Daniel Faria Gallery is pleased to present Both Sides Now, a group exhibition featuring historic works by American-born Canadian artists Barbara Astman, June Clark, Lynne Cohen, Clara Gutsche, Pamela Harris, Laura Jones, Suzy Lake and Lisa Steele. This show is ostensibly the first of its kind.

The artists in Both Sides Nowshare the experience of having left the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s in response to the prevailing political climate, seeking refuge, community, and a sense of home in Canada. Many turned to photography as a means of reconstructing belonging or as a self-reflexive tool for examining identity as young women negotiating new social realities. In Toronto, several artists formed networks around the Baldwin St. Gallery (1969-1980), the first photography gallery in Canada founded by Laura Jones and her husband John F. Phillips.

The Baldwin St. Gallery functioned as a key site of exchange and connection. Rather than operating as a commercial venue, the…