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Emmanuelle Léonard, Le livreur et sa cliente, 22:53/Delivery person and Client 10:52pm

Emmanuelle Léonard, Le livreur et sa cliente, 22:53/Delivery person and Client 10:52pm, 2022. Heat-sensitive image, inkjet print. 110.5 x 152.4 cm. Edition 3 of 3. Purchase, with funds from the Photography Curatorial Committee, 2022. © Emmanuelle Léonard. Courtesy Ellephant. 2022/7054.

Cities in Flux

August 12 - December 3, 2023

Located on Level 1 in Gallery 128 & 129.

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EXHIBITION OVERVIEW

Criss-crossing the globe from Chicago to Tokyo, via Prague and Mumbai, with a stop-over in Toronto, Cities in Flux is a wide-ranging exploration of the city told through a selection of 100 photographs from the AGO Collection. Highlighting various economic, political and cultural realities underpinning the urban experience, the exhibition showcases photographs, post cards and albums – many on view for first time - made since 1850. Berenice Abbott, Bhupendra Karia, Paul Kodjo, Diane Liverpool, Danny Lyon and Gillian Wearing are among the more than 45 artists included in the exhibition. Curated by Marina Dumont-Gauthier, AGO Curatorial Fellow, Photography, Cities in Flux invites us to consider cities and the role of images in their growth and evolution.

The AGO is grateful for the generous support of a Photography Fellowship provided by the Schulich Foundation.

Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario

 

ARTWORKS FROM THE EXHIBITION

Jeff Thomas. Culture Revolution Today, 1984, Toronto, Ontario, N43 38.958 W79 23.638, 1984. pigment print on archival paper

Jeff Thomas. Culture Revolution Today, 1984, Toronto, Ontario, N43 38.958 W79 23.638, 1984. Pigment print, 71.1 × 91.4 cm. Purchase with assistance from an Anonymous donor and James Lahey, 2016. © Jeff Thomas. 2016/44.1

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Bhupendra Karia. Population Crisis, B226.70 Bombay, 1968-1971. gelatin silver print

Bhupendra Karia. Population Crisis, B226.70 Bombay, 1968-1971. Gelatin silver print, 28 × 35.5 cm. Purchase, with funds from the Photography Curatorial Committee, 2016. © Bhupendra Karia Estate and sepiaEYE. 2016/163

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Jane Fonda at a demonstration in Rome, February 1972, 1972-1972. Gelatin silver print

Team Editorial Services, Jane Fonda at a demonstration in Rome, February 1972. Gelatin silver print, 21.3 x 30.3 cm. Anonymous Gift, 2020. © AGO. 2022/1674

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Japanese. The Yoshiwara in Tokyo, c. 1890. albumen print

Artist once known, Japanese. The Yoshiwara in Tokyo, c. 1890. Albumen print, hand painted, 40.7 × 35.6 cm. Malcolmson Collection. Gift of Harry and Ann Malcolmson in partnership with a private donor, 2014. © AGO. 2014/695

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Bidemi Oloyede. Untitled, Toronto, 2018. baryta fine art print

Bidemi Oloyede. Untitled, Toronto, 2018. Baryta fine art print, 71.1 × 71.1 cm. Purchase, with funds from the Friends of Global Africa and the Diaspora, 2021. © Bidemi Oloyede, Courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery. 2021/83

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Jaromir Funke. Time Persists II, from cycle Time Persists (Z cyklus Čas trvá), 1930-1934, printed 1957. gelatin silver print

Jaromir Funke. Time Persists II, from cycle Time Persists (Z cyklus Čas trvá), 1930-1934, printed 1957. Gelatin silver print, 30 × 23 cm. Purchase, donated funds in memory of Eric Steiner, 2001. © AGO. 2001/45

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David Zapparoli. Kids (Youth) on Subway, 1996, c.1996. gelatin silver print

David Zapparoli. Kids (Youth) on Subway, 1996. Gelatin silver print. Purchase, with funds from Ken Straiton, 2019. © David Ofori Zapparoli. 2019/2263

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Ian Wallace. Untitled (Main Street, Lodz), 1990. acrylic and photograph on canvas

Ian Wallace. Untitled (Main Street, Lodz), 1990. acrylic and photograph on canvas, Overall: 152.5 x 152.5 x 3.4 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of Alison and Alan Schwartz, 1999. © Art Gallery of Ontario. 99/649

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