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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

AGO Massive

ENGINE Gallery owner Steven Schwartz and I (Mandy Cheetham) attended the AGO massive for the first time this year. While we were happy to be contributing to such a worthy cause we had no idea we would have such a great time!


Upon our arrival we were thrilled to see so many people had dressed in the 20's style to match the speakeasy theme. While the rest of the crowd rocked their fedoras the always-original Steve had intuitively chosen to stand out in a baseball cap and funky button down.



There must have been nearly 3000 guests over the three floors of the gallery. The basement was our favourite - with the band Tanika Charles and the Wonderfuls and a wicked female DJ who's name I can't recall (please message if you know her name) - we danced until the last note of the last song.

As it is at the best Toronto parties we were lucky enough to run into some good friends including Carl Lyons, Michelle De Los Santos, Steven Levy, and clients Ron Masil and Natasha Dobrina. Ron took the fantastic photos including this one of Natasha and Steve.


It was a last minute decision to go, and we are so glad we did. We'll be back again next year with more friends to support the AGO and their MASSIVE event.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Brent Lewin's Wild Elephants in Bangkok


Engine Artist Brent Lewin has been attracting a lot of attention lately.













Brent has recently been recognized as one of Photo District News (PDN)'s top 30 new and emergent photographers to watch for 2010 and chosen as a winner in the 2010 applied arts photography and illustration awards in the 'limited edition gallery prints' category for his Want Not Waste Not series.

During CONTACT we will show Brent's series entitled The Elephant in the Room.

The series explores the plight of wild elephants in Bangkok, Thailand as they "vie aimlessly for space in the congested streets" brought in by 'handlers' as a means for panhandling.













Brent explores how the revered, honourable and majestic image of the elephant has come to "represent the failures and inequity of the country's economic development."

Brent Lewin attended the University of Toronto and has photographed for such publications as National Geographic, The New York Times, Discovery Channel Magazine and The Toronto Star.