Tricia Middleton's installation Midnight Gallery Rambles seemed to exist in a state of simultaneous sedimentation and erosion. Where the boundaries of these forces divided was virtually indistinguishable. In this sense her work took on a generative quality, but one inflected by a wry between-ness. Perhaps this coy wink developed from the question of whether destruction is its own kind of becoming. Midnight Gallery Rambles was an environment and an...
Visual Arts Thematic Residency, The Banff Centre May 10 - June 18, 2010 Faculty: Silke Otto-Knapp Guest Faculty: Geoffrey Farmer, Stefan Kalmár, Tom McDonough, Jan Verwoert I assumed the Figure...
Posted by Ginger Scott on August 3, 2010 (1361 words)
Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports Curated by Christopher Bedford Art Gallery of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada April 30, 2010 - September 4, 2010 Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity...
Posted by Mikhel Proulx on June 27, 2010 (1184 words)
If one were to drop an open chest full of toy building blocks on the moon, the imminent ramifications of gravity could cause a reaction much like that which appears...
Upon entering the Prairie Art Gallery, I see three Uncertainty Makers, which Quebec-born artist Jean-Pierre Gauthier has become quite well known for. Next to them is a geometric network...
Posted by Andrew Buszchak on May 6, 2010 (663 words)
Twice per year, the Art Gallery of Calgary organizes a guided walking tour of several art galleries in the city's downtown core. On Saturday, March 20, a balmy and blue-skied...
Posted by Tabitha Minns on April 1, 2010 (665 words)