![]() Lexier is no stranger to curation and collaboration, having done plenty of both since his return to Toronto five years ago after almost a decade in New York. As it is, he's pulled together an impressive multigenerational panoply, the youngest artist likely being 23-year-old Jillian Kay Ross, the oldest, at 83, Michael Snow (who, fittingly, also has contributed the oldest work in the show, a tiny, folded piece of paper, framed behind glass, done in 1961). "Really, I could do this show two or three times over with different artists each time," he declared. It's "been a blast" nevertheless, and if he had his druthers, More Than Two would have even more artists. The last, he admitted between last-minute flits around the venue to supervise this and finesse that, has "obsessed my life for about nine months now." Mostly it's meant soliciting suggestions, visiting one studio after another, scouting the mostly smallish objects, made, found and enhanced, that he now has artfully positioned in six long rows of Plexiglas-covered vitrines. Amazingly, given Lexier's longevity and art-world ubiquity, the showcase marks his debut at The Power Plant, long deemed Canada's pre-eminent non-profit venue for cutting-edge contemporary art, while his curatorial effort is being touted as "the most extensive exhibition of local art undertaken in Toronto in decades." The One in the title refers to four solo large-scale projects, including Lexier's first foray into video ( This One, That One), curated by Power Plant director Gaetane Verna the Two, Lexier's collaborations with three writers (Colm Toibin and Christian Bok among them) the More Than Two, Lexier's curation of 221 artworks by 101 individual artists, duos and collectives from Toronto. 5, 2014, and giving free rein to two of Lexier's abiding penchants – collecting and ordering. It's an ambitious, big exhibition, part survey, part update, taking up every space in the Power Plant from now through Jan. The precision and the puckishness are fully in evidence in Lexier's newest gallery show titled – take a breath now and read slowly – One, and Two, and More Than Two at the Power Plant in Toronto. His is a genial conceptualism, one that never forgets to take care of business (cards). After all, you don't get to do an installation at Louis Vuitton's Canadian flagship store – which Lexier, 52, has up right now – nor slide into the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Bank of Montreal, among a host of other public and private institutions, here and abroad, by being a Seltzer-squirting, table-toppling prankster. The card, for all that it simultaneously spoofs the convention of the calling card and the art world's fetish for the rare and limited, is at the same time emblematic of the precision, rigour and (yes) seriousness the Winnipeg-born Lexier has brought to his career in the past 25 years. But not in an anarchic, Three Stooges kind of way. Mine is 00740 stamped in blue in the upper right corner, part of a sequential edition, it says on the card's bottom, that the artist started June 1, 2008. The card I got the other day has all the usual factual information but it's also part of a numbered, open-ended edition. Ask him for his phone number or e-mail and chances are good he'll dig into his wallet to pull out a business card. Certainly that's a quality evident in both his practice and person. So yes, we very much recommend giving Gifted Curators a try if you want a great experience."Playful" is a word that shows up in a lot of the (many) published stories about Toronto artist and curator Micah Lexier. Also, they offer a $20 refer a friend coupon! See my purchase being opened - Product Opening This isn’t your typical DC Weed Event situation. I mean it's rare to see product this good in DC. DC weed these days is really California weed and wow is it fire. ![]() And let me just tell you, the product lived up to expectation. The delivery person showed up on time, handed me my products in exchange for cash, was super nice, and went on their way. Let’s just say, I was more than pleased with this outcome. I made the payment and sent my ID proving I’m over 21 and we arranged to meet up in a local store parking lot. Since I'm a first time customer I had to pay via Cash App, which I was prompted to do in a text from them almost immediately upon ordering (amazing). After what seemed like less than a minute I placed my order and waited. So I went onto their website, which was unbelievably easy to use. This is a new service so it's always a concern whether they are reliable and whether they have premium products. Well with Gifted Curators, our experience has shown it’s hard to find a service more top-notch at all these traits. Will they show up where and when you ask? 2. In the world of DC Weed, it’s hard to find a service as safe and reliable as Gifted Curators. ![]()
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