- Old-school Leonard Nimoy is totally (not) relevant to my artistic practice
Among the daily slew of Akimbo announcement emails to hit my inbox this morning was one odd bunny in particular that managed to penetrate the fog created by inadequate coffee supplies (my Bodum coffee press has a crack in the glass) and an impending grant deadline: The Owens Art Gallery (Sackville NB) is looking for [...]
- The Beard
While I was taking an afternoon tea break and reading new Art21 Guest Blogger Victoria Gannon’s introductory post from California, I had something of a mental stutter when my steady downward scroll hit upon this image in the writer’s survey of soon-to-be-featured artists. Gina Tuzzi, Silver and Gold (2000), 2009. Acrylic on paper. (Source: art21.org) [...]
- Friday Links: History Lessons
This week’s links are of an art-historical bent with added international flavour, from a contemporary Japanese artist at Versailles to a vital Canadian question on what our contemporary art history actually is in the first place. Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki. Photo: Gilles Truyens © EPV (source: design-milk.com) What are the “great” Canadian exhibitions of the [...]
- An Early Winter
Unnaturally dense fogs last Friday night prevented me from taking my usual tour of the James North Art Crawl, which has made the task of catching up on new exhibitions along the street a matter of small measures between much-needed hours in the studio. Thankfully, one of the more irregular installations for this month’s Crawl [...]
- Friday Links: Play
With another James North Art Crawl in the offing tonight – check out the listings at H Magazine for this month’s openings and events – I’m opting to keep today’s Friday Links brief and playful with a strong dose of entertaining video to offset your art writing highlights of the week. ‘Forty: The Sabres in [...]
- Review Recycling: David Hoffos at MOCCA
While I gouged away this past couple days at an effort to condense Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 into a 750 word review for the good folks at MAP Magazine, I couldn’t help but think back wistfully on the far easier task I would have had if I were reviewing David Hoffos’ current exhibition [...]
- Friday Links: For a tension-filled time
Some may have noticed the lack of Friday Links last week, which was largely due to a writing assignment that has since been axed and reinvented as a slightly more demanding writing assignment due early next week. In keeping with that frazzled spirit, this week’s links pay tribute to political angst, ticking clocks and reasons [...]
