-
Robyn Cumming: Undone (2007). All images courtesy the artist.Interview by Talia ShipmanFor almost 10 years, Toronto-based Robyn Cumming has produced images that are just as likely to confound and discomfort as they are to make viewers chuckle....
-
Jeff Thomas: Plate – 7 Acts of Commemoration (2010). All images pigment prints on archival paper. Images courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.Essay by Krystina MierinsCanadian First Nations photographer Jeff Thomas creates bodies of work that...
-
Frank Mädler: Achtachtunddreißig (from the series "Shine", 2011), 24.41 x 43.31 inches (62 x 110 cm). Images courtesy Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto.Interview by Sky GooddenDuring the last five years, Leipzig-based photographer Frank Mädler has...
-
Laurel Woodcock: on a clear day (2010): Aluminum, car paint on four panels. All images courtesy the artist and MKG127, Toronto.By Bill ClarkeLaurel Woodcock: untitled (neon quotation), 2005: Blue neon quotation sculpture (each unit 6.5 × 6.5",...
-
Erica Baum: Examined (2009): Archival pigment print from the “Dog Ear” series, 9 x 9 inches. Courtesy the artist and Bureau, New York.By Saelan TwerdyThis fall, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) presents a major exhibition that...
-
Kay Rosen: Blurred (2004): Installation view, part of the exhibition "Kay Rosen: Halfull", University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Photo: Tony Mastres. All images courtesy the artist. © Kay RosenBy Bill ClarkeBorn in Corpus...
-
Agata Ostrowska: always remember everything never forget nothing (Red), 2012: Light jet print on dibond, 12 × 12 inches. Images courtesy the artist and Angell Gallery, Toronto.By Bill ClarkeAlthough she had been showing her work for several years,...
-
Maskull Lasserre: Incarnate (Three Degrees of Certainty II), 2012: Books, steel, hardware; 40 x 8 x 11 inches. Images courtesy the artist and Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal.Among those 'in the know', Ottawa- and Montreal-based...
-
Karin Bubas: Fallon Playing Tennis (2009): Watercolour on paper, from the series Dynasty. All images courtesy the artist and Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto and Vancouver.By Vanessa NicholasVancouver-based photographer Karin Bubas has a bold and...
-
Michael Snow: Cover to Cover (1975): Published by the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax. Images courtesy the artist and/or author unless otherwise noted.The "Walking Woman" works, Wavelength, Flightstop, La Region Centrale, The...
-
Images of Otto-Knapp’s studio during her Fogo Island residency, 2011: Courtesy the artist.Last summer, German-born, London, U.K.-based painter Silke Otto-Knapp participated in a residency on Fogo Island off the northeast coast of Canada. For the...
-
Jeanie Riddle: Empire, from the series “A Song About” (2007): All works oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches. All photos: Guy L’Heureux. Images courtesy the artist.By James D. CampbellThe palette and form/mass situations of Montreal-based Jeanie Riddle’s...
-
Zeesy Powers: Subjects – Dove. All images stills from colour videos, 2010-11. Courtesy of the artist.By Matthew Ryan Smith Television is chewing gum for the eyes. – Frank Lloyd WrightIt's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization....
-
Lee Ranaldo: Contre Jour, performance with Leah Singer at SPK in Toronto, October 21, 2011. Above photo: Leah Singer; landing page photo: Tara Fillion. All images courtesy the artist.By Dave DymentFans of alternative rock and experimental...
-
Graham Dolphin: No More Beatlemania (2006): Altered record cover. All images courtesy the artist, SEVENTEEN, London and David Risley Gallery, København, Denmark.Written Records: Graham Dolphin obsessively transforms old vinyl into new artInterview...
-
Derek Liddington: Dandy Gangs: Performance, 2011. Images courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto.
By Charlene K. Lau
A whippersnapper once asked me at a party, during a confrontational conversation: “So, why do you write criticism?”...
-
Gordon Monahan: Theremin Pendulum (2008): Installation view. All images courtesy the artist and the Doris McCarthy Gallery, Toronto. All photos: Toni Hafkenscheid.By Earl MillerGordon Monahan, an established Canadian composer and sound artist,...
