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
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.
Gabriel Coutu-Dumont: Sketches of Synchronicity
Gabriel Coutu-Dumont filtered thousands of globetrotting photos down to a mere 275 for his current touring show. But as critic Amy Fung reports, Coutu-Dumont’s exhibition is at its best when it focuses on the artist’s photographic—rather than curatorial—skills.
Mowry Baden: Perception Machines
“Mirroring,” the latest exhibition by Victoria’s Mowry Baden at Diaz Contemporary, consists of no mirrors—at least none of the typical kind. Instead, Bryne McLaughlin notes, Baden’s sculptures offer the idea of reflection as a tactile experience.
Kristine Moran: The Marsh, The Maze
In her first Toronto solo show since completing an MFA at Hunter College, Kristine Moran presents several bold new paintings. As critic Carol-Ann M. Ryan reports, Moran successfully captures allure, sensuality and looming danger, among other elements.
Kelly Lycan
I found myself slipping right into the phenomenology of Kelly Lycan’s all-white installation WHITE HOT at Gallery TPW in Toronto
Ryan Gander: A Not-So-Quick Study of Art and Artifice
In a rare Toronto show, UK artist Ryan Gander offers a hall-of-mirrors “documentary” on art students. As Charlene Lau observes, the layers of truth and falsity in Gander’s work—which features a cameo by Frieze critic Dan Fox—are convincing, and quite clever.
Scott McFarland: Seasonal Effects
Scott McFarland’s images offer up contradictory manifestations of nature: dark skies over sun-dappled fields, oddly splayed shadows and a few nonchalant human clones. Now, Adele Weder assesses his current Vancouver survey and its epic, photographic fictions.
Michael Dumontier: Drawing on Minimalism, and Maturity
Former Royal Art Lodge member Michael Dumontier had his first Canadian solo show in Toronto this fall. As Bill Clarke notes, Dumontier seems to have been the group’s minimalist, as well as its most childlike soul.
Animal House
When I first heard about “Animal House: Works of Art Made by Animals,” my first thought was: if the work itself is silly, can the theoretical context that frames it be enough to make for a compelling experience?
Michal Rovner
The first work that you stumble upon in Michal Rovner’s exhibition at DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art dispels any doubt about the depth of the Israeli artist’s aesthetic.