Dan Graham Pavilions: A Guide
By Josh Thorpe

Art Metropole, (Toronto), 2009, 12.7 x 10.2 cm, 80 pp. full colour, perfect bound, softcover. $20

  

ADVERTISING BY ARTISTS (complete boxed edition)
Cecilia Berkovic, Stephen Ellwood, Nestor Kruger, and Yoko Ono

Art Metropole, Toronto, 2009. 16 publications; 30 x 30 x 17.5 cm, edition of 23, numbered. $500

  

Something, somewhat, somehow
Heather Carey, Krista Commission, Anthony Cooper, Laura Dooreleyers, Katie V. Green, Brittany V. Hartley, Julie Hunter, Dylan Mannik-Zulinski, Samuel Silversides, Miles Stemp, Brian Watson, Donna Willard, Alison Zuk

Art Metropole, Toronto, 2009. 16 publications; 21.6 x 21.6 cm, softcover.

  

Borderline Case
Michael Morris & Vincent Trasov

Art Metropole, 2008. Greeting Card, offset litho on card, envelope. 17.9 x 11.8cm. $4. Special edition of 40. $50

  
  

EVIDENCE OF THIRTY YEARS ±, A timeline of Art Metropole's history to 2004

Art Metropole, 2008. 40 pp., PDF. Graphic timeline designed by artist Nestor Kruger and compiled by Fern Bayer. Introduction and document design by Tonik Wojtyra.

A Beaver Tail, 2008
Terence Koh

Art Metropole, 2008. Bronze (8.5" x 4" x 0.5"), custom box, softcover book (36 pp), insert card. Signed/numbered edition of 10 (+ 2 A.P.s). $12,500

Art Metropole, 2008. Softcover book (36 pp), numbered edition of 262. $50

  
  

ABC... with love (too cool for school)

Art Metropole, 2008. Letterpress print edition, 26 single colour prints (blue or orange), prints measure 13 x 18 cm, in a handmade acid-free box, 13.8 x 18.8 x 3.8 cm. Numbered edition of 52. $465

  

Goin' Postal

Art Metropole, Toronto, 2007. 96 pp., softcover, black & white, staple-bound, .6 x 12.7 x 19 cm, signed tip-in photograph. Edition of 100, numbered - $12

  

The Quiet Americans, 2007
Will Kwan

A Briggs & Riley carry-on bag etched with suggestive excerpts from 2 text sources: The Quiet American by Graham Greene, and the 2006 Council of Europe report on extraordinary rendition networks, an EU judiciary report.

Art Metropole FWD Edition, 2007. Briggs & Riley carry-on bag, with engraving, embossed leather, iron-on transfer, novel, USB key, 57 x 23 x 37cm. Edition of 6, signed & numbered - $2000

  

Shoe Journal
A General Idea Production by George Saia

1971/2007. Offset, black and white, 64pp, hand-bound simulated leather cover, foil stamped, with letterpress inset, 64 pp., 15.6 x 10.9 x 1cm. Edition of 100, plus 18 APs and 1 PP, rubber-stamp signed, numbered - $150

Contains insert by Robert Fones, Reading Shoe Journal, 2007, photocopy on paper: folded, 15.1 x 10.3 cm; unfolded, 15.1 x 41.2cm.

 

Bed of Nails
Jeremy Laing

A new Art Metropole FWD Edition, and the third in an on-going series of pieces by Jeremy Laing involving acrylic finger nails. Laing is one of Canada's leading young designers, gaining international recognition for his cerebral and organic approach to garment construction, as well as his crossover art world collaborations.

Art Metropole FWD Edition, 2007. Digital jacquard woven blanket, colour, 127cm x 178cm. Edition of 10 + 2 proofs - $600

 

Le vol blanc (The white flight)
Marie-Ange Guilleminot

The artist memorializes the American nuclear bombings of Japan in 1945, again, in an ephemeral time-based paper work.

Art Metropole FWD Edition, 2007. Japanese paper, with 2-colour litho, 35 cm x 35 cm. Edition of 10 + 2 proofs - $750 (unframed)

 

Signs, Statements, Proclamations
Art Metropole Fundraising Edition
Geoffrey Farmer

This edition is Art Metropole's 2007 Fundraising Edition, and is his "last kit ever".

Plexiglass shoebox, gold plated nail, string, seven laminated posters, brown fringe, size 10 brown Oxford. Edition of 10 + 2 proofs - $4000

 

Law & Order (February 2007 - April 2007)
Derek Sullivan

Another installment of Art Metropole's FWD Edition Series; a re-ordering of a classic Lawrence Weiner poster by Derek Sullivan.

Art Metropole FWD Edition, 2007. Coloured pencil and silkscreen on paper, 87.5 cm x 55 cm. Edition of 6 + 2 Artist Proofs - $950 (unframed)

 

INFINITE OUTFIT
Lucy Pullen

The inagural edition of Art Metropole's FWD Edition; a cosmic moss assemblage from the inimitable Lucy Pullen.

Art Metropole FWD Edition, 2007. Möbius-knit forms: reflective thread (67% glass, 23mm), dimensions variable. Unique multiples, edition of 6 - $1000 each