After what feels like a long absence, I had a great time getting back into Akimblog with another Hamilton report that has now been posted for your reading pleasure. Included in this month’s round-up are quite a few stand-outs from James North this month - Jeff Nye at Hamilton Artists Inc., From the Ground Up […]

Posted on Jan 17.12 to Blogging, Drawing, Exhibitions, Hamilton Art, James North Art Crawl, Painting, Sculpture, Video Art   

While I can’t claim to have done so with perfect consistency, I have been attending and writing coverage of the James North Art Crawl since October 2007. Looking back on that first distant report from the days when Hamilton Artists Inc. was on Colbourne and I was, amazingly, even more jaded than I am today […]

Posted on Jun 15.11 to Blogging, Creative Cities, Criticism, Hamilton Art, James North Art Crawl   

My latest post for Akimblog is now online for your reading pleasure. Follow the linkage to see my whirlwindy observations on By Design and By Chance at the McMaster Museum of Art, Rick Pottruff’s Search Engine City at Art Gallery of Hamilton and Colin Lyons at Hamilton Artists Inc.

Rick Pottruff, Search Engine City (detail), 2011, […]

Posted on May 31.11 to Blogging, Exhibitions, Hamilton Art   

First things first for my Canadian audience - if you haven’t yet done so, get your ass away from your computer and VOTE. Seriously, if you read this before you’ve voted you’ll make the ghost of Sir John A. MacDonald sob into his scotch. And if you really care about art, don’t vote Conservative but […]

Posted on May 02.11 to Blogging, Canadian Art, Galleries, Museums, Professional Practice   

This time last week, I was still dead to the world sleeping off one hell of a weird bout of jetlag, but in the fastest turnaround I’ve experienced since starting with Akimblog in 2008, my four-day marathon of Hamilton art viewing has been translated into something resembling the English language, duly edited and formatted, and […]

Posted on Oct 19.10 to Blogging, Exhibitions, Hamilton Art   

As August has drawn to a close, so too has my studio-focused hiatus from this blog. While there are still preparations to be made for my show at the end of the month, I will otherwise be returning to my usual artist-writer duality now that September has kicked off the start of yet another art […]

Posted on Sep 01.10 to Blogging, Studio Practice   

After reflecting on my feeble efforts to maintain even a pared-down presence on this blog during July, I’ve decided that the more honest option is to simply admit that I’ll be taking a break for the month of August.

More accurately speaking, this is not so much a break as an opportunity to reflect on the […]

Posted on Aug 03.10 to Blogging   

My most recent Akimblog post for Hamilton is now online for your reading pleasure. As I mentioned on Monday, this month’s highlights include Tomer Diamant’s installation at the Royal Botanical Gardens - which unfortunately ended today, but there’s still plenty of time to check out the other exhibitions covered in my report.

Jesse Boles, Hot Mill, […]

Posted on Nov 12.09 to Blogging, Drawing, Exhibitions, Hamilton Art, Installation Art, Photography   

Because it’s been four days since I wrapped up four days of commuting into Toronto for all the art fodder I could get my grubby paws on, and all I’ve got is a bad case of writer’s block. I’d rather have the t-shirt.

Daniel Borins and Jennifer Marman at upArt Contemporary Art Fair
And while I could […]

Posted on Oct 29.09 to Blogging, British Art, Criticism   

For those who know me better than I’d like (i.e. close family and anyone I’ve slurred drunken 80s nostalgia at over the years), my appreciation for the following find in today’s Street Anatomy post will come as no surprise.

Yes, as someone who both played with My Little Pony toys as a child (way more fun […]

Posted on Apr 07.09 to Blogging, Conceptual Practices, Studio Practice