by Bronwen Cox
Mathieu’s work draw inspiration from his homeland, Haiti, depicting political, personal, and historical subjects.
Manuel Mathieu at The Power Plant
Georgia Dickie at Cooper Cole Gallery
by Olivia Musselwhite
Dickie’s works, as Cooper Cole Gallery states, subverts the way that we relate to objects and what we think sculpture is.
Three Photographers at Elaine Fleck Gallery
by Hugh Alcock
These are masterful works of photography. While focusing on his personal experience Rush has nevertheless managed to express something of universal significance
Diana Lynn VanderMeulen at Sky Fine Foods
by Olivia Mariko Hsuen-Ferris
I would love to spend a day in one of these scenes, disconnecting from my Earthly stresses
Iris Häussler at Daniel Faria Gallery
by Olivia Musselwhite
Häussler describes the work as exhibiting the process of forgetting while also giving the freedom to reconstruct memory.
The Thawing of the Great Bear at Clint Roenisch
by Hugh Alcock
the works share an ineffable aesthetics that Roenisch has managed to grasp. A delightful show.
Personal Space at Patel Brown Gallery
by Bronwen Cox
Nostalgic, wistful, and whimsical all at once, these works evoke a series of strong reaction in the viewer, each setting at once familiar and unfamiliar.
Inter/Ruptures at United Contemporary
by Olivia Mariko Hsuen-Ferris
The works in this exhibition appear to have slipped into common themes of emotional intimacy and human connection. I like to think that the environment of invitation has resulted in these themes
New member / Earth Day at Canadian Sculpture Centre
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
The Earth Day exhibition is a tradition for the Canadian Sculpture Centre, as they present a group show organized around this theme each year. It always addresses spring
Tasman Richardson at Arsenal Contemporary Art
by Hugh Alcock
It is an age defined by degeneration and corruption. The one sin of ours that Richardson focuses on especially is the obsession with the self, i.e., narcissicism.
Acts of Erasure at MOCA
by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
In this stunning installation Fatma Bucak’s and Krista Belle Stewart’s thoughtful work integrates interlocking layers of the historical, the political and the emotional.
Mist, Foam, Drainage Ditch at Franz Kaka
by Bronwen Cox
Despite the wide array of styles and media, these pieces exist together in harmony, just as the different organs and tissues of the body work together as one.