Exhibition Reviews

  •   Angela Leach: AR Shape # 6 (2010): Acrylic on board. Courtesy Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto. By Carol-Ann Ryan Angela Leach: Abstract Repeat: Circles and Shapes, New Work Wynick/Tuck February 6 – 27, 2010 Angela Leach’s reputation as an...
  • Marcel Dzama: The Work of Justice and Revenge is Done (2007): Ink, watercolour and graphite on paper, two-part drawing, 34.9 x 54 cm. Private Collection, Montreal. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York. By Lise Hosein Marcel Dzama: Of Many...
  • All images courtesy The Parker Branch. By Christopher Régimbal Thread No. 5: Solid RockThe Parker BranchMarch 27 – April 10, 2010 The Parker Branch is an independent micro-museum co-directed by sculptors Anna Madelska and Jason Hallows. The artists...
  • Jason McLean: Mild Toronto Observation (2000): Acrylic ink on paper, 24-3/4 x 32-3/4 inches (63 x 83 cm). Courtesy Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto. By Carolyn Tripp Jason McLean: in the corner, there is a light Jessica Bradley Art + Projects...
  • Erwin Olaf: The Mother (Lamda print on Kodak Endura, 2009): courtesy the artist and HastedHuntKraeutler, New York. Erwin Olaf: Dawn & DuskHastedHuntKraeutlerJanuary 28 – March 20 , 2010 Olaf, who hails from the Netherlands, gained international...
  • Louise Belcourt: HedgeLand Painting # 9 (2009): Oil on canvas. Courtesy the artist and Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York. By Bill Clarke Louise Belcourt: New PaintingsJeff Bailey GalleryFebruary 17 - March 27, 2010 Montreal-born, Brooklyn-based Louise...
  • Skin Fruit, installation view: Works by (l-r): Terence Koh, Roberto Cuoghi, Kara Walker, Charles Ray. All photos: Benoit Pailley. All images courtesy the New Museum, New York. By Bill Clarke Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou...
  • By Joanne Huffa REVIEW: BOOKS The Velvet Underground: New York Art John Kugelberg, editor Rizzoli (New York, 2009) $62 (CDN)/$50 (US) Early in this new book about the legendary rock band The Velvet Underground ( or, ‘the V.U.’), there’s an essay by...
  • Edward del Rosario: Aventuras I (triptych, 2009): Oil on linen. Courtesy Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York. By Bill Clarke Edward del Rosario: Bread and Circuses Nancy Margolis Gallery October 29 – December 5, 2009 The phrase “bread and circuses”...
  • Kelly Mark: Esselte (detail, 2009): Letraset on paper. Courtesy Diaz Contemporary, Toronto. By Christopher Régimbal Kelly Mark It’s Just One God Damn Thing After Another Diaz Contemporary September 3 to October 10, 2009 Veteran Toronto artist Kelly...
  • Nicholas Aoki: Libation (2009): Acrylic on paper, 15.75 x 23.5 inches. Courtesy Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto.By Carolyn Tripp Nicholas Aokigoodnight; sweet, heartsNarwhal Art ProjectsAugust 13 - September 20, 2009 A black, wingless owl glides...
  • Roula Partheniou, Circular Logic, installation view (2009): Courtesy Cambridge Galleries, MKG127 and the artist. Photo: K. Jennifer Bedford. Roula Partheniou: Circular Logic, installation detail (2009). Courtesy Cambridge Galleries, MKG127 and the...
  • BGL: “New Sellutions” installation view, 2009: Courtesy Diaz Contemporary, Toronto. By Carol-Ann Ryan BGL: New Sellutions Diaz Contemporary October 17 - November 14, 2009 For this exhibition, the Montreal-based collective BGL created a fantastical...
  • Time Left (2002), installation view: Image courtesy the artist, the DHC Art Foundation, Montreal and PaceWildenstein, New York. By Bill Clarke Michal Rovner: Particles of Reality DHC / Art Foundation May 21 - Sept. 27, 2009 In a word: stunning. This...
  • By Sarah Munro Winter Stories Photographs by Paolo Ventura Essay by Eugenia Parry APERTURE, October 2009 Edition of 2,000 11 1/2 x 14 in. (29 x 35.5 cm) 120 pages; 65 four-color images Clothbound with jacket ISBN 978-1-59711-125-6 $85.00; £50.00...
  • Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Fine di Dio, 1963: Mixed media, 178x123 cm. Private collection. Photo: Jean-Pierre Gabriel By York Lethbridge Mapping the Studio François Pinault Collection Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana June 6, 2009 – June...
  • Cy Twombly. Untitled, 2007: Acrylic on wood, 99 3/16 x 217 5/16 in. (252 x 552 cm) Private Collection, © Cy Twombly. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. By Bill Clarke Cy TwomblyArt Institute of ChicagoMay 16 - September 13, 2009 American painter and...
  • The living and the dead installation view at Gavin Brown's enterprise, NYImages courtesy Gavin Brown's enterprise By Aileen Burns The living and the deadGavin’s Brown Enterprise July 1 - Aug. 7, 2009 Meditations on life and death are hardly standard...
  • Elizabeth McIntosh, Goodwater Gallery: Images courtesy Goodwater Gallery, Toronto, and the artist. By Jen Hutton Elizabeth McIntoshGoodwater GalleryToronto, ONMay 15 - June 27, 2009 Even those familiar with Elizabeth McIntosh’s vibrant, enigmatic...
  • Shuvinai Ashoona, Monster, 2003-2004: Courtesy Feheley Fine Arts.Shary Boyle, Iceberg, 2007: Courtesy Jessica Bradley Art + Projects.   By Carol-Ann M. Ryan Noise Ghost: Shuvinai Ashoona and Shary BoyleJustina M. Barnicke GalleryToronto, ONMay...