Tony OurslerPublic Art Installation

Enter the surreal realm of one of the most controversial multi-media artists on the world scene today.

Tony Oursler visual arts installation has also been extended to June 26. Located in and around the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Oursler's installation is separated into three parts and structures; two Plexiglas houses equipped with flat-screen monitors, and a sculpture inside the Young Gallery of the AGO. Oursler's work examines various disorders as a metaphor to understanding the state of human nature.

Blurring the boundaries between the organic and the artificial, the work of renowned New York artist Tony Oursler has awed and unsettled spectators in cities around the world.

He's perhaps best known for his use of video footage of human faces projected onto spheres, dolls and other three-dimensional surfaces. The results are riveting: sculptural objects that seem to be alive, returning your startled gaze as they mutter, twitch and scream. Psychological disorder, the relationship between mass media and the human mind, youth culture and wireless communication are among the themes evoked and explored in Oursler's vividly surreal imaginings.

Luminato and the Art Gallery of Ontario invite you to Grange Park to experience the sometimes disturbing, always compelling and utterly unforgettable world of this extraordinary artist.

"Oursler makes his viewers laugh and cry in the same gasp of amazement while leading them straight into the dark heart of human fragility." - Joyce Korotkin, Tema Celeste