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
Libby Hague: A Step into Darkness
Libby Hague’s latest sculptural installation of prints and video has great charm and ingenuity. But as John Armstrong observes, the delight produced by Hague’s techniques cannot overcome the haunting darkness of the landscapes she portrays.
Trade Secrets
Whither the “public” in “public art gallery”? Where’s the exhibitionism in exhibition-making? If the broadly understood purpose of art can be summarized by that old E. M. Forster chestnut “only connect,” why then does there seem, at times, to be so much disconnect between art and its audiences?
Talia Shipman
In the last few years the photographers Hedi Slimane, Mario Testino and David LaChapelle, who are more often identified with fashion than with fine art, have mounted shows in major American and European galleries.
Christian Knudsen
This exhibition, curated by Benjamin Klein, offered an enticing cross-section of Christian Knudsen’s painting, sculpture, drawing and photography. A restless spirit, Knudsen gives the impression of a savant at work.
Jim Breukelman
Whether it’s topiary, taxidermy or shipbuilding, Jim Breukelman shines a warm, humane light on his photographic subjects.
Paul Butler
Few individuals move so effortlessly among the categories of artist, dealer and curator as Winnipeg’s Paul Butler.
Cliff Eyland
My first encounter with Cliff Eyland’s bibliophilic work was in 1990, in the last of a series of exhibitions at Dalhousie Art Gallery surveying contemporary Canadian drawing.
It Happened in your Neighbourhood
A playful Daniel Buren installation that riffed on the building’s exterior by overlaying colourful geometric patterns onto an attention-grabbing skylight was an indication of the contemporary spirit that swept over the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec with “It Happened in your Neighbourhood: Contemporary Art in Quebec City,” a major exhibition that brought together nearly 50 artists who have connections with the city.
Here Now or Nowhere
Curated by the Toronto artist Micah Lexier, “Here Now or Nowhere” took over Grande Prairie, Alberta—a natural resource–based town, population 50,000—during the dark days of winter.
Nick Ostoff
Nick Ostoff ’s exhibition at Diaz Contemporary suggests an index, a compendium of possibilities.