Writing about Canadian art is an uphill battle. Who is publishing art criticism? Who’s reading them? Too often it feels the answer is no one and no one. This isn’t to say there aren’t great artists making work that deserves attention—just that it’s hard to muster up the energy to…
A couple of weeks after I saw Matt Bahen’s show “The Strange Garden,” at Metivier Gallery, I went for a hike in Elgin, Ontario. Less than 15 minutes in…
I can’t pinpoint the exact moment I stopped feeling like writing. It happened slowly over the last few years. Perhaps it’s not important to feel like…
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Looking back at the last year
Paired with Recent Paintings
A brief review
Illustration is often a dirty word in the art world. It’s association with childhood and narrative creates a pejorative, spat like a spray of kool-aid…
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