Alexander Irving: In Search of the Miraculous

In Search of the Miraculous
Alexander Irving

January 29 – February 22, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 2 – 5pm

The Red Head Gallery is excited to exhibit In Search of the Miraculous by Alexander Irving.

In Search of the Miraculous is a text-based exhibition of prints, drawings, and video. Through his reading, Irving gathers phrases that resonate with him and that, while at first seem disparate, come together to form unexpected narratives. Whether evoking personal reflections or taking on new relevance in relation to current events, the words regenerate imbuing the resulting compositions with new meaning for Irving and his viewers.

“I write through the gesture of drawing with respect for shadow as well as light. Every gesture imagines the next, every gesture becomes a word without commentary or interpretation.” – Alexander Irving

Alexander Irving has worked in a variety of media, always returning to drawing as a place of inquiry and wonder. Graduating from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1987, he has since exhibited his artwork nationally, and internationally. His recent work is text-based in pencil, paint, and print. The work is full of beginnings, repetitions, and bifurcations that never lead to unity, an end, or an exit.

“I am interested in a text that negotiates the diversity of its possible continuance and becomes, as it were, infinite. My medium is repetition.”

View past work here: www.alexanderirving.ca

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The Red Head Gallery was established in 1990 and is Toronto’s most enduring collectively run art gallery. It has stood the test of time as an exhibition space as well as a collective where critically engaged, highly productive artists enjoy curatorial control over the presentation of their work. Over the past two decades more than 100 artists have been part of The Red Head Gallery and have produced over 200 exhibitions.

There are two accessible entrances to 401 Richmond. At the northwest corner of the building, a ramp leads upward from the sidewalk to an automatic entrance onto the building’s main floor that measures 34″ wide, and with a lip that measures 1″ high. The other entrance at the northeast corner is less evident but equally, if not more, accessible. The automatic door measures 34″ wide and inside has a gradual ramp downwards which leads towards the elevators.

Methodology

Self-Survey

Date

Dec 2017

Entrance & Building Exterior

Entrance
Street Level	Yes
Street Level without Steps	Yes
Street Level with Steps	No
Door
Width of doorway	80"
Automatic Door Opener	No
Vestibule
Vestibule at Entrance	No

Restrooms

Accessible Washroom
Single Occupancy Accessible Washroom	No
Wheelchair Accessible Stall
Wheelchair Accessible Stall in a Washroom	Yes
Washroom Door width	"
Washroom Automatic Door Opener	"
Grab Bars Beside and Behind the Toilet	No
Obstructions Under the Sink	No
Measurement from the Bottom of the Sink to the Floor	"