Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days
May 1 – June 2 and June 19 – August 25, 2013
Guest Curators: Blake Fitzpatrick and John Bentley Mays
University Gallery, The Image Centre (formerly Ryerson Image Centre)
During his long tenure as Toronto’s ocial photographer (1911-1940), Arthur S. Goss created thousands of images that illustrate in fine detail the Victorian city’s ambitious, but often dicult, re-invention of itself as a modern Canadian metropolis. He has long been best known for his eloquent pictures of slums, destitute immigrants, and other dark elements of this historical passage. This exhibition, aims to reveal a less widely heralded aspect of Goss’ professional work, but one that occupied his time and creative energy more fully than any other: the routinized production of visual documents for the use of various city departments and agencies.
Event(s):
Exhibition Tours
Daily 2:30 PM
All events take place at The Image Centre (formerly Ryerson Image Centre), unless otherwise noted
Presented in collaboration with the City of Toronto
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In partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
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![A lone person walking in between train tracks](https://theimagecentre.ca/media/resized/medium/ArthurSGoss.jpg)
Arthur S. Goss, Bloor Street Viaduct Photographs, General View – Railway Tracks, October 18, 1912. City of Toronto Archives, series 372, subseries 10, item 48
![A black and white photo of a newstand](https://theimagecentre.ca/media/resized/medium/s0372_ss0058_it1457_2.jpg)
Arthur S. Goss, News stand, Northeast Corner of Gerrard and Jones, 1937. City of Toronto Archives, series 372, subseries 58, item 1457
![A black and white photograph of a telephone poll](https://theimagecentre.ca/media/resized/medium/s0372_ss0058_it0105.jpg)
Arthur S. Goss, Telephone Pole, Victoria Lane, March 14, 1912. City of Toronto Archives, series 372, subseries 58, item 105
Exhibition Catalogue
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Front cover of Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days
Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days
Guest Curators: Sarah Bassnett, Blake Fitzpatrick, and John Bentley Mays
This book is the third in a series published by The Image Centre (formerly Ryerson Image Centre), and accompanies the exhibition Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days, displayed in the University Gallery at The Image Centre (formerly Ryerson Image Centre) from May to June 2 and June 19 to August 25, 2013.
Installation Shots
![A gallery with photos on the wall](https://theimagecentre.ca/media/resized/medium/WorksAndDays-RIC-2013-11.jpg)
Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days (installation view), 2013 © Eugen Sakhnenko, The Image Centre
![A gallery wall with 9 photographs framed and hanging](https://theimagecentre.ca/media/resized/medium/WorksAndDays-RIC-2013-02.jpg)
Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days (installation view), 2013 © Eugen Sakhnenko, The Image Centre
![A gallery wall filled with framed photographs](https://theimagecentre.ca/media/resized/medium/WorksAndDays-RIC-2013-12.jpg)
Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days (installation view), 2013 © Eugen Sakhnenko, The Image Centre