The Chosen Ones
March 2010 Edition

We were just drinking tall cans in the park, thinking we’d made it through a Toronto Winter when we were blasted with this white stuff. CRAP! Not to worry, shopping cures Winter blues!!

This month, we’re joined by our faithful vendors, plus a few new ones! THERE WILL BE LOTS OF GUYS STUFF, Spring stuff and Winter stuff on sale. You will always find something at The Chosen Ones and it will end up being a piece that you treasure for months to come.

March Vendors:

Vintage Alter
Tomorrow Never Knows
LAB
Erin Edge
Andrew Gunn
Krista Marie Starr
Leilanni Land
Philistine
Sunday Girl
Upside Dive

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Photography Credits: Emma Youd shot exclusively for 107 Shaw Gallery by Kristie Muller. Styled by Lauren Burns Cody using clothing selected from The Chosen Ones.

Tim Barber - Tout Va Bien
Photographs from the series Mystic Heather & Virgin Snow

About the Show
On display are original color print photographs. A limited quantity of the accompanying book will be available for the duration of the show.

About Tim Barber
Tim Barber grew up in Amherst Massachusetts, lived for a few years in the mountains of Northern Vermont, went to school in Vancouver B.C. and now lives in New York City. A photographer, curator, publisher and designer, Barber runs the online gallery www.tinyvices.com, where visitors are encouraged to submit their photographs and artwork. He launched the independent publishing house TV Books in 2008 (www.tvbookshop.com), producing unique books, artists monographs, zines and posters and has recently curated a series of five photography books published by the Aperture Foundation.

Feb 11th-Mar 3rd | 107 Shaw Gallery
107 Shaw Street, Toronto ONT

www.tim-barber.com
107 Shaw Gallery

Chosen Ones Look Book—Feb 2010

We put together an editorial showcasing some of the clothing that will be available at the Chosen Ones show on Feb 6-7.

Clothes by:

Sunday Girl
LAB
Leilanniland
Philistine
Tomorrow Never Knows
Lacey Surprise
Vanessa Fischer
Erin Edge
I Heart Cake Lingerie
Savannah
+ more

Images by:

Photography Claire Edmondson
Art Direction Daniel Fazio
Styling Kristie Muller
Model Lauren Burns Cody

To see the full editorial click here!

107 Shaw Gallery
2010 Program Launch Party

Music played by: Jamal Ryan Severin-watson, Kristie Muller, Jon Schouten, Christopher Swimmings, Ian Worang

PWYC $5

The Chosen Ones—February

February is going to be a full on love fest here at 107 Shaw as we prepare for the first Chosen Ones of 2010!

It may be chilly outside, but we’re steaming it up in here with hot little numbers for your Valentine’s celebration. Whether it be a heavy night out (or in) with who (or what) ever you love (enter: lover, pals - with or without benefits, ice cream, rom coms, drinking sorrows like a free flowing import beer or whatever your favorite thing to do on this Hallmark holiday may be, etc) we’ve got what you need from this month’s hand-picked vendors, The Chosen Ones:

Sunday Girl
LAB
Leilanniland
Philistine Mens
Tomorrow Never Knows
Lacey Surprise
Vanessa Fischer
Erin Edge
I Heart Cake Lingerie
&
Savannah

Special video presentation by Adrienne Reid.

Exes and ohs!

The Chosen Ones: Holiday Edition

We’re getting ready for the final Chosen Ones (formally Take Your Clothes Off) of 2009!! We had such a successful year and we want to thank all of you for your continued support!

This month will be just as good as the rest so come out and find your holiday dresses and winter wear. There will be a men’s rack too!

This months vendor’s include:
-LAB Consignment
-Penny Arcade
-Sunday Girl
-Philistine Vintage
-Erin Edge
-I Heart Cake
-Leilanniland
-Tommorow Never Knows
-LBC and Baller

Hope to see you all before you head home for the holidays!!

They Shoot Videos, Vol 3

This is latest edition of our bi-monthly screening series, showcasing music videos, film and related art projects. Often premiering new works from prominent filmmakers, the event is curated by director Scott Cudmore. Focusing on the directors, the works will be presented on a giant screen as well as monitors within the gallery with headphones. Rather than with a formal screening, viewers are free to explore the work on their own terms, much like you would with other work presented in a gallery setting. The point is to present music videos and their counterparts as an artistic product and a unique medium of filmmaking.

See photos from They Shoot Videos…Vol 1

Read the piece that Eye Weekly did on our event

The Chosen Ones: A Vintage Sale

The Chosen Ones (formerly Take Your Clothes Off) is a once a month clothing sale hosted by 107 Shaw Gallery featuring rotating local vendors such as Philistine, Sunday Girl, Penny Arcade, Jillian K, Huxley General, Here Designs, Alynne Lavigne, Erin Anderson, Never Knows, Vanessa Fischer, LBC and Kristie Muller, I Heart Cake, Leilanni Land and more. This month, we’re popping up on November 21/22 from 11am to 7pm, both days. Thanks to all the repeat customers and a big welcome to the new. We strive to be your guaranteed source for the best hand picked vintage scores that the finest vendors have to offer. Come stock up on awesome Winter clothes to get you through the layering season.

The Chosen Ones - hand picked vintage by hand picked vendors for women and men.

Cave Mind
Book Launch and Print Exhibition

Printed drawings from the invisible depths…

Featuring:

Steph Davidson
Michael Deforge
Tomas Del Balso
Jesjit Gill
Reid Jenkins
Alex Mackenzie
Alicia Nauta
Fiona Smyth
Seripop
Ryan Duggan (US)
Noel Freibert (US)
Keith Herzik (US)
Chris Kline (US)
Tetsunori Tawaraya (Japan)
Brent Wadden (Germany)
Yannick Val Gesto (Belgium)

INNERFEAR
Work by Les Ramsay

To communicate is to struggle: to stutter, to stumble, to try – to cry and cry out, to shout – to whisper, to hint and ask then demand – to apologize, or compromise, to work. To communicate is to work. But, what kind of work?

For INNERFEAR, Vancouver artist Les Ramsay supplies a kind of answer as new, old, and new-old work.

Small in scale, the simple compositions of primary colours and elementary forms might be the present pasts of future works; as the apparently winning plans for effective illusions and affective monuments, they win you over – they work. How do they work?

Through an involved process of material exploration, historical appropriation, and self-reflexive evaluation, the works on display are gestures of confidence.

But, in confidence? In confidence they are whispered debates on uncertainty, impermanence, and the communication of work.

Les Ramsay is an artist based in Vancouver, Canada. His diverse studio practice incorporates painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, photography, and printmaking. He received a BFA in visual arts from the Emily Carr University, and also studied at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain. His work has been exhibited in Canada, Spain, and the United States; this is his first exhibition in Toronto.

Text by Francesca Bennett