Category: FEATURES

Profanity and rebellion / Ai Weiwei at the AGO

by Aliya Bhatia

Is profanity and rebellion enough to be deemed as the most important contemporary artist in today’s generation? The industry art seems to think so. However, there is definitely more than meets the eye in Ai Weiwei’s multi-media works.

An Te Liu / Mono No Ma

by Alice Tallman

An Te has used industrial objects to create these works, they bare little resemblance to the human forms that are alluded to in their titles. He has created his own lexicon through his selection of found materials, melding together the ancient and the modern.

Eric Doeringer: Survey

by Shellie Zhang

Ultimately, Survey sends a hopeful message through a satirical form by demonstrating the shifting attitude towards conceptual art from “I could do that” to the postmodern belief and that “I could expand on that”.

New Erotica

by Leanne Simaan

Collectively, these ladies put forth a message that uplifts and empowers the modern-day woman, even in moments of weakness and vulnerability.

Francis Muscat: When Tree Falls

by Julie McNeill

In this show, inspired by the trees a beaver brought down near his home, Muscat has taken the rough remainders and given them new meaning. I found this show contemplative, and an interesting juxtaposition of whimsy and strength.

Terry Gambarotto / Kardionic

by Leanne Simaan

the narrative that Gambarotto was attempting to communicate to his audience about the depths of our hearts, and not simply the scientific/cold exploration of this organ, but the emotional/spiritual connotations of the heart.

Interview with Jen Stark

by Shellie Zhang

Recognized by their mesmerizing spirals, loud colours, and op-art attributes, Jen Stark’s paper sculptures draws inspiration from an array of natural phenomenons within mathematics, nature, and cosmic space.

Istvan Kantor’s Fame & Fortune

Go there before the month is up, experience the art and artifacts, talk to the artists and take advantage of this opportunity to speak with a living artist who has made a huge impact on performance art not only in Canada, but on the world.