Andrew James Paterson

b. 1952, Canada
www.andrewjamespaterson.com

Andrew James Paterson is an interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto. His work engages in a playful questioning of language, philosophy, ‘community and capitalism’ in a wide range of disciplines, including video, performance, writing, film, and music. He has exhibited nationally and internationally for over four decades. Paterson’s artist’s book Collection Correction was published by Kunstverein Toronto and Mousse of Milan in 2016. His novelette Not Joy Division was published by IMPULSE B in Toronto in 2018. Paterson was awarded a Governor General’s Award for his work in Visual and Media Arts in 2019.

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Performance

Performance
Andrew James Paterson: Never Enough Night, Presented by the plumb

the plumb presents Andrew James Paterson: Never Enough Night, the most extensive survey exhibition of the seminal Canadian artist’s work to date.

Join us on Saturday, May 11 at 4:00pm at the plumb for Paterson’s performance entitled “Pate’s Salt Carp,” co-presented by FADO Performance Art Centre.
Performance
Legs, Too

There is no staff, no coordinator, no stage manager, only artists working together. LEGS has legs. LEGS is a manifestation of the social and performing body through the collective network and expanded community.

Writing

Engagements

Series

Books & Ephemera

Book
Golden Book 1: Film; Rope

Essay by Andrew James Paterson about Film: Rope, a performance by Francesco Gagliardi presented at Images Festival 2013.

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445-401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Artist Orange

Just as a performance artist uses their body as their medium, this is a fragrance composed entirely of the orange tree: fruit, leaves, bark, roots, and flowers. Artist Orange performs itself.

Top Notes

neroli, blood orange

Middle Notes

fresh orange juice, petit grain

Base Notes

orange twig, orange seed