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What Does Constructing Space Mean for Five Canadian Abstract Painters?

Oeno Gallery presents five distinct visual languages all built on the idea that color is structural.

David Cantine, Purple Still Life 1 (2005). Courtesy of Oeno Gallery.

Artnet Gallery Network Oct 27, 2026

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The autumn group exhibition at Oeno Gallery , Toronto, “Constructing Space: The Visual Language of Five Abstract Painters,” taps into one of painting’s longest standing quandaries: How do you build space on a flat surface? The show brings together work by five influential Canadian artists— David Cantine , Milly Ristvedt , Charles Robb , Otto Rogers , and David Sorensen —each of whom developed their own abstract visual language to mine the expanses of visual perception.…