Growing Up by Patrick Tsai and Coley Brown opens Thursday, July 30th at The Emporium Gallery

Growing Up by Patrick Tsai and Coley Brown will open at the Emporium Gallery (3035 St. Antoine Ouest #74) on Thursday, July 30th from 7PM-11PM. The exhibition will also be open on Saturday, August 1st and Sunday, August 2nd from 12PM-5PM. Private viewings available by appointment from Monday, August 3rd to Wednesday, August 5th 2009.

About Growing Up-
Growing Up is an ongoing collaboration between Tokyo-based photographer, Patrick Tsai and NYC-based photographer, Coley Brown. Documenting this lifelong act, which they have done across the world, their exhibition features candid photographs of personal moments that are both intimate and magical. The outcome is a mesmerizing survey of growing up- one of life's most universal experiences.

Artist Statement-
"Growing Up was spurred by a spontaneous scene we witnessed together at Shibuya station in Tokyo, Japan- where two high school girls were leaning against a wall, one was crying while the other was trying to comfort her. Even though they were surrounded by a city of millions, they were the only ones that existed for that brief moment. The photograph we took of them that day eventually became the genesis of our project, a project whose intention was to document and explore the inevitable process of growing up."
Growing Up website.

About Patrick Tsai
Patrick Tsai was born in America in 1981. After graduating from the film program at NYU, he moved to Taiwan to practice photography. Three years later he met Chinese photographer, Madi Ju and moved to China. Together they started the online studio/photo diary, 'My Little Dead Dick' which obtained cult status and was thereafter shortlisted at the 2008 Hyere’s festival. After his break up with Ju, Patrick moved to Tokyo- where he now resides. His work has been featured in various publications such as Vice Magazine’s Annual Photo Issue and Foam Magazine.
Patrick Tsai website.

About Coley Brown
Coley Brown was born in Louisiana in 1987. At age 19, he moved to New York City where, for the next two years, he traveled the USA assisting photographers such as Ryan McGinley. His work, the result of his constant traveling and exploration of the world around him, recently resulted in 'Jam Jelly Honey Wild Rice'- his first monograph and, his first solo exhibition in Osaka, Japan.
Coley Brown website.

This exhibition is presented by The Emporium Gallery, Switzerland CS and Bierbrier but has been made possible by Converse. Click on the flier above for more information. Thanks, Ben Pobjoy

The Vice Photo Show- Thursday, July 16th @ The Emporium Gallery

The Vice Photo Show will open at the Emporium Gallery (3035 St. Antoine Ouest #74) on Thursday, July 16th from 7PM-11PM. The exhibition will also be open on Saturday, July 18th and Sunday, July 19th from 12PM-5PM.

About the Vice Photo Show Exhibition
Since 2002, Vice has published yearly photo issues that are definitive surveys of what's happening in contemporary photography. Responsible for popularizing the early work of some of today's most respected and imitated photographers, the Vice Photo Issue is, well straight up influential. In celebration of this year's issue, Vice is showcasing the work of Dana Goldstein and Jamie Taete; two emerging photographers that the magazine is fond of.

Vice Statement
"In honour of the 2009 Photo Issue, Vice is putting together two photo exhibitions in Montreal and Toronto to celebrate and supplement some of the new and founding talent we'll be featuring in this issue. Both shows will profile the work of two emerging and regular contributing photographers that we've become quite fond of— Dana Goldstein and Jamie Taete."

About Dana Goldstein
Dana Lauren Goldstein was born in Louisville, Kentucky. After receiving her BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design, she moved to New York City where she spent a year interning and assisting with eminent fashion photographer Kenneth Cappello. Dana’s work has since been exhibited all over the globe, and has shown with the Pulse Art Fair through the Saatchi Gallery,Tiny Vices, ITIWA, NOfound, Dazed Digital, and Puma. Her work has also appeared in the pages of i-D, Dazed and Confused, Vice, Bad Day, WAD, Intersection, QVest, and Sup among many others. Dana currently resides in lower Manhattan where she is pursuing a book which will be released later this year, and in her spare time she curates raging art parties that feature emerging artists and international talent. You can see Dana's work here.


About Jamie Taete
Jamie Taete is a 24-year-old photographer from the exact center of England, whose general celebrity fixation runs so deep he legally changed his name to Jamie Lee Curtis Taete.Like most photographers we admire, Jamie seems able to seek out scenes that are beyond weird, yet they all seem to be happening just down the street from his apartment. His photos have appeared in publications such as Vice, Chief, and The Guardian. His work has also been featured in the Tiny Vices traveling exhibition in USA, Mexico, France, Britain, and Japan. He is currently a staff photographer and regular contributor to Vice UK, and he blogs here.

About Vice
Vice Magazine is the first free, internationally distributed lifestyle magazine in the history of civilization. Founded in Montreal, Quebec and now currently based in New York City, we've been constantly expanding our reach to global proportions. With 18 satellite offices located around the world, simultaneous monthly issues are published from Japan to Brazil to Holland to France and back, with our editions reflecting the latest news and opinions from smart and funny people on the ground in each of our territories. In other cultural sects, you can find us producing our own brand of films, books, dvds and records, as well as our wide-reaching online television network, VBS.tv. In many ways, it's not easy to get rid of us.
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For more info, click on the flier above.

*This exhibition is presented by WeSC, Bierbrier and the Emporium Gallery and is additionally sponsored by GekaSkins and Pikto. Hope you can make it out, Ben Pobjoy