Category: FEATURES

The Art of Marcelo Suaznabar

Articsok Gallery

by Ashley Johnson

One can salute the intention of the artist to maintain a moral integrity and to present art with a social message. That he also creates mysterious and intriguing work is an added blessing.

Eldon Garnet: Shadows and Shades

Christopher Cutts Gallery

by Steve Rockwell

If Garnet wears his pessimism on his sleeve, it serves to expose the bur under the saddle of all who are at ease in Zion at their peril.

Jacqueline Treloar: Exaltation

by Gary Michael Dault

Treloar’s crowns are lush, lustrous, buoyant museums of iconographic plenitude.When they are filled, they rise like the sun. A sun that never, however, sets.

SKETCH has a new home

by Ella Gorevalov

This is a space with many possibilities. It has an industrial kitchen, studios for music production, spaces to produce art work in any medium, and a gallery space to showcase it.

The Purists / The Manipulators

by Aurore Mathys

With works that push the boundaries of each medium to new levels, we are left to wonder which exactly of the artists are the ‘purists’ and which are the ‘manipulators.’

I ♥ Paint

Angell Gallery

by Gagan Sandhu

Dorland states that painting is still “alive and well, current, compelling and relevant” and the success of this medium-specific show tells us that it is true.

Ebrahim Noroozi

by Leanne Simaan

Though horrifying, there is an underlying beauty in each series, a humanity that Noroozi accesses with style, compassion, and grace.

Touching Strangers

by Mitch Billinkoff

Rubinstein has done well in selecting images that complement the surrounding urban setting as well as the diversity of Toronto’s populace.

Interview with Stephen Bulger

by Emese Krunák-Hajagos

The most important thing is to be committed to what you show. Galleries that are interesting are the ones that have a personality. I think the personality of the gallery should reflect the owner—the one person making all the decisions, like selecting the artists and artwork.

Steven Beckly: Reunions

by Elena Iourtaeva

The viewer is caught in a mesmerizing reflection of meanings between the three components of the exhibition: the found photographs, the empty frames and the almost undecipherable writings from the past.