by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
we don’t follow the market, the market follows us. There is no doubt, this is much more challenging for a gallery but I like the challenge — so do the artists we represent
Interview with Pari Nadimi
Category: FEATURES
Worn: Shaping Black Feminine Identity at the ROM
by Joséphine Mwanvua
I admire Karin Jones for pairing two historically powerful and dominant symbols together to convey her message
It’s Nice to Meet You Suzy Lake
by Mia Guttmann
In a way, Lake is the real referent for her viewers as we contemplate our own identities while we experience a very personal introduction to Suzy Lake.
Anders Oinonen Solo Exhibition at Cooper Cole
by Madeleine Till
Each individual portrait suggests that the painting itself is an anthropomorphic character engrossed in introspective thought.
Niall McClelland:Hot Sauce at Clint Roenisch Gallery
by Tetyana Herych
McClelland ties the found object, basketball, and destructive theme back together. A modern, and more minimal approach to Dadaist ready mades.
Steve Driscoll’s Painted Deceptions at Angell Gallery
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
In his solo exhibition Driscoll’s large landscapes with their burning colors and mesmerizing smoke curls fill us with wonder and joy.
Order of Operations by Noel Middleton at Narwhal
by Elena Iourtaeva
Just as Middleton discovered the history of the building through layer after layer of past renovations, the viewers are encouraged to uncover layers of significance in his work and reflect on the gallery space.
Xiaojing Yan’s Cloud Cell / Read Head Gallery
by Carter Brown
Yan’s work combines the ideas of two extremes: the Chinese garden, or Scholars’ stone with the mushroom cloud shape produced by a Western nuclear bomb.
Red Rum Tut by Fastwürms at Paul Petro
by Simon Termine
In its totality, the exhibit seems to be a constant juxtaposition of the natural and the artificial; the supernatural and the mundane; Wiccan theology with contemporary culture.
The Disappeared / Gallery 44
by Elena Iourtaeva
While the questions raised by Grigorenko and Heyn-Jones certainly are important and worth considering, the means offered to the viewers for exploration do not seem to be quite as effective as the artists describe them to be.
Politics of Fashion | Fashion of Politics
by Emily Kovacs
This exhibition at the Design Exchange is an obvious treat for fashion lovers, the show also offers a great deal for art lovers too to mull over.
Interview with Stella Cade
by Madeleine Till
I was being as honest with a portrait of someone else as with my own self-portraits. Maintaining the vulnerability in the piece. Those specific insecurities are important because that’s how I look at art, at myself, and at the world.