Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
May, 2017 / 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 Andriy Bilenkyy
one can’t shake the impression that the author has triumphed over her creation, and that it wasn’t an easy victory
by Andriy Bilenkyy
Kalmenson’s show is a politically engaged conceptual art, thoughtful and witty, which, nevertheless, leaves the viewer with an impression of the artist’s longing for an artistic, not merely ideological, adversary worthy of being deconstructed.
by Andriy Bilenkyy
Häussler’s exploration of the artistic value of fictionality, simultaneously dissimulated and exposed, sits well with the theoretical concerns that could motivate her character, Sophie La Rosière, – if she was more than an artworld entity, of course.
by Andriy Bilenkyy
A Fine Line makes death acceptable and even fashionable in an aesthetically pleasing, technically sophisticated, and meta-artistically rich way.
by Andriy Bilenkyy
Well, all you aesthetes and art-lovers concerned with moralization of contemporary art, you may sigh with relief now, as Byrtynsky’s new exhibition puts him back on track to the paradise of beauty and artistry
Saturday, October 1, 2016, sunset to sunrise
Phil Anderson, Andriy Bilenkyy, Julie McNeill, Simon Termine
Though this year’s variety was slightly smaller than previous years, it was no less impressive and awe-inspiring.
