Your Cultural Concierge! VoCA offers critical commentary on the Canadian art scene, with a focus on Toronto. Featuring exhibition previews, critics picks, interviews and in-depth articles on art in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax.
April 4th, 2008 — Articles by Andrea Carson, Exhibitions, Toronto
Patrick Faigenbaum, Pantijelew Family (1997). Image: oakvillegalleries.com
The table is a deeply symbolic object, both as a meeting place and an enabler of culture. From the ancient Chinese to the tables in 17th century Dutch vanitas paintings, the table has been associated with nobility, culture and privilege….
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The exhibition continues until June 6, 2008.
Click HERE for the gallery website.
April 3rd, 2008 — Miscellaneous thoughts on art, News: Canada
Click HERE to read this news story - about the funding that the Ontario government is injecting into the arts - on cbc.ca.
It’s about how the ROM, the AGO and Lumintao Festival are getting millions to help alleviate deficits and cover costs.
But what caught our eye were the comments, reprinted here:
April 3rd, 2008 — Miscellaneous thoughts on art, Painting
Indulge your inner Jackson Pollock…go on…
Click HERE and start painting!
Jackson Pollock painting in his studio, Springs, New York, 1949. Image: monroegallery.com
From Dazed Digital: A Greek-born, London-based artist, Manetas explores the worlds of computers through everything from oil paintings of cables and hardware to video pieces featuring Tomb Raider and Super Mario, which he uses to comic effect. His online work includes a portrait of Antonio Negri, and sites such as jacksonpollock.org, stupidforum.com and 444theory.com, where you are invited to interact with his playful ideas.
April 2nd, 2008 — News: Canada, Toronto, Winnipeg
1. NEW DIRECTOR AT THE WAG, WINNIPEG:
Dr. Stephen Borys has been appointed as the Director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery - Dr. Borys’ new home. Image: glasssteelandstone.com
April 1st, 2008 — Artists, Exhibitions, Loved & Loathed
LOVED:
-CAI GUO QIANG AT THE GUGGENHEIM. What was not to love about this exhibition? The large atrium of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most beautiful building was filled top to bottom with eight white non-descript Chryslers spouting flashing, mulitcoloured tubes of light. Inopportune: Stage One, 2004 was meant to simulate a car bombing, the installation instead came off as celebratory. In the dark of the late afternoon, it felt like an art-disco.
The view from the top. Image: Courtesy viewoncanadianart.com
Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...Read full bio