September 21 – December 1
Make Trouble (2024) is a newly commissioned four-panel photo-based installation. The work stems from Sandra’s ongoing research on being and place. It draws inspiration from Fred Moten’s 2007 lecture, “Black Optimism / Black Operation,” and in particular, references the Child Development Group of Mississippi’s freedom song, “Da da da da.” For this installation, Sandra utilizes personal childhood photographs to construct an archival narrative, encapsulating Moten’s idea that “these children are the voices of the future in the past, the voices of the future in our present.”
Sandra Brewster works across various mediums, including drawing, video, photo-based works, and installation, to explore themes of identity, representation, and movement, highlighting the importance of documentation in place-making and cultural narratives. She manipulates old photographs, centring the people within them, and her use of metaphor transforms landscapes. Sandra, who is of Guyanese descent, often references Caribbean migration in her work, implying the formation of an identity that spans multiple geographies and times that embodies a diasporic character.
Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art and made possible with the generous support of the Women Leading Initiative.
Bio
Sandra Brewster (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. Her work employs a range of media to engage concepts of movement that express an internal relationship with identity. Notable exhibitions include Remai Modern (Saskatoon), the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto), Kenderdine Art Galleries (Saskatoon), Leonard & Bina Art Gallery (Montreal), Hartnett Gallery (Rochester), Or Gallery (Vancouver), Art Gallery of Guelph and Olga Korper Gallery (Toronto). Her public sculpture A Place to Put Your Things is currently on view at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. Brewster is the 2024 recipient of the Paul de Heuck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award.
Location
- Accessibility
The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor
- Accessible entrance
- Accessible washrooms
- Elevator
- AODA-compliant building
Parking: Located at 152 Sterling Road in the Hines Parking Garage, just west of the museum. This is an underground parking lot. Hourly and daily rates apply.
Note: When exiting the parking lot, please use stairwell D for the most convenient access to the Auto BLDG.
- Getting There
The Auto BLDG, 9th Floor
By subway: The Auto BLDG is a 10-minute walk from both Lansdowne Station and Dundas West Station.
By streetcar: The Auto BLDG is a 5-minute walk from the closest streetcar stop at Dundas St West and Sterling Rd. This can be reached by the 505 Dundas and 506 Carlton streetcars.
UP Express: The Auto BLDG is a 10-minute walk from Bloor Station, which is two stops on the UP Express from Toronto Pearson Airport and one stop from Union Station.
Donors & Supporters
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