Canadian Art is Canada’s best known and most widely read visual arts magazine.Tumblr (3.0; @canadianart)http://canadianart.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc4b00048667ba9916550df376563569/tumblr_mgqoh0l4U11qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Keg de Souza’s <em>Gonflables et amuses-bouches</em> brought a big, inflatable, picnic-tablecloth hut to Montreal’s Darling Foundry this fall. The point? To encourage discussions about food and food activism. Find out more about de Souza’s project in <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/reviews/2013/01/15/gonflables-et-amuses-bouches/" title="Review of Keg de Souza at the Darling Foundry" target="_blank">Amber Berson’s review on our site</a>.</p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/40709660231http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/40709660231Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:15:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5k9b3AAmE1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Rodney Graham, <em>Canadian Humourist,</em> 2011. Courtesy the artist / photo Scott Livingstone</span></p> <p>If an understated sense of humour is one of the hallmarks of modern Canadian identity, there are few who play that role with sharper wit than Vancouver artist <a href="http://www.303gallery.com/artists/rodney_graham/" rel="external" target="_blank">Rodney Graham</a>. Whether in the altered mental states or absurdist narratives of his film works, like <em><a href="http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/rodney_graham1/" rel="external" target="_blank">Halcion Sleep</a></em>, <em><a href="http://www.ubu.com/film/graham_vexation.html" rel="external" target="_blank">Vexation Island</a></em> or <em><a href="http://www.smk.dk/en/explore-the-art/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/2009/reality-check/discover-the-works/rodney-graham/" rel="external" target="_blank">The Phonokinetoscope</a></em>, the nod-and-wink visual puns of his stage-set photos, or, most recently, his ironically edged experiments in modernist painting, Graham consistently upends expectations of art and popular culture with a wry touch. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/see-it/2012/06/07/rodney-graham-canadian-humourist-vag/" target="_blank">Read more…</a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/25023057754http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/25023057754Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:52:15 -0400Rodney Grahamphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5gr9mnZBJ1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Ivan Jurakic <em>Pylon</em> 2012 Installation view / photo K.J. Bedford</span></p> <p><span class="caption">TH&B, a collective named after the defunct Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, mounted its second large group show this spring. As Caitlin Sutherland observes, the exhibition evoked Steeltown’s struggle to redefine itself as a cultural hub. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/06/07/thb2/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p> <p><span class="caption"><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/24892452428http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/24892452428Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:29:46 -0400TH&amp;BHamiltonreviewinstallation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57fvy9dtV1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Edouard Vuillard, <em>Woman in a Striped Dress</em> from <em>The Album,</em> 1895. Courtesy the National Gallery of Art Washington</span></p> <p><span class="caption">A new exhibition of works by turn-of-the-century French painter Edouard Vuillard at New York’s Jewish Museum is at once predictably quiet and unexpectedly thrilling. David Balzer reviews one of Manhattan’s mandatory summer art events. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/05/31/edouard-vuillard-a-painter-and-his-muses-jewish-museum/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/24544952385http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/24544952385Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:45:34 -0400Edouard VuillardNew Yorkreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ub16rwgy1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Deborah Samuel, <em>Barred Owl.I</em> 2012 © Deborah Samuel, Courtesy Royal Ontario Museum.</span></p> <p><span class="caption">Have you ever wished you’d done something other than make art? Maybe done something that could tangibly help other living beings? Janieta Eyre has felt that way, but the ROM’s Deborah Samuel exhibition is reminding her how art itself can be helpful. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/05/24/deborah-samuel-elegy-royal-ontario-museum/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/24063250401http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/24063250401Wed, 30 May 2012 10:31:54 -0400Deborah SamuelphotographyreviewRoyal Ontario Museum<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hk88N0nW1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Jon Rafman, <em>214 9th Ave., New York, NY, United States,</em> 2010. Courtesy Angell Gallery.</span></p> <p><span class="caption">Jon Rafman’s work enjoys a deservedly high profile at this year’s Contact Festival. As Saelan Twerdy observes in this review, Rafman’s stunning, and often funny, Google Street View scenes demonstrate how the Internet is making everything public, from information to intimacy. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/05/17/jon-rafman-9-eyes-of-google-street-view-angell-gallery/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p> <p><span class="caption"><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23615255263http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23615255263Wed, 23 May 2012 13:21:44 -0400Jon RafmanGoogle Street ViewContact Festivalphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hhnfzX5h1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Jeff Thomas, <em>Richard Poafpybitty, Pink Panther, 1982.