiples and books from Art Metropole's shop. On this occasion, the Cheetoh "travels from hyperreal to surreal, with a dominating force akin to a fungus, a parasite that takes over anything it touches. The objects accrued in Banff, have been tainted, alongside objects representative of Banff Idealism"¹. The Cheetoh envelops these objects partially, and in some cases, entirely, ruining the objects contained within them. The work of Cheetoh (or Cheezie) will be leaning, displayed on shelves and hanging, retaining the look of merchandise, while re-presenting the artificial snack food as an organic growth.

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1. Kari Cwynar from "It Doesn't Know: New Work By Sebastian Butt", The Other Gallery, Banff, 2011

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Booth: Art|Basel Art Edition Sector 2.1, stand Q21
Preview: Tues. June 14, 2011
Fair: Wed. June 15 to Sun. June 19, 2011 

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Art Metropole is grateful to the Basel Art Fair for their support:

planet GIANT - Shadescapes, 2010

Sunshades that come with their own view. Mini vistas created with model figurines attached to a pair of sunglasses. Shades and figurines vary.

$25

Janis Demkiw - Double U Turn Necklaces and Bracelets, 2009/2011

Even without a laptop or smart phone you can take the office anywhere with Janis Demkiw's Double U-Turn Jumbo Paperclip bracelets and necklaces of varied lengths.

$10 - $20

Sebastian Butt - Cheetoh with Snow, 2011

Sebastian Butt's Cheetoh Pin with a little season-specific adornment. 

$40

Jennifer Rose Sciarrino - Marble Samples, 2010

 




The artist plays with the inherent properties of various materials and the viewer's response to form with her series of plaster Tromp l'Oeils.

Graphite on plaster. Various sizes and colours.Signed by artist 

$75

Kerri Reid - Drips (Porcelain), 2010

Various shaped drips of porcelain that eloquently illustrate the result of variances in gravity, time, material and chance.

Individually packaged. Shapes and sizes vary.

Edition of 140

$5

Michael Snow - Walking Woman, 1994

Negative-outline cutout of the Walking Woman in sterling silver mounted as a lapel pin, from a numbered. The Walking Woman lapel pin is also available as a positive-outline cutout.


Edition of 800


S175.00

Jennie Suddick-"Best Wishes" Wishbone, 2010

The artist has sculpted this wishbone out of brittle balsa wood so you can try your luck with another willing contender or simply appreciate this work for the good wishes that it represents.

Signed and Numbered Edition of 3 

$70 

Jacob Whibley-Maker's Medallion, 2010

  

Bronze medallion with punched out shapes and symbols. It is the image and weight of winning, accumulation, measurement and time.

Edition of 10 

$ 275.00

Maura Doyle - Handmade coins and tickets, 2010

Doyle challenges the idea of the uniform, machine-punched slickness that usually represents currency with an assortment of handmade coins, tokens and tickets.

$6 each

Derek Sullivan & Christy Thompson - Untitled Pendants, Fall 2010

These suspended constructions by artists Derek Sullivan and Christy Thompson incorporate Flea Market wares into unique celebrations of novelty, invention and consumerism.

Fall Edition of 6. Signed and dated

$100

Derek Sullivan - Manuscript for Wattle & Daub, 2009

An artist's book featuring the sculptural components of Derek Sullivan's 2009 work of the same name. 

$10

Pascal Paquette - Bricks, 2010

 

Re-claimed bricks from torn-down brownstones that the artist had previously painted. Cleaned and coated to take it from the streets to your home as an object of display and enjoyment. Each brick contains a felt label with the production date and location of the original painting.  

$100.00