Fall 1988
On newsstands September 15 to December 14, 1988
Volume 5, Number 3
Features
Attila Richard Lukacs Classical, compelling, brilliant and amoral, the works of this young Canadian expatriate radically challenge accepted ideas of painting. By Scott Watson The Definitive Eye A portfolio of five Canadian artists By Arnaud Maggs Cents and Sensibility From art school to artistic endeavour: two former students make use of their visual talents By Maya Gallus Another Poolside Attraction Set designer Michael Levine and theatre director Robert Lepage together dream up the visionary play Tectonic Plates By Martin Hunter Back to the Landscape Rae Johnson has moved from figurative painting to some versions of pastoral By Donna Lypchuk House of the Rising Sun Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garçons and virtuoso of minimalist fashion, is now turning her talents to furniture By Adele FreedmanThe Object
Scanning the dystopian skies By Gary Michael DaultThe Screen
Suggestions for postmodern TV By John ScottThe Revolver
Deconstructivist architecture By Larry RichardsThe Female Gaze
Renoir, Picasso and the boys By Susan CreanFast Forward
A cross-Canada checkup of people and events in the arts Compiled by Sarah MilroyFocus
Jana Sterbak By Peggy Gale Harold Town By Brian Boigon Vikky Alexander By Nancy Tousley Michael Merrill By Julie Voyce Pierre Doiron By Henry Lehmann Richard Prince By Stephen Godfrey Ann Kipling By Robin Laurence Ben Walmsley By Hans WernerIndex
to artists and galleries, listed by artistFlashback
Venice Absurd: the 43rd Biennale By Jocelyn LaurenceCover Detail: Attila Richard Lukacs, Requirements of Monumentality (1988) 96" x 55½". Tar, oil, enamel and goldleaf on canvas. Courtesy: Diane Farris Gallery.