Archive for April, 2008

What We Bring to the Table, Oakville Galleries, Ontario

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…. To read more, click the thumbnail: The exhibition continues until June 6, 2008.
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VoCA says: Come on, people!

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:

VoCA loves…Miltos Manetas

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.
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News: 2 Moves and a Boo

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

Report from New York: 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
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