by Alice Pelot
Ko expresses frustration with our approaching doom as it is not an external force, it is one of natural asphyxiation by pollution, one that could be stopped, but that will never be taken seriously in the face of other potential apocalypses.
by Alice Pelot
Bailey’s interface is an opportunity to actively belong to an existential, digital blanket.
Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival
May, 2016 / Toronto and GTA
With so much choices, with well over 1500 Canadian and international artists and photographers exhibiting at more than 200 exhibitions, it isn’t easy picking exhibits to see.
by Alice Pelot
the art works represent the tangible, real, life-giving organs and actions of others in an incredible array of materials and interpretations
by Alice Pelot
While there are impressive art pieces worth travelling to see at Angell Gallery’s twentieth anniversary exhibition, it is the context of all these works together, producing a portrait of Angell as a collector, that is most thrilling.
by Alice Pelot
Sarah Carlson’s large-scale paintings at Graven Feather, encourages us through personal mythologies to re-imagine and re-visit our wild roots.
by Alice Pelot
Pien’s engaging installation is not a devastating, vulnerability-inducing ride, but it is an effective metaphor, and an experience with a resonating narrative drawing attention to political crisis.
by Alice Pelot
Everingham’s practice is a successfully productive paradox in which he is both a storyteller and an abstract painter.
by Alice Pelot
Gertler implies classical material and vaguely oppressive iconography to construct symbols of power, and Scaglia refers to ancient symbols to provide a metaphor for a disastrous historical event.
by Alice Pelot
The works at Inter/Access are politically charged appropriations of tools used widely for warfare and surveillance, and also playful interpretations of their potential everyday use.
by Alice Pelot
Not only are Podeswa’s references accessible and layered, the curation also successfully reflects the celestial duality of his subject including both the spiritual and scientific.
by Alice Pelot
I would not want to spoil the fun for those who want the pleasure of guessing the pop-culture references, but even for people who prefer sub-cultures, the art works are worth visiting for their exquisite detail and technique.
