Calling from Canada
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada | Roboti Art, “Cinétose” by Projet EVA
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada | Roboti Art, “Cinétose” by Projet EVA
There I was, lying on my back, the sharp bang of shots coming closer and louder. I stood up and I could feel air pressure from the vibrations of the …
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada | Haute Culture: General Idea Retrospective at AGO
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada | Haute Culture: General Idea Retrospective at AGO
Hundreds of giant, silver, cloud-like, helium-filled Mylar balloons reading “Magic Bullet” float in a white room in the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto. Magic is right. The shiny, …
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada | Healthy Mind/Healthy Body? Berlinde De Bruyckere at Montreal’s DHC
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada | Healthy Mind/Healthy Body? Berlinde De Bruyckere at Montreal’s DHC
Before the analysis comes rushing in like an insuppressible wave, I am struck with the straight-up “thingness” of Flemish artist, Berlinde De Bruyckere’s corporeal sculptures at gallery DHC in Montreal. …
Calling from Canada
Calling from Canada | Surrey Art Gallery’s “Dwellings”
Calling from Canada
Calling from Canada | Surrey Art Gallery’s “Dwellings”
As part of the exhibition Dwellings at the Surrey Art Gallery, Sitely Premises is a group show of works by artists who have examined the exterior of Lower Mainland residential …
Calling from Canada
Calling from Canada | An Interview with Tyson Parks
Calling from Canada
Calling from Canada | An Interview with Tyson Parks
The first really noticeable thing about new media artist Tyson Parks’s digital paintings is their fostering of tension between organic and synthetic elements. Images of readymades provide the tip of …
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Ken Lum 30 Year Retrospective at Vancouver Art Gallery
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Ken Lum 30 Year Retrospective at Vancouver Art Gallery
Ever watch a three month old baby stare into a mirror for the first time? Its face is an expression of pure awe and confusion. What is the thing in …
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Scott Yoell’s “Tsunami”
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Scott Yoell’s “Tsunami”
When I interview an artist for radio format, I go in hoping for interesting and honest statements about his/her work and ideas, because I know that in the editing suite, …
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Musée des Beaux-Arts Goes Loco for Local
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Musée des Beaux-Arts Goes Loco for Local
In 1913, Marcel Duchamp created a ruckus with an assembled inverted bicycle wheel mounted on a stool. The provocateur stirred controversy soon after with more found objects, most famously a …
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Runa Islam at Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal
Calling from Canada
Calling From Canada: Runa Islam at Contemporary Art Museum of Montreal
The Great White North, as Canada is affectionately known, could be called something altogether different in the heated summer months. Try “Huge Hot Land” or “Expansive Land Mass Connected by …
