Canadian Art - Features

Michel de Broin: Cities of Light

2011-12-15T17:00:00Z

Canadian Art, Winter 2012, pp 100–5" />
Michel de Broin's new street-lamp sculpture in New Orleans is a notable return to North America for the artist, who has spent much of the past six years living and working in Europe. In this feature from our Winter 2012 issue, managing editor Bryne McLaughlin takes a closer look at de Broin's work, which is both popular and powerful.

Jacques Bilodeau: Watch Your Step

2011-12-15T17:00:00Z

Canadian Art, Winter 2012, pp 122–6 / photo Alex Meyboom" />
You enter artist-designer-architect Jacques Bilodeau's Montreal studio expecting a stark modernist interior, but what you find instead is a sort of Plato's cave of blue-black steel, all hollows and shadows. This and other surprises abound in critic Gary Michael Dault's feature on the artist, published in our Winter 2012 issue.

Tim Whiten: The Real Deal

2011-12-15T17:00:00Z

Canadian Art, Winter 2012, pp 112–15" />
Tim Whiten is a professor emeritus of York University's fine arts faculty, but when asked how he fits into the current Canadian art scene, he says, without hesitation, "I don't." This and other revealing perspectives are offered in author Ann Ireland's feature on the artist, which appears in the Winter 2012 issue of Canadian Art.

Fogