The Mercer Union will also collaborate with fellow artist organisations in Toronto, like A Space, which is co-sponsoring an exhibition scheduled for July 16, consisting of four installations to be created specifically for the new gallery. Participating artists are Deborah McCarthy, Murray MacDonald, Max Dean, Judith Schwartz of Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg and Toronto respectively. They have been painting, plastering, and hanging spot lights. In a generous gesture, they won't complete their renovations until after Montreal sculptor has his show in October, because he wants to design his piece where the office is intended to materialise. For a good whiff of diehard formalism, it's worth the trek to 29 Mercer Street which is now showing work by the unionists.
Modular units abound.
Especially engaging is a trompe de l'oeil version of a Mayan temple produced by Robert Wiens on blueprint paper. With this kind of artistic enterprise in evidence, the Mercer Union is bound for glory.