by Haafiz Karim
It perhaps did not live up to its full potential by limiting its focus on themes of religiosity while several other areas such as literature, philosophy, science and politics were somewhat brushed over
Revealing the Early Renaissance
Category: FEATURES
Jeremy Jansen
by Leanne Simaan
the works challenge the audience to rethink how their bodies are required to move/act in, as Soi puts it, “supposedly free and open environments.”
Kelly Richardson’s Orion Tide
by Shellie Zhang
Orion Tide rests somewhere in the territory between science fiction and biblical wraths by uniting the cataclysmic commonalities that both worlds share
Jessica Stockholder
by Alice Tallman
Ms. Stockholder is best known for her large-scale three dimensional pieces, however the works in this show are mostly on paper.
The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon
by Shellie Zhang
By documenting their journeys and re- presenting their way of life to the public, Lyon brings forth evidence that perhaps these individuals do not deserve the negative image that they have been affiliated with.
Collected Shadows
by Amy Luo
What surfaces in this show are myriad stories of diverse peoples and the worlds they live in and create around themselves
Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis
by Alice Tallman
Working back towards Genesis is the most progressive thing our society can do for the planet. Photo records such as Salgado’s are stark reminders of how much we have to lose if we don’t protect what is truly important.
Andrew Wright: Penumbra
by Alice Tallman
Wright’s work asks its viewers to rummage through their visual vocabulary to make logical sense of these new ways of looking.
Scotiabank Photography Award: Arnaud Maggs
by Shellie Zhang
This exhibition offers insight towards Maggs’ adoption of photography as an artistic tool to document people and grants a glimpse of the photographer himself.
What The Hand Sees
by Anne Michaels
There is so much tenderness in Claire Weissman Wilks’ line of flesh, and so much courage in this tenderness.
Interview with Bonnie Rubenstein, Artistic Director of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
by Amy Luo
It’s difficult to define the most exciting aspect of a large event that includes so many different artists and exhibitions. The festival is the sum of its parts and we work year-round to create a dialogue between presentations throughout the community
Square Derivatives
by Tara Akitt
in her paintings she struggles to depict the balance between exact mathematical form and the imprefection that arises when these forms are articulated by the human hand