-
Robert Bourdeau: Big Alien fallen rotator: Lorraine, France, 1998. Images courtesy the artist. By Bill Clarke Since 1959, veteran Canadian photographer Robert Bourdeau has produced a body of work that emphasizes exacting craftsmanship in the...
-
Like the rest of the art world, we here at Magenta have our eyes turned towards Europe at the moment because of the Venice Biennale. Canadian artists, however, have long cast their eyes towards Europe. The three articles gathered here under the...
-
Steven Shearer: Installation View, Canada pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011: Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.By April Steele Vancouver-based Steven Shearer is this year’s Canadian representative at the 54th Venice Biennale, the oldest and...
-
Kristina Schultz: Paris (2011): All images courtesy the artists.By Nadja Sayej In Leipzig, Germany – or “Little Paris,” as Goethe coined it – there is a thriving painting scene referred to as the New Leipzig School, which has been...
-
Ron Stonier: Untitled (1965): Oil on board. Courtesy Trench Contemporary Art, Vancouver.By Antoni Wojtyra, with Arabella Campbell It's been busy for painting in Vancouver. There have been solo shows from Eli Bornowsky at Western Front and Elizabeth...
-
Martin Golland: Traverse (2010): 60 x 72 inches. All works oil on canvas. Images courtesy Birch Libralato, Toronto.By James D. Campbell Each of Martin Golland’s recent paintings is a reliquary box, a philatory, a monstrance. To those who have looked...
-
Meera Margaret Singh: Nightingale (2010): 48 x 60 inches, c-print. All images courtesy the artist.By Kerry Manders Sliding across the screens we dreamt we’d make our different dreams live on, I pause and feel the depth of the screen that keeps my...
-
Suzy Lake: Suzy Lake as Gary William Smith (1973-74): Ten gelatin silver prints, 37 x 26-½ inches each. Photo: Isaac Applebaum. Courtesy Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, and the artist.Mention the name of veteran artist Suzy Lake at a gathering...
-
All images from Hanoi Calling: One Thousand Years Now by Greg Girard, 2010: Courtesy the artist.By Bill Clarke This October marks the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Canadian photographer Greg Girard, who...
-
Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #349, 2010 installation: All images courtesy Mercer Union.By Christopher Régimbal This summer’s exhibition at the Toronto artist-run centre Mercer Union, Sol LeWitt: A Mercer Union Legacy Project, is an example of a self-...
-
All images courtesy the Contemporary Zoological Conservatory, Toronto, unless otherwise noted.Tucked away in a charming, three-storey apartment building, located between Little Italy and Little Portugal in Toronto’s West End, is one of the city’s...
-
Germany #49 (Catatonic Man), 2009Next month, the Magenta Foundation will publish its third monograph focusing on the work of a single photographer. The Dead, by Jack Burman, will feature 50 colour plates of his challenging and visceral, yet finely...
-
Harrell Fletcher & Wendy Red Star, Made in India: Still from a colour video (2009). Courtesy the Art Gallery of Mississauga and the artists.American artists Harrell Fletcher and Wendy Red Star explain how a rug, received as a gift, transformed...
-
Joe Dallesandro promoting Trash in Berlin, early 1970s: Photo courtesy Little Joe Productions and joedallesandro.com.Curator Jon Davies discusses a landmark Andy Warhol-produced film By Bil Antoniou Andy Warhol has been called the 20th Century’s...
-
Gareth Long: Untitled (Books), 2008: Four books. Courtesy the artist and Kate Werble Gallery, New York.A young Canadian artist takes on New York — and J.D. SalingerBy Bill Clarke Despite the current downturn in the New York art market, the Big Apple...
-
Ferit Kuyas — City of AmbitionBy MaryAnn CamilleriFounder and Executive Director, The Magenta Foundation It’s been a while since my last circuit of portfolio reviews at Rhubarb Rhubarb, the international photography festival held...
-
By Bill ClarkeHanne Darboven, Kulturgeschichte 1880-1983 (Cultural History 1880-1983), 1980-83. Installation view at Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. Lannan Foundation; long-term loan. Photo: Florian Holzherr.The German Conceptual artist Hanne Darboven...