</em> From the series <em>Strong Hearts: The Powwow Dancers</em> 1981–96</span></p> <p><span class="caption">The history of indigenous people performing for colonial audiences inspires “Sovereign Acts,” a current Toronto group show. As Max Mosher writes, the show—featuring Lori Blondeau, Adrian Stimson and others—is both campy and contemplative. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/05/17/sovereign-acts-justinambarnicke/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23613020005http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23613020005Wed, 23 May 2012 12:26:03 -0400Jeff ThomasTorontophotographyreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40svhBFzt1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Louise Bourgeois’ 2004 works <em>Untitled</em> / photo Barbara Solowan</p> <p>Frieze opened its first New York edition last week with some surprising highlights: sculptures that were free for public viewing outside the big commercial tent. Canadian Art art director Barbara Solowan was there, and she brought back this slideshow. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2012/05/10/frieze-art-fair/" target="_blank">Read more… </a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23041874252http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23041874252Mon, 14 May 2012 12:09:17 -0400Frieze art fairNew YorkLouise Bourgeois<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40rwpNCfM1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Philippe Chancel,
 <em>Arirang,</em> 
2006. Courtesy Eric Franck Fine Art </span></p> <p><span class="caption"><br/></span>From the series <em><a href="http://www.philippechancel.com/mosaic.php?id=55" rel="external" target="_blank">Arirang</a></em>, <a href="http://www.philippechancel.com/" rel="external" target="_blank">Philippe Chancel</a>’s C-prints document the eerie control with which North Korea directs its performer-citizens in its annual mass games in Pyongyang. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/05/10/contact-mocca-utac-public-collective-identity/" target="_blank">Read more… </a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23041070711http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23041070711Mon, 14 May 2012 11:48:25 -0400Contact Photography FestivalNorth KoreaPhilippe Chancel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40or0HZFE1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Luke Painter, <em>The Arch of William Morris</em>. Courtesy LE Gallery and Luke Painter</span></p> <p><span class="caption">Melding William Morris–style ornamentation with more contemporary concerns, artist Luke Painter detours around dry academicism for something more vibrant and visceral. Mariam Nader reviews his current Toronto show at LE Gallery, finding depth in decoration. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/05/10/le-gallery-luke-painter-anterior/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/><br/><br/></span></p> <p><span class="caption"><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23038816155http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/23038816155Mon, 14 May 2012 10:40:12 -0400Luke PainterTorontoreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rohxUkGd1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Angela Grossmann, <em>The Future Is Female</em>, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Winsor Gallery</span></p> <p><span class="caption"></span>When I see an <a href="http://www.angelagrossmann.com/" rel="external" target="_blank">Angela Grossmann</a> collage, I think of Mary Shelley’s <em>Frankenstein</em>. Her figures, like the monster, are constructed in secret, with an ambiguous mix of discarded materials vivisected, beheaded and forged together. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/05/03/angela-grossmann-the-future-is-female-winsor/" target="_blank">Read more…</a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22723667285http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22723667285Wed, 09 May 2012 13:56:21 -0400Angela Grossmannreview<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3nzi63bn71qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">James Nizam, <em>Cube,</em> 2011. Courtesy Gallery Jones</span></p> <p><span class="caption">Vancouver’s James Nizam is known for works that marry the concerns of architecture with those of photography—some of his past projects turned abandoned rooms in into pinhole cameras. Now, for his latest show at Gallery Jones, Nizam sculpts light in surprising ways. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/see-it/2012/05/03/james-nizam-trace-heavens-gallery-jones/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22595679093http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22595679093Mon, 07 May 2012 14:03:42 -0400James Nizamphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3em46QpZD1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Doug Cranmer <em>Undersea Kingdom Creature mask</em> 1974 / photo Ken Mayer</span></p> <p><span class="caption">A hereditary chief and renowned Kwakwaka’wakw carver, the late Doug Cranmer was a master artist who preferred to refer to himself as a “doodler” and “whittler.” Here, Susan Walker reviews his Vancouver survey “Kesu’,” which means “wealth being carved.” <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/04/26/kesu-douglas-cranmer-moa/" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p> <p><span class="caption"><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22260202070http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22260202070Wed, 02 May 2012 12:36:06 -0400Doug Cranmersculpturevancouverreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3b2c82ZNV1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Julian Opie <em>Promenade</em> 2012 