Here's what you can check out at this year's Contact Festival.
PRIMARY EXHIBITIONS
Travel to Accra, Ghana through James Barnor's photography. This exhibition at the BAND (Black Artists' Network in Dialogue) Gallery lets you see how life in Ghana changed during Barnor's long career.
Toronto-based photographers Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge use their artwork as a form of activism to highlight various social, economic and political issues related to unions, workplaces and the environment. See a large-scale retrospection of their work at 401 Richmond.
Sarah Anne Johnson's solo show at the McMichael opened in March, but it's on through Contact as well. In it, she takes viewers to modern day music festivals and explores what they mean to youth.
Well-known German photographer Thomas Ruff is having his first solo North American museum show during Contact and you can see how he works with negatives and found photos at the AGO from April 28 to July 31.
Head to the newly named Art Museum at the University of Toronto and explore the history of the 19th and 20th century through 100 photographs - by a number of renowned artists - sourced from 20 private collections.
Photographer Alec Soth explores the stage between wakefulness and sleep - known as hypnagogia (and can include things like lucid dreaming). Hop out of bed and get lost in this solo show at Arsenal Toronto.
Scotiabank Photography Award-winning Angela Grauerholz will takeover the Ryerson Image Centre until August 21. She'll also be giving three lectures if you'd like to learn more about her work and process.
FEATURED
Renowned Canadian photographer Suzy Lake's solo show at Georgia Scherman Projects features work from her residency in Detroit, Michigan. It explores the city's rise and fall as well as her family's history in this once booming urban centre.
See how Canadian artist Clive Holden's contemporary photographic work intersects with ancient clay pieces from the Gardiner Museum's collection. This exhibition is on until the end of May.
Guy Maddin is a celebrated Canadian filmmaker and artist, and in this exhibition at the Drake Hotel - in partnership with TIFF - you can immerse yourself in Maddin's layered collage work.
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
The popular @uoftdrizzy Instagram account is getting its own art show. Instead of holing up at UofT Scarborough, the collegiate Drake will venture to the school's St. George campus where he'll appear on 15 11 × 17" posters.
You can view this installation by simply walking through Chinatown and Kensington Market. When you do, you'll see massive images captured by photojournalists from around the world. These wall-size photographs depict various on-going issues and force you to confront them.
OPEN EXHIBITIONS
Check out images from some of Canada's best photojournalists. This exhibition highlights work from the News Photographers Association of Canada's National Picture of the Year competition finalists and winners.
At Struck Contemporary, you can see Instagram superstar Jayscale's soaring rooftop photography alongside Jacob Gils's more impressionistic work.
Do you think about the apocalypse a lot? You might after Brendan George Ko's show at LE Gallery, which uses real-life images and scenes from pop culture (think disaster movies) to look at the end of the world as we know it.
Images via the Contact Festival: Sarah Anne Johnson, Zombie Dance (2015); James Barnor, Ginger Nyarku Featherweight boxer with Coronation Belt (1953); Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, Linda, (1981); Sarah Anne Johnson, Yellow Dinosaur (2015); Thomas Ruff, press++0145 (2015); Stephen Waddell, Lakeside (2011); Alec Soth, Park Hyatt Hotel, Tokyo (2015); Angela Grauerholz, La bibliothèque (1993); Suzy Lake, 507 Drexel Avenue, Frederick Schneider, 1890 (2014/16); Guy Maddin, Keyhole (2007); Clive Holden, INTERNET MOUNTAINS 28 (2014); @uoftdrizzy; Dysturb in NYC; Peter Power, Innu Swing (2014); Jayscale, Adelaide (2015); Brendan George Ko, Nine Eleven (The Marker) (2001-2011). Top photo by @jayscale..
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