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
Luc Tuymans
The last big Tuymans show I saw was at London’s Tate Modern about five years ago.
In-Finitum
Within the labyrinthine streets of Venice is a Gothic building that recently hosted the ambitious and unusual exhibition “In-finitum.”
Anish Kapoor
Expectations were high for Anish Kapoor’s latest exhibition, which marked the first time a living artist has been given free rein in the Royal Academy.
Tracey Moffatt
Virulent exchanges; verbal tango; exotic scenes with coconuts, leis, grass skirts and palm trees...
Steve Higgins
Steve Higgins is a man of the city; Ihor Holubizky, curator of this exhibition, calls him an astute “observer/flâneur.”
Report from Terminal City: More Cowbell on Vancouver Art
Red-jerseyed Olympics fans are lining up across Vancouver for free entrance to decked-out galleries and behemoth corporate party tents. In her second of three reports from Vancouver, Danielle Egan deals with sensory overload, creative competition and raucous art fever.
Monster: The Fear Inside
Outwardly, the group show “Monster” abounds with man-eating demons, hair-pulling ghosts, wart-covered witches and black-tongued sea creatures. But as Robin Laurence observes, the exhibition offers some inner psychological ogres to meditate on as well.
Scott Rogers: Tron, McLuhan and the Space Between
Using lines of photo-luminescent tape in a darkened space, Scott Rogers’ installation Wireframe evoked retro-futurist imagery of the 1980s. Now, Mikhel Proulx reflects on how Rogers effectively mashed up real place and time with its representation.
Vancouver Report: Let The Art Games Begin
Nerves are jangling in Vancouver, a city under siege from red-mitted tourists, international media, corporate brands and fighter jets, among other forces. Danielle Egan delivers her first report in a series of three from a metropolis where the games are, on many fronts, just beginning.
Guido van der Werve: King’s Gambits and Artist’s Games
Marcel Duchamp and John Cage spring to mind when viewing Guido van der Werve’s latest film at Prefix. As Bryne McLaughlin observes, the intertwining of life, art, chess and music in van der Werve’s work invites rich comparisons.