Installation view / photo Kris Emmerson </span></p> <p><span class="caption">The animated public artworks of London’s Julian Opie are known for mesmerizing passersby in cities worldwide. Last week, his first four-sided LED tower with rotating motion debuted in Calgary. Nancy Tousley reports. <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/new/photo" target="_blank">Read more…</a><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22133578379http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/22133578379Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:36:08 -0400Julian OpieCalgaryfeaturesculpture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2y4g1b3uV1qen48ao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span class="caption">Fred Herzog, Crossing Powell, 1984. © Fred Herzog 2012 Courtesy Equinox Gallery</span></em></p> <p>To celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, Vancouver’s Equinox Gallery opened a spectacular 12,000-square-foot project space in an old tractor factory. Here, Nancy Tousley reports on the space and its debut show: a vast Fred Herzog retrospective. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2012/04/19/fred-herzog-retrospective-equinox-projectspace/" target="_blank">Read more…</a></p> <p><span class="caption"><br/></span></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21657879943http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21657879943Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:52:49 -0400Fred Herzogphotographyreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xth8MXW21qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span class="caption">Tessar Sebastian Lo, After All, Ecstasy, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Cooper Cole Gallery</span></em></p> <p>Currently on at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto is an exhibition that juxtaposes two young Canadian artists of distinctly different practices—one more emotional and illustrative, the other more conceptual and abstract. Mariam Nader reviews. <a class="homelink" href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/04/19/tessar-lo-mark-delong-cooper-cole/" target="_blank"> Read more…</a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21647700059http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21647700059Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:55:56 -0400Tessar Sebastian LoMark DeLongtorontoreview<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2orgeGfKv1qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Opening spread for “Talking with Paint” by Leah Turner, <em>Canadian Art</em>, Spring 2012, pp 100–4 / photo Gregg Segal. </span></p> <p>What’s left to see in painting that we haven’t already seen? In this feature from our current issue, writer and curator Leah Turner considers how young LA-based, Vancouver-trained artist Monique Mouton is meeting that question—often in fresh new ways. <a class="homelink" href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2012/04/12/monique-mouton-talking-with-paint/" target="_blank"> Read more…</a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21330907763http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21330907763Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:33:50 -0400Monique Moutonprofilecontemporary art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ommuX2d81qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">O Zhang <em>Salute to the Patriots</em> 2008 © O Zhang Courtesy the artist and CRG Gallery New York </span> <!-- end .main-image --></p> <!-- start /page.mc --> <p>The typical take on translation favours something more lost than found. But as Tess Edmonson reports, the Deutsche Guggenheim’s recent show on translation showed it to be productive and positive for culture and language. <a class="homelink" href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/04/12/found-in-translation-deutsche-guggenheim/" target="_blank"> Read more…</a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21327137631http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21327137631Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:49:42 -0400O ZhangreviewBerlin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kz1qNQF61qen48ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="caption">Laura Kikauka. <em>You’re So Monkey</em>, 2011. Courtesy the artist and MKG127</span></p> <p><a href="http://laurakikauka.com/" rel="external" target="_blank">Laura Kikauka</a>, whose art often consists of collected objects she arranges, alters and presents, has purged her pleasurable practice of all guilt. <a href="http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2012/04/12/laura-kikauka-mkg127-strength-thru-embarrassment/" target="_blank">Read more…</a></p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21214577098http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/21214577098Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:27:26 -0400Laura Kikaukareview<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/39054513?byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>What makes for good graphic design today? Recent developments in technology have led to exciting evolutions in the field. In this video from our education and careers site, <a href="http://canadianartschool.ca/" rel="external" target="_blank">Canadianartschool.ca</a>, three Canadian designers—Lisa Kiss, principal, <a href="http://lisakissdesign.com/" rel="external" target="_blank">Lisa Kiss Design</a>; Alex Wittholz, creative director, <a href="http://heliozilla.com/" rel="external" target="_blank">Helios Design Labs</a>; and Daniel McCafferty, independent designer, instructor and researcher—discuss their different approaches to current design practice.</p>http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/20786469742http://canadianart.tumblr.com/post/20786469742Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:31:02 -0400Canadian Art Schoolgraphic design