Category: Hugh Alcock

Brendan George Ko at CONTACT

by Hugh Alcock

Ko’s aim of highlighting the serenity and beauty of nature, while immersed in the cacophony of our hyperbolic media environment, is extremely challenging. All the same, Ko makes a noble attempt – something that ought to be commended.

Andrzej Tarasiuk at YYZ

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.

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.