16 November 2008

I dunno how it happened but I can't publish to here any more so... RIP.

In the mean time I've started this and that. This continues the Rockonski blog but in a clearly different form. That is a catalogue of ideas being spawned for an exhibition in Switzerland in 2009. Until then I am

yours truly,
tonik

02 November 2008

I would do it again but I can't.

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24 October 2008

Passin Me By - Pharcyde

09 October 2008

stung haiku

that bee that stung me
in the morning, at 4 AM?
i thought it was you

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20 September 2008

Homesick

Homesick - October 2 - October 31, 2008


The Cousins (2007) 30.5 x 35.5cm

Rockonski is happy as a pair of boobs to present Homesick, Tonik Wojtyra's first solo exhibit ever. The show opens October 2 and runs to October 31. Please join the artist for the opening the morning of October 2 at 8 am - 11 am. The show takes place at 71 Havelock St. Toronto, ON - M6H3B3 KANADA

In Homesick, Tonik presents a multifarious chronicle culminating 30 months of painting at 71 Havelock Street in Toronto. Produced and presented in situ, the works on exhibit explore painting's relationship to architecture, abstraction, genealogy, dreams, promises, lies and it's ability to affect. Tonik explains:

>"It sucks ass but I have to move. Man, I learned to cook here. I wrote a book here. I mastered paint here. What haven't I done here? I have the best balcony, to boot. And although the tide has turned for the better and all? I feel sick about it. I really love this place, man. I don't wanna go but I can't stay either. The best way for me to talk about it is to show my Art within its first frame as Daniel Buren calls the studio. Let's have a cup of tea, a cookie, a chat, a smoothie, some eggs, oatmeal, sausages, yogurt, let's get high or whatever. I'm inviting you. I miss you."

A book will be published to accompany the show.

About the artist

Tonik Wojtyra is probably taller than you are... but maybe not as smart. Mos def maybe.

email or 416-879-5077

Rockonski presents...
xxx

10 September 2008

None of the above

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14 August 2008

Herzog and de Meuron (a slight intro)

09 August 2008

Maurizio Cattelan's Good versus Evil

A 2003 chess set by the Italian contemporary master where the artist posits "the figures of Adolf Hitler as the Black King against Martin Luther King, Jr. as the White King. I like.

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