Camp Fires. The Queer Baroque of Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu, Richard Milette. (Edited by Paula Sarson)
Camp Fires. The Queer Baroque of Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu, Richard Milette. (Edited by Paula Sarson), Toronto, Gardiner Museum, 2014. Ill. colour. Eng/Fra.
Raqs Media Collective: Casebook.
Raqs Media Collective: Casebook. Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, 2014, 296 p. Ill. colour.
This book documents 80
Renewing Sculpture’s Possibilities
This second part of the Re-Thinking Sculpture special feature continues the reflection we began in issue 107 on current developments in sculpture, particularly among young artists. In the spring-summer (…)
Sculpture, You Ask?
Rethink sculpture? The question is addressed to us, obviously, those of us who reflect on art. Critical thought, somewhat like the fire brigade, always comes late: we try to keep up to date with
Man and Machine in Sculpture and in War Alike
Prologue
The history of every art form shows critical epochs in which a certain art form aspires to effects which could be fully obtained only with a changed technical standard, that is to
Soundscape as material
Public art is generally associated with the visual arts. We think spontaneously of the many sculptures that are present in our parks and public buildings due to application of the Government of Quebec’s Politique
Metaphorical Spaces : An Interview with James Nizam
James Nizam is a Vancouver-based artist whose work interrogates the lines between, and connecting, sculpture, architecture, photography and the performative. Nizam holds a BFA from the University of British Columbia and was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2011.
Monoceros: of the Earth, for the Stars (a meditation on the concretized magyck of FASTWÜRMS)
Since 2003, following the recommendations of a multi-levelled, multi-bureaucracy, multi-year study (too many cooks, too many spoons), the city of Toronto has implemented the Percent for Public Art Program – the goal of the
The space that remains : an interview with Guillaume La Brie
Guillaume La Brie lives and works in Montreal. Since holding his first solo exhibition in 2003 at Skol an artist-run centre in Montreal, he has presented his work in many other artist-run centres and museums across Quebec. He has also participated in a number of
Derya Akay: Material Hangings, Hangouts
Derya Akay’s work begins at the point where medium distinctions —familiar terms such as sculpture, photography, painting or installation— dissolve, intermingle and flavour one another. The languages of cooking and gardening—open-endedness, warmth and socialization—
If You Are So Smart, Why Aint’ You Rich?
Conceived of as a parallel exhibition to the 5th Marrakech Biennale, the group show If You Are So Smart, Why Aint’ You Rich? sought to examine, as the title suggests, the growing discrepancy
Hua Jin: Conversing in the Passing of Time
FOFA Gallery, Concordia University
Montreal
February 24—
March 28, 2014
Artistic depictions of mountains usually conjure visions of enormity. However, Chinese artist Hua Jin privileges the small over the sublime in her solo exhibition of