Maria Qamar
Thurs., Mar. 10 – Sun., Apr. 24
Art exhibit
$10
Museum of Contemporary Art, 158 Sterling Rd. #100, Toronto, ON
moca.ca
Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Art reopens this March with a new season of visually captivating and thought-provoking exhibitions from several artists, including Ontario pop artist Maria Qamar. Qamar is a first-generation Canadian from a traditional South Asian family whose art comments on racism, classism and the patriarchy in the form of paintings and sculptures. Her bold and colourful pieces will take over the gallery for a month and will incorporate digital assets available online. MOCA visitors can also check out Jeffrey Gibson’s I AM YOUR RELATIVE, a poster archive from the New York-based interdisciplinary artist that amplifies Indigenous, Black, brown and queer voices.
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