58.4 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm
ART TORONTO 2024
OCTOBER 24 - 27, 2024
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE, 255 FRONT STREET WEST, TORONTO, ON
BOOTH A51
Corey Bulpitt
Audie Murray
Couzyn van Heuvelen
For the 2024 iteration of Art Toronto, Fazakas Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works by Corey Bulpitt, Audie Murray, and Couzyn van Heuvelen. Our presentation will focus on Indigenous value approaches to resource and land sovereignty, and the ways in which Audie Murray, Couzyn van Heuvelen, and Corey Bulpitt's individual bodies of work address and reflect on these issues.
Audie Murray confronts our presumptions about Indigenous identity and challenges the archival nature of art-making through ephemerality and deliberate obfuscation. Murray uses natural and found materials in her work, sometimes sourced from her own body; smoke ash, breast milk, rose petals, and tobacco weed are made into ink washes, while soiled baby bibs are painstakingly sewn together with strands of the artist’s hair. With these works, Murray touches on ideas of memory, kinship, and the passing of time. By prioritizing the act of creating over the institutional need for permanency, Murray embraces a cultural practice rooted in shared communal knowledge while rejecting the colonial framework that requires documentation and definition.
Corey Bulpitt’s graffiti-based paintings and installation works assert Indigenous storytelling through a contemporary urban lens. Inspired by the audaciousness of Haida cultural hero Raven, Bulpitt metaphorically transforms the canvas into a reclaimed street space, boldly integrating traditional Haida motifs within the contemporary landscape, thus calling attention to the unceded nature of public spaces and asserting Indigenous land sovereignty. Bulpitt’s work challenges the conventional gallery space, reimagining it as a space where one can experience the transformative power that emerges when the mythological legacy of Raven merges with the rebellious spirit of graffiti artists.
Couzyn van Heuvelen’s sculptures magnify traditional materials, shrinking the scale of both the gallery and the visitor, shifting the terms through which we are invited to look. Van Heuvelen’s large-scale fishing implements highlight the importance of resource survival and celebrate Inuit hunting practices and food sovereignty. Van Heuvelen’s sculptures harken back to the land and bring issues of climate, technology, and cultural and ancestral values to the forefront.
Thursday, October 24
RBC Exclusive VIP Preview: 3 - 4 pm
Collector's First Look: 4 - 6 pm
Opening Night, McMichael Canadian Art Collection Benefit: 6 - 10 pm
Friday, October 25
Public Day
12 - 8 pm
11 am - 12 pm VIP only
Saturday, October 26
Public Day
12 - 8 pm
11 am - 12 pm VIP only
Sunday, October 27
Public Day
12 - 6 pm
11 am - 12 pm VIP only
