Not Your Father’s Contemporary
Not Your Father’s Contemporary
137 Robert St. 2nd Floor
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Brought to you by:
Curatorial Collective, Nice Stuff:
Charlie Irani
Teresa Aversa
Pantea Razzaghi
What happens when parents indulge their children? In this case, great things! Not Your Father’s Contemporary is the first of a series of experimental locations brought to you by the Curatorial Collective “Nice Stuff”.
This former family home of Cyrus and Hutoshi Irani is a lived in apartment at the corner of Harbourd and Robert Street. It has been converted into a 500 sq/ft indoor exhibition space and a 950/sq ft outdoor garden patio.
The highlight of this gallery is the secret garden that has been lovingly tended to for over 25 years by Cyrus and Hutoshi Irani, Curator Charlie Iranis’, Mom and Dad. Presently the garden houses an Installation by Melissa Fisher “Afterthought in Paradise, Test # 1” Consisting of a tarp that is intricately woven with hundreds of fine threads building a web design that surrounds the outdoor space, Illustrating the journey of two forces that split and intersect mirror and conclude.
The Indoor gallery is home to the Grand Opening Fundraiser which has been contributed to by an impressive group of local artists. Mystery loot bags line the walls. Each filled with party Treats and Contemporary art.
The collectives plan is for Not Your Father’s Contemporary to act as a research hub, where artists and designers, chefs and neighbors can meet and create dialogues that will carry over to their diverse practices. There are planned lectures, movie screenings, brunch sessions, shows and events like the up coming monthly dinner party series.
Look out for their first curated exhibit featuring the work of Piotr Adas and Paul Kozak.
By Alison Brown
Author: 
Publisher-Creator Mikhail Saavedra began life down by the deepest tip of southern Latin America. He started life with a deep curiosity for all things, with music and books being at the forefront, a curious child by all accounts. As he grew and opened his eyes to the world, he developed a sense of justice and dignity in part as a reaction to growing up in a military dictatorship. Alas, this did not fill him with fear or cynicism but a more rebellious spirit, which led him to being incredibly popular at the principal’s office and the local riot police department….
Then came Canada and it was here that he was able to formulate his deep desire to learn about the world, with Toronto being the kind of multicultural soup that could engage his need to know and embrace. It started with writing, then moved on to what became Toronto’s first Latin Alternative radio show, followed by an all-English show in the same vein. It was this desire to find the true “crossover” among people, which led him to the concept of “Alternavox”
He is a lover of wine, good food, Neruda, Eduardo Galeano, rebel music, revolutionaries, dancing, family and beautiful people. Believes that kindness in this much too cynical world is revolutionary, that you are a better person when able to give a little without asking for the change and that on the same token you should laugh at yourself and the madness surrounding you as often as possible as you set out to change the world bit by bit. 