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
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
Out of Nowhere: Winnipeg Wonders
Curated by artist Sarah Anne Johnson and critic Meeka Walsh, “Out of Nowhere” is New York group show of Winnipeg artists. Hadani Ditmars reviews, finding a fresh perspective on the Canadian aesthetic.
Lyonel Feininger: Seeing from a Different Angle
This month, a Lyonel Feininger retrospective organized by New York’s Whitney Museum will open in Montreal. As David Balzer reports, the Canadian spin on this modern master promises to highlight overlooked output in music.
Nicole Collins: Glimpses of Renewal
The term “reconstruction” can be associated with Civil War history, plastic surgery and financial crises alike. As Pete Smith reports, the term also gets fresh aesthetic definition in Nicole Collins’ new paintings, currently on view in Toronto.
Kananginak Pootoogook: Such a Long Journey
From traditional wildlife to shiny Ski-Doos, Kananginak Pootoogook documented contemporary Inuit life from the 1950s right up till his death in 2010. Now, a keenly observed memorial exhibition is on in Vancouver. Robin Laurence reviews.
Survive. Resist.
An article from the Winter 2012 issue of Canadian Art
Francis Picabia: Postmodern Predictor
In his final fall report from New York City, David Balzer reviews a show of Francis Picabia’s late paintings at Michael Werner. As Balzer observes, Picabia’s production in the 1940s seemed to predict the kitsch and remix tendencies of postmodern painting today.
Changing Stakes: Deconstructing Dubai
Dubai, home to the world’s tallest building, is a city known for extremes. This fall, fissures between its fantastical marketing and hard-labour reality were concisely revealed in an exhibition at Mercer Union. cheyanne turions reviews.
Richard Mosse: Infrared Insights
The landscape and people of eastern Congo, photographed with infrared film, are the basis for Richard Mosse’s remarkable prints at New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery. In this slideshow, David Balzer mulls the implications, which stretch from Conrad to Hendrix.
Maurizio Cattelan: All Things Considered
Frank Lloyd Wright’s design for New York’s Guggenheim is famously rough on the artists exhibiting work there. But as critic Daniel Baird points out in this review, Maurizio Cattelan may have solved that problem in “All,” his current retrospective.