Robyn Cumming: Undone (2007). All images courtesy the artist.Interview by Talia ShipmanFor almost 10 years, Toronto-based Robyn Cumming has produced images that are just as likely to confound and discomfort as they are to make viewers chuckle....
Jeff Thomas: Plate – 7 Acts of Commemoration (2010). All images pigment prints on archival paper. Images courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.Essay by Krystina MierinsCanadian First Nations photographer Jeff Thomas creates bodies of work that...
Frank Mädler: Achtachtunddreißig (from the series "Shine", 2011), 24.41 x 43.31 inches (62 x 110 cm). Images courtesy Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto.Interview by Sky GooddenDuring the last five years, Leipzig-based photographer Frank Mädler has...
Laurel Woodcock: on a clear day (2010): Aluminum, car paint on four panels. All images courtesy the artist and MKG127, Toronto.By Bill ClarkeLaurel Woodcock: untitled (neon quotation), 2005: Blue neon quotation sculpture (each unit 6.5 × 6.5",...
Erica Baum: Examined (2009): Archival pigment print from the “Dog Ear” series, 9 x 9 inches. Courtesy the artist and Bureau, New York.By Saelan TwerdyThis fall, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) presents a major exhibition that...
Kay Rosen: Blurred (2004): Installation view, part of the exhibition "Kay Rosen: Halfull", University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Photo: Tony Mastres. All images courtesy the artist. © Kay RosenBy Bill ClarkeBorn in Corpus...
Agata Ostrowska: always remember everything never forget nothing (Red), 2012: Light jet print on dibond, 12 × 12 inches. Images courtesy the artist and Angell Gallery, Toronto.By Bill ClarkeAlthough she had been showing her work for several years,...
Maskull Lasserre: Incarnate (Three Degrees of Certainty II), 2012: Books, steel, hardware; 40 x 8 x 11 inches. Images courtesy the artist and Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal.Among those 'in the know', Ottawa- and Montreal-based...
Karin Bubas: Fallon Playing Tennis (2009): Watercolour on paper, from the series Dynasty. All images courtesy the artist and Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto and Vancouver.By Vanessa NicholasVancouver-based photographer Karin Bubas has a bold and...
Michael Snow: Cover to Cover (1975): Published by the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax. Images courtesy the artist and/or author unless otherwise noted.The "Walking Woman" works, Wavelength, Flightstop, La Region Centrale, The...
Images of Otto-Knapp’s studio during her Fogo Island residency, 2011: Courtesy the artist.Last summer, German-born, London, U.K.-based painter Silke Otto-Knapp participated in a residency on Fogo Island off the northeast coast of Canada. For the...
Jeanie Riddle: Empire, from the series “A Song About” (2007): All works oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches. All photos: Guy L’Heureux. Images courtesy the artist.By James D. CampbellThe palette and form/mass situations of Montreal-based Jeanie Riddle’s...
Zeesy Powers: Subjects – Dove. All images stills from colour videos, 2010-11. Courtesy of the artist.By Matthew Ryan Smith Television is chewing gum for the eyes. – Frank Lloyd WrightIt's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization....
Lee Ranaldo: Contre Jour, performance with Leah Singer at SPK in Toronto, October 21, 2011. Above photo: Leah Singer; landing page photo: Tara Fillion. All images courtesy the artist.By Dave DymentFans of alternative rock and experimental...
Graham Dolphin: No More Beatlemania (2006): Altered record cover. All images courtesy the artist, SEVENTEEN, London and David Risley Gallery, København, Denmark.Written Records: Graham Dolphin obsessively transforms old vinyl into new artInterview...
Derek Liddington: Dandy Gangs: Performance, 2011. Images courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto. By Charlene K. Lau A whippersnapper once asked me at a party, during a confrontational conversation: “So, why do you write criticism?”...
Gordon Monahan: Theremin Pendulum (2008): Installation view. All images courtesy the artist and the Doris McCarthy Gallery, Toronto. All photos: Toni Hafkenscheid.By Earl MillerGordon Monahan, an established Canadian composer and sound artist,...
Robert Bourdeau: Big Alien fallen rotator: Lorraine, France, 1998. Images courtesy the artist. By Bill Clarke Since 1959, veteran Canadian photographer Robert Bourdeau has produced a body of work that emphasizes exacting craftsmanship in the...
Like the rest of the art world, we here at Magenta have our eyes turned towards Europe at the moment because of the Venice Biennale. Canadian artists, however, have long cast their eyes towards Europe. The three articles gathered here under the...
Steven Shearer: Installation View, Canada pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011: Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.By April Steele Vancouver-based Steven Shearer is this year’s Canadian representative at the 54th Venice Biennale, the oldest and...
Kristina Schultz: Paris (2011): All images courtesy the artists.By Nadja Sayej In Leipzig, Germany – or “Little Paris,” as Goethe coined it – there is a thriving painting scene referred to as the New Leipzig School, which has been...
Ron Stonier: Untitled (1965): Oil on board. Courtesy Trench Contemporary Art, Vancouver.By Antoni Wojtyra, with Arabella Campbell It's been busy for painting in Vancouver. There have been solo shows from Eli Bornowsky at Western Front and Elizabeth...
Martin Golland: Traverse (2010): 60 x 72 inches. All works oil on canvas. Images courtesy Birch Libralato, Toronto.By James D. Campbell Each of Martin Golland’s recent paintings is a reliquary box, a philatory, a monstrance. To those who have looked...
Meera Margaret Singh: Nightingale (2010): 48 x 60 inches, c-print. All images courtesy the artist.By Kerry Manders Sliding across the screens we dreamt we’d make our different dreams live on, I pause and feel the depth of the screen that keeps my...
Suzy Lake: Suzy Lake as Gary William Smith (1973-74): Ten gelatin silver prints, 37 x 26-½ inches each. Photo: Isaac Applebaum. Courtesy Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, and the artist.Mention the name of veteran artist Suzy Lake at a gathering...
All images from Hanoi Calling: One Thousand Years Now by Greg Girard, 2010: Courtesy the artist.By Bill Clarke This October marks the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Canadian photographer Greg Girard, who...
Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #349, 2010 installation: All images courtesy Mercer Union.By Christopher Régimbal This summer’s exhibition at the Toronto artist-run centre Mercer Union, Sol LeWitt: A Mercer Union Legacy Project, is an example of a self-...
All images courtesy the Contemporary Zoological Conservatory, Toronto, unless otherwise noted.Tucked away in a charming, three-storey apartment building, located between Little Italy and Little Portugal in Toronto’s West End, is one of the city’s...
Germany #49 (Catatonic Man), 2009Next month, the Magenta Foundation will publish its third monograph focusing on the work of a single photographer. The Dead, by Jack Burman, will feature 50 colour plates of his challenging and visceral, yet finely...
Harrell Fletcher & Wendy Red Star, Made in India: Still from a colour video (2009). Courtesy the Art Gallery of Mississauga and the artists.American artists Harrell Fletcher and Wendy Red Star explain how a rug, received as a gift, transformed...
Joe Dallesandro promoting Trash in Berlin, early 1970s: Photo courtesy Little Joe Productions and joedallesandro.com.Curator Jon Davies discusses a landmark Andy Warhol-produced film By Bil Antoniou Andy Warhol has been called the 20th Century’s...
Gareth Long: Untitled (Books), 2008: Four books. Courtesy the artist and Kate Werble Gallery, New York.A young Canadian artist takes on New York — and J.D. SalingerBy Bill Clarke Despite the current downturn in the New York art market, the Big Apple...
Ferit Kuyas — City of AmbitionBy MaryAnn CamilleriFounder and Executive Director, The Magenta Foundation It’s been a while since my last circuit of portfolio reviews at Rhubarb Rhubarb, the international photography festival held...
By Bill ClarkeHanne Darboven, Kulturgeschichte 1880-1983 (Cultural History 1880-1983), 1980-83. Installation view at Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. Lannan Foundation; long-term loan. Photo: Florian Holzherr.The German Conceptual artist Hanne Darboven...
