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
Jack Chambers: Silver and Gold
Though best known to many as a painter, the late Jack Chambers also created some important, influential art for the silver screen. As David Balzer reports, a show of Chambers’ overlooked work in both genres, currently on in London, is pure gold.
Robin Peck: Stacking the Decks
In his recent Toronto exhibition, New Brunswick artist Robin Peck piled austere shapes and ancient architectural references into works that were surprisingly light. Gary Michael Dault reviews, finding the elemental in Peck’s contemporary practice.
The Last Frontier: Natural Histories
Our co-existence with nature can be by turns fragile, tense, sublime and fascinating. Adam O’Reilly ponders these tendencies as he reviews “The Last Frontier,” a Halifax group show that examines relationships between culture, nature and built environments.
Stephen Mueller: Thinking Inside the Box
For a recent Calgary exhibition, Windsor artist Stephen Mueller toiled in a small glass box of his own design for six hours a day, five days a week. Christopher Willard reflects on the piece, finding big psychological impacts in Mueller’s tiny, contained gestures.
Marc Audette: An Education
Many associate art school with the sober institutionalization of creativity. But in his current show, Toronto professor Marc Audette transforms the classroom into a rich (if occasionally dark) territory for inquiry. Mary Reid reviews.
It Is What It Is: Or Is It?
Reid Shier, Director/Curator of Presentation House Gallery in Vancouver, reviews the National Gallery of Canada’s “It Is What It Is,” asking whether the show satisfies its two-pronged promise—to act as a recent-acquisitions show and as a revitalized Canadian biennial.
David Spriggs
Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal
Frank Shebageget
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
Blue Republic
Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto
Gerald Beaulieu
Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown