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ic: the full CV ic : shows 2013.05.11-2014.04.27 the hero, the villain, the salesman, the parent, a sidekick and a servant sfu teck gallery 2013.04.27-05.25 take the easy way (video) mkg127 2013.02 chair design for blue dot 2013.01.16-24 i sent you vancouver 2012.09-anon perpetual sunset (video) vancouver 2012.08.09-09.08 as part of toolkit mkg127 2012.07 office make over asian pacific foundation 2012.05-anon nothing happens in good weather (video) vancouver 2012.02.17-04-07 feeling so much yet doing so little (fb) (video) western front 2011.11-12 light bar hoorn nl 2011.01.08-02.05 there is no romance in taking a risk (star) mkg127 2010.07.28-29 ic_chilliwack internatinal chilliwack biennial 2010.02.12-03-20 bright light: light bar (fb) vancouver 2010.01.13-30 astronomical frontiers copenhagen 2009.08.26-09.06 sum up disco fallout shelter subvision. kunst. festival 2009.08-10 solyst artist in residence centre, jyderup 2009.05.06-09.15 disco fallout shelter toronto sculpture garden 2009.02.07-05.03 how soon is now vancouver art gallery 2009.01.30-04.04 assume nothing: new social practice art gallery of greater victoria 2009.01.10-04.30 a bright future 88 BLOCKS*art on main 2008.10.18-11.15 say nothing in bright colours MKG127 2008.08 say nothing in bright colours school for non-productive learning, rum46 aarhus 2008.05.15-08-15 kuenstlerhaeuser worpswede 2008.04 light bar flaggfabrikken bergen 2008.02.09-06.06 what we bring to the table oakville galleries 2007.09.14-10.20 nooks mercer union 2007.08.31-09.03 nooks henry at bumbershoot 2007.11.24-12.22 pattern theory mkg127 2007.11.22-2008.02.05 common threads illingworth kerr 2007.06.30-09.01 happy birthday & friendly greeting mkg127 2007.06.03-09.23 common threads confederation centre 2007.05.18-07.08 wish you were here york quay centre 2007.04.13-06 encuentro internacional medellin columbia 2007.02.10-03-03 romance series poster show art metropole 2006.12.15 static wallpaper lobby gallery 2006.09.30-10.01 dark hart hart house 2006.08.26 rest stop carmada, l.a. 2006.05.12-06.10 one is never enough or gallery 2006.04.09-23 welcome to the limelight css bard 2007.03.25-04.07 beautify york quay centre 2006.03.24 perfect lobby gallery 2006.01.13-03.26 peer pleasure 1 yerba buena center for the arts 2005.12.29-2006.01.22 spring sale paul petro msw 2005.10.05-29 year of perfect days sparwasser, berlin 2005.04 presentables hoffmann's house, santiago chile 2005.02.19-03.13 what do we do when we can't be 2gether 69 pender 2004.12.04-2005.03 instant coffee: bass bed san juan poly/graphic triennial 2004.09.10-10.23 sorry, we're open / the way we work southern exposure 2004.09.10-10.23 connect the dots leroy neiman gallery 2004.09.04 1-4pm *candy factory and instant coffee 2004.03 make-out party: second-base 2004.02.14-05.17 soundtracks mackenzie art gallery 2004.02.06 stencils just seemed like the right thing to do art metropole 2004.01.09-02.01 mellow drama kmart 2003.12 xxx natural light window 2003.11.21 instant MAKE OUT party 2003.11 Bienal de La Habana 2003.10.22-12.14 soundtracks the blackwood gallery 2003.10.10-14 as a satellite for instant coffee the americas society 2003.09.20-28 UDT 2.0 CAFKA Contemporary Art Forum 2003.09.13-10.25 U-TOPOS / UDT 2.0 Tirana Biennale 2 2003.09.03-10.18 psychotopes yyz artists' outlet 2003.08.23 alchemy and mysticism #2 with hive magazine 2003.07.8-08.31 buy-sellf : import / export Quartier Éphémère 2003.06.28-09.14 soundtracks edmonton art gallery 2003.06.2-30 Un© black lab gallery, seattle 2003.04.2-30 front room off the map gallery, toronto 2003.03.13-15 i've got an answer/i've got an anthem I.A.E. portland 2003.01.2-15 january show zsa zsa 2002.12.15 TO instant coffee: caffeine screens until 2002.11 the t-shirt show 2002.10.11-11.09 instant coffee: on a stick concept album: mexican pop videos screening helen pitt, vancouver 2002.07.12-08.25 TEKKO 02 mural.exhibition 2002.05.31-06.02 photo show UDT.01 2002.04.05 pleasure dome presents concept album: mexican pop videos 2002.02.08 UDC + friends garesh galleria, mexico city 2001.11.14 another slide show + tshirt show launch 2001.09.06 instant coffee UDT SAW, ottawa 2001.08.2-27 oasis : soft show in the UDT SBCA montreal 2001.06.27 sometimes, nothing much la panaderia mexico city 2001.05.25-27 overtime@workplace 2001.03.28/04.20 the waiting room the physics room NZ 2001.03.09 TEKKO 01 2001.02.09/03.16 being + nothingness 2000.12.06-03.18 instant coffee UDT + everyone the AGO . 6 Dec 2000 logo show . 13 Jan 2001 miniature show . 18 Feb 2001 video show 2000.10.28 instant coffee currency project poster launch 2000.10.21 slide show 2000.08.18 whorehouse opening party + show 2000.07.27 9pm screening why do bad things happen to good people? 2000.07.27 9pm screening first or the worst |
MKG127, 127 Ossington Avenue, Toronto
October 18 - November 15
Opening Saturday October 18, 2-5 pm
MKG127 is pleased to present SAY NOTHING IN BRIGHT COLOURS, an exhibition of new work by INSTANT COFFEE.
Since the artist collective's inception in 2000, Instant Coffee has used language like colour, incorporating slogans like "it doesn't have to be good to be meaningful and "get social or get lost" into their architectural installations, which often involve a redesign or reconfiguration of domestic social spaces (a sunken living room, a bedroom or kitchen). It is through succinct catchphrases, which at times drip with the sincerity of self-help jargon, ring with the urgings of advertising slogans or resound with a dissonant irony, that Instant Coffee gradually build a lexicon that lays the ground for its particular way of making art -- one that emphasizes the relationship between form and social interactions.
As part of Instant Coffee's self-proclaimed "Year of Bright Days," they will exhibit "Say Nothing in Bright Colours," a series of language-based prints and objects that have been pared to the sign.
Instant Coffee is an internationally recognized artist collective based in Toronto and Vancouver. Most recently Instant Coffee has exhibited as part MDE07 encuentro internacional curated by Jose Roca, Casa del Encuentro, Medellin, Colombia; Instant Coffee Nooks + Everyone, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto; If You Lived Here You�d Be Home By Now, Henry Satellite, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle; and Instant Coffee Romance Posters, Art Metropole, Toronto. In 2008 Instant Coffee participated in What We Bring to the Table, curated by Marnie Fleming, Oakville Galleries, On; Instant Coffee: Light Bar, Flaggfabrikken, Bergen, Norway; and Kuenstlerhaueser Worpswede, Germany. Upcoming projects include Main Street Translink Public Art Commission, Vancouver; Light Bar for the group exhibition Assume Nothing: New Social Practice, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Disco Bomb Shelter for The Toronto Sculpture Garden. Texts on their work have been published in Canadian Art, Toronto; The New York Times; Journal for Northeast Issues, Hamburg; The Seattle Stranger and C Magazine, Toronto. Instant Coffee's most consistent members are Cecilia Berkovic, Jinhan Ko, Khan Lee, Kelly Lycan, Kate Monro and Jenifer Papararo.
Instant Coffee: it doesn�t have to be good to be meaningful. www.instantcoffee.org
The exhibition continues until November 15.
MKG127 is located in Toronto at 127 Ossington Avenue between Queen and Dundas Streets at the NE corner of Ossington Avenue and Argyle Street.
Hours are Wednesday to Saturday from 12 to 6 PM or by appointment. For more information call 647- 435-7682. www.mkg127.com
