Rowan & Sif places new works alongside the collectibles of celebrated print-maker and sculptor, Doug Hunter. Hunter not only was an honourary member of ‘Team Saskatchewan’, participating in snow sculpture competitions (and winning), but he also created the ‘Oskana’ sculpture, which still rests in Wascana Park. In addition, Doug Hunter’s sculpture collection is currently on … Continue Reading
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Is there such a thing as an art hangover? After exploring over 300,000 square feet of paintings, video art, installations, sculptures and performance, I think I might have one. For the New York art-lover, Armory Arts Week is as exhausting as it is exciting. March marks that time of the year when the enormous Armory … Continue Reading
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New works by Andrzej Maciejewski and Michael Farnan Location-specific works can manage a definition built on inquisition and awareness. Knowing the exact destination or understanding its whereabouts prescribes a context and this context can be used to help validate meaning, or at the very least create conversation about that meaning. Two works – completely different … Continue Reading
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by Carolyn Keogh All hail the retrospective! It seems as though New York City has been home to more blockbuster retrospectives within the past year than ever. This summer, the work of the American Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning filled the entire sixth floor of the Museum of Modern Art in a grandiose, spectacular examination … Continue Reading
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Ballet Victoria,Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons & Other Works March 10, 2012, Cowichan Theatre, Duncan March 16-18, 2012, McPherson Playhouse, Victoria Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons concertos conjure thoughts of stately baroque music in 18th century European courts. Imagine a fusion of Vivaldi’s violin masterpiece with the sights, sounds, movements and cultural textures of Canada’s Pacific Northwest. Ballet Victoria’s … Continue Reading
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Québec City has a vibrant history of performance art and live arts that extends back to the early work of collectives run by artists, like Inter/Le lieu since the 1970s. More recently, however, younger generations have been carving “spaces” for a new type of “art-performance”. This is an exciting and crucial time with new energy and … Continue Reading
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Two conceptual artists have released their exciting styles of art, seeding the walls of gallerywest with bountiful life mementos. ARTAK5 is a collective presented by Takashi Hara, exposing his admiration for basketball street culture. CIRCUM, presented by Taimaz Moslemian, explores variations of the penis both in hard copy and through life-size prints. ARTAK5 Viewers will … Continue Reading
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photo above shows film critic Richard Crouse (right) interviewing director John Landis. It happens in Cannes, at the Sundance and the Tribeca, and at Toronto’s TIFF. It also happened last fall at Vancouver’s VIFF. A kind of magic takes place when actors, directors and writers who are involved in many of the world’s most exciting new … Continue Reading
Art News, Culture, Film
All good things must come to an end, or so the saying goes. There is a paging revolt charging through my heart these days. The rush echos into my mind, and I can’t shake this notion that I am about to become part of a legacy too soon extinguished. While the world churns around us, … Continue Reading
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There are the artists that present work, which emulates their construction from behind the eyes, recreating what has intrinsically formed within. Others look for reference points, research antidotes and analogies to combine art to circumstance. And then there are the artists that do both, artists like Erin Gee. “I explore questions through creation, it’s very … Continue Reading
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