by Hugh Alcock
The viewer can readily identify the outlines of trees in a forest setting. But the thinking that guides their making is intricate and involved.
Andrzej Tarasiuk at YYZ
Category: Hugh Alcock
Propeller Art Gallery Celebrates 25 Years
by Hugh Alcock
We have much to be grateful for their success. They are a wonderful resource. May they prosper for the next twenty five years!
Max Dean at Stephen Bulger Gallery
Hugh Alcock
The creative process is innate to him. He incessantly turns his life into art.
Three Photographers at Elaine Fleck Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
These are masterful works of photography. While focusing on his personal experience Rush has nevertheless managed to express something of universal significance
The Thawing of the Great Bear at Clint Roenisch
by Hugh Alcock
the works share an ineffable aesthetics that Roenisch has managed to grasp. A delightful show.
Tasman Richardson at Arsenal Contemporary Art
by Hugh Alcock
It is an age defined by degeneration and corruption. The one sin of ours that Richardson focuses on especially is the obsession with the self, i.e., narcissicism.
Phil Bergerson at Stephen Bulger Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
Bergerson offers a nuanced and sympathetic understanding of America. Indeed, a strength of his work is that it reveals a deep sense of humanity, a philanthropy. It is as well humorous and tender.
After the Long Dream at Lonsdale Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
The curator, Simone Rojas-Pick, likens the experience of emerging from the pandemic’s lockdown to that of having recently woken up from a long dream, after which everything is perceived afresh.
Gavin Lynch’s Mixed Greens at Angell Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
These paintings are sophisticated in their composition, execution and the thinking behind them.
Joseph Muscat at Propeller Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
Muscat has a real knack for pulling together diverse images. The best of these works are impactful. There is a lyricism to his work that I enjoyed.
Patel Brown Gallery’s Inaugural Exhibitions
by Hugh Alcock
they have staged an impressive pair of inaugural exhibitions, titled Fair Adaptation and Adapt and Pivot, each packed with great art
Sean Yelland: Lazy Boy at Ingram Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
Yelland’s paintings are alluring in their compositions and colours. As a long-time resident of Toronto I recognise his works collectively as a love-letter to the city. He tenderly captures the essence of the place.