Last week we took a field trip to the ROM to see Portrait of a Patron: Janusz Dukszta at the UTAC (University of Toronto Art Centre) http://www.utac.utoronto.ca/current-exhibitions The exhibit comprised 70 portraits of himself by a variety of Toronto artist over the last 44 years. They were often collaborations between artist and collector and together documented not only Dukszta's path but the Toronto art scene as well. It was a hugely successful trip with a personalized guided tour by Sunny Kerr, Student and Education Program Coordinator. As we were leaving, Dr. Dukszta walked in and we wasted no time asking him to talk about the work and his feelings about the exhibit. He was gracious and funny and donated a exhibition catalogue to the program.
We then made our way up to the ROM to see Dan Perjovschi: Late News in the Institute for Contemporary Culture http://www.rom.on.ca/news/releases/public.php?mediakey=x22qoemq7w. The artist had almost finished his installation of current editorial illustrations on the inner walls of the museum, so he had time to talk to us about his process, his past life in Romania and thoughts on Toronto.
It is not often that you get the backstage pass twice in one day!
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