Today, the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) launches Greater Toronto Art 21  (GTA21). Spanning all three floors of the Museum, the exhibition is a new triennial survey defined by MOCA?s pledge to support the work of Toronto artists and the commissioning of new projects that add to local and global discourse.
“Conscious Energy on the sea,” installation at MOCA by Aaron Jones, 2021, courtesy Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto. Photo credit: Toni Hafkenscheid
 
This first edition brings together 21 artists and art collectives who work in the Greater Toronto Area or have direct connections with the city. The exhibition title plays on the name of the city’s broad metropolitan area, addressing the ever-expanding notion of Toronto the practices and perspectives of a diversity of artists.
Above and below: “Mashrabiya” painted steel installation (outdoor and indoor views), by Ghazaleh Avarzamani, 2021; courtesy of Galerie Nicolas Robert. Photo credit: Toni Hafkenscheid

Organized by guest curator Daisy Desrosiers, Adjunct Curator Rui Mateus Amaral, and MOCA Artistic Director November Paynter, the exhibition includes new works by Ashoona Ashoona and Alexa Hatanaka, Ghazaleh Avarzamani, Nour Bishouty, Jesse Chun, Tom Chung, Common Accounts/Igor Bragado and Miles Gertler, Julia Dault, Azza El Siddique, Kareem-Anthony Ferreira, Aaron Jones, Pamila Matharu, Native Art Department International/Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan, Oluseye, Pamel...