lights, colors, materials and their space.., Sandra Ainsley Gallery: the Distillery Mill Street Toronto

At the Building 32 in the Distillery District in Mill Street,
there was a gallery 'Sandra Ainseley' of gorgeous layout of the exhibition halls
with the awesome selection of the great contemporary art works.

I was so fascinated by the all the combination of layout, colors & textiles, lighting
and all the art works displayed that I took a couple of rounds of tour in the gallery.

This place should be my regular site of visit at least once a month. Bravo!!



작품 하나 하나를 감상하는 것도 너무 즐거운 일이지만
난 이런 전시관의 전체적 레이아웃과 조명 그리고 작품들의 배치를 보는 것 자체를 더 즐긴다.
즉, 큐레이터의 작품을 더 감상하고 싶은거다. :-)

물론 좋은 작가들의 작품이 없다면 작품의 기획과 창조적 배치는 무의미 한거다.
하지만, 그러한 좋은 작가들, 특히 젊은 작가들의 발굴 또한 큐레이터의 몫인거다.


19세기 후반 한때 북미지역에서 가장 큰 양조장이었던 이곳 Distillery District는
이제 토론토에서 둘째 가라면 서러울 격조 높은 문화 예술 공간이 되었다.

10여개가 넘는 고급 갤러리들과 예술 공방, 포토 스튜디오, 상설 연극관, 고급 와인 바,
각종 고급 레스토랑 그리고 내가 좋아하는 Cafe Balzac등 문화 예술을 위한 공간들이 가득 들어서 있다.

colors, light and the space, Sandra Ainsley Gallery: the Distillery Mill Street Toronto Mar 18 2009

:p ..

Couldn't be better alone..: Italian Pedavena and Calamari, Restaurant 'Tappo' Building No 3. Distillery District Toronto May 20 2009

There was very strong but warm wind in the acute edge of the corner in the patio in the Italian restaurant. I didn't know the place is for Italian until they recommended me the Italian draught for the first choice of drink. Usually they provide a list of beers starting from Mid-European ones followed by Canadian or American. Never heard Italian draft beer for the first one before. But they did and I willingly tried one of course.. And it was soooo goooood!!! The brewery name was Pedavena!! I tried two more glasses and much satisfied with the sexy shape of the glass as well.

Roasted calamari was excellent with slight taste of charcoal burn and quite matched with my beer.

As I was wholly tasting the brightness of the gorgeous afternoon sunshine under the strong wind with foamy draft beer in one hand, my favorite train was passing by my turf slowly and pompously.. resounding the nostalgic rhythm of the wheel noise... It couldn't be happier..

Pasta & Beef over Pedavena Draught, 'Tappo' Bldg 3. Distillery District Toronto Jun 4 2009

My favorite place in Distillery District when I feel thirsty. The Italian draft beer of Pedavena was so cool & fresh under the sun in the patio when I first came to this restaurant. Not too much flavoured, the Italian one was kind of best draft beer for my taste. I love the golden transparent color, soft & rich foam and the live tiny bubbles which are incessantly being created from the bottom of the trendy glass.

This time I tried another Calamari with Pasta but I found that the naming of the dish just confused me. I found 'Calamari del Lomonari..' or something like that on the menu so I thought it's calamari. But I found that it was a couple of sliced beef with pasta. Taste was not bad though I was bit disappointed. :-)