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
Murray Favro: Machine Logic
For more than four decades, London, Ontario, artist Murray Favro has been a source of perception-bending sculptural constructions. A new show at Christopher Cutts Gallery, reviewed here by Bryne McLaughlin, reveals the inner components of Favro’s conceptual handiwork.
Marcus Bowcott: Our Floating Forests
BC artist Marcus Bowcott once studied painting while working on Fraser River tugboats. Bettina Matzkuhn reflects on Bowcott’s latest show, noting how those experiences must have shaped his view of landscape.
Paul Butler and Lynne Heller: White-Cube Wit
Last month, Gallery 44 paired two artists whose work investigates systems and standards of art display: Paul Butler and Lynne Heller. As Vanessa Nicholas notes, the result was an ironic, self-critical treatment of the exhibition space itself.
Input/Output: Electric Fields
A recent group show in Halifax amped up the Centre for Art Tapes’ residency program by showcasing electronic artworks produced by its participants. Adam O’Reilly reviews, finding a similar aesthetic and, interestingly, the trace of the human hand remaining.
Vera Frenkel: Archive Fevers
The career of pioneering media artist Vera Frenkel forms the focus of a compact, soon-to-close exhibition at Galerie SBC in Montreal. As Amy Marshall Furness observes, the show offers a revelatory cross-section of work on time, technology and geography.
It Is What It Is: The Canadian Biennial in Question
Biennial fever continues to sweep the globe, and this fall the National Gallery of Canada joins the fray with “It Is What It Is,” a survey of contemporary Canadian art. But what is “it” exactly? Bryne McLaughlin reports on the show and a day of related panel discussions.
Journeys: Migration, Mythologized
Aesthetics meet adventure in “Journeys,” a Montreal exhibition exploring notions of migration by people, objects and concepts. David Balzer reviews, finding an excellent mix of sociology, anthropology, art and storytelling spanning from Liberia to Labrador.
Allyson Clay: Literature in Stereo
During a research residency in Paris, artist Allyson Clay used a stereo camera to shoot photographs of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Now, Janice Andreae examines how those pictures were reflected and refracted in Clay’s recent Toronto solo show.
John Massey: Cine Signs
Film history looms large in Toronto artist John Massey’s latest series, After Le Mépris, which draws on Godard’s iconic Contempt. As David Balzer observes, Massey’s interest in modernist cinema matches that of many other Canadian artists.
El Anatsui: Reshaping the Everyday
Earlier this month, a major retrospective of Ghanian artist El Anatsui opened at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Now, Vanessa Nicholas observes how Anatsui transforms geography, community and the everyday into strong and striking works.