- Loose Threads
Two of my posts from this past month are now in need of a resolution as April draws to a close, neither of which warrants its own post, so consider this a two-for-one deal. Firstly, some of you may have noticed that my first blog for Akimblog has now gone online. The post’s coverage of [...]
- Are You With Me? McMaster’s SUMMA Exhibition
I’m a bit belated on delivering a well-due commentary on McMaster’s SUMMA exhibition at the McMaster Museum of Art, given that I attended the opening reception almost two weeks ago now. As it was, the opening itself was so densely packed that a second viewing seemed very much in order, if only to pay respect [...]
- The Condition (Not the Content) of Hamilton’s Art
Earlier this week, when Terence Dick invited me to join the contributors to Akimblog as a representative of the Hamilton art community, he did so with the caution that I would need to find a way of writing that would remain ‘different and distinct – yet somehow retain your breezy, intelligent, personable, and critical style.’ [...]
- Killing Time and Tuesdays on Queen West
An interesting point to bear in mind when an impromptu day trip into Toronto gives one time to drop into Toronto’s Queen West art district – many, many of these spaces seem to think the week starts on Wednesday. I’m well familiar with the notion of closed-on-Mondays in contemporary galleries, but Tuesday as well? Seriously, [...]
- James North Art Crawl: April
The wind, rain and fog that plagued Hamilton on Friday night proved something of a bonus by pushing many of the bodies typically drifting on the pavements into the relative warmth of exhibitions and performances, most significantly into Christ’s Church Cathedral for the first of the New Harbours Music Series from the Hamilton Artists Inc. [...]
- Notes from the Rift/Love is a Battlefield
I’ve intended to expand the content of this blog to include remarks on my own studio practice for some time now, most especially since remarking on Kristen Peterson’s approach to documenting her work and the ways in which access to an artist’s practical concerns can help to demystify the process of art-making and hopefully start [...]
