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
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.
Jamelie Hassan: At the Far Edge of Words
The elegant exhibition “At the Far Edge of Words” traces Jamelie Hassan’s output from 1977 to 2009. Through strong works old and new, Hassan’s survey becomes an education in political art expressed poetically.
Attila Richard Lukacs & Michael Morris: Polaroid Overload
Attila Richard Lukacs’ extensive archive of Polaroid figure studies offers both creative clues and nostalgic nudges. Yet the design of a related exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta, coordinated by Michael Morris, seems to favour overwhelming density over useful insight.
Kissick, Craven & Broadworth: Small is Beautiful
Three large-scale painters—John Kissick, David Craven and Jordan Broadworth—shrink their format for a new group exhibition. Along the way they show that good paintings can most certainly come in small packages.
Jenine Marsh: Where Greenhouse meets Darkroom
With garden centres across the country kicking up into full gear, the time is ripe for a consideration of Jenine Marsh’s Topiarium, a recent installation dealing with plants, architecture, biomorphism and more.
GGs in Review: Raising the Ottawa Bar
Though often considered staid, Ottawa is the city where the prime symbolic battles of Canadian visual culture are waged. Accordingly, the just-opened Governor General’s Awards exhibition provides much to debate about.