Reviews
On Charles Campbell and the Underrepresentation of Caribbean Art in Canada
The Jamaica-born, Victoria-based artist has shown at the Brooklyn Museum and Pérez Art Museum Miami—but only recently had his first Vancouver solo show
On Charles Campbell and the Underrepresentation of Caribbean Art in Canada
The Jamaica-born, Victoria-based artist has shown at the Brooklyn Museum and Pérez Art Museum Miami—but only recently had his first Vancouver solo show
TH&B2: Post-Industrial Strength
TH&B, a collective named after the defunct Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, mounted its second large group show this spring. As Caitlin Sutherland observes, the exhibition evoked Steeltown’s struggle to redefine itself as a cultural hub.
(Da bao)(Takeout): Good to Go
In suburban Markham, an impressive exhibition strives to locate a cross-cultural dynamic between China and the West, presenting a thoughtful selection of works from Chinese, Canadian and Chinese-Canadian artists. Mariam Nader reviews.
Zhang Huan: Synchronicity Rising
With his radical staging of a Handel opera generating criticism this spring, superstar Chinese artist Zhang Huan challenged Toronto, and it challenged him back. Now, Gillian MacKay considers this debate and other Zhang projects in the city.
Mark Leckey: Animating Objects
In this review, Kristy Trinier considers Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Leckey's Western Canadian solo-show debut at Banff's Walter Phillips Gallery. As she notes with surprise, Leckey manages to create a kind of multimedia anthropomorphism.
Edouard Vuillard: Painting Patronage
A new exhibition of works by turn-of-the-century French painter Edouard Vuillard at New York’s Jewish Museum is at once predictably quiet and unexpectedly thrilling. David Balzer reviews one of Manhattan’s mandatory summer art events.
Kerry Tribe: Not-So-Total Recall
Los Angeles artist Kerry Tribe wades into the hazy nether regions of shattered mental recall in “Speak, Memory,” an exhibition of three recent film-based installations currently on at the Power Plant. Bryne McLaughlin reviews, considering the fickle nature of remembrance.
Egan Frantz: Poetic License
Tomorrow Gallery, a young Toronto space founded by artists Hugh Scott-Douglas, Aleksander Hardashnakov and Tara Downs, recently wrapped a show by New York's Egan Frantz. Mariam Nader reviews, finding irreverent takes on art, craft and literature.
Deborah Samuel: On Saving the World
Have you ever wished you’d done something other than make art? Maybe done something that could tangibly help other living beings? Janieta Eyre has felt that way, but the ROM's Deborah Samuel exhibition is reminding her how art itself can be helpful.
Sovereign Acts: Painful Histories, Terrific Performances
The history of indigenous people performing for colonial audiences inspires "Sovereign Acts,” a current Toronto group show. As Max Mosher writes, the show—featuring Lori Blondeau, Adrian Stimson and others—is both campy and contemplative.
Keren Cytter: Video Virtuoso
“Based on a True Story” in Oakville boasts the largest North American survey to date of Keren Cytter, the Tel Aviv–born artist known as one of today’s most intriguing video practitioners. Mariam Nader reviews, finding greatest hits and unexpected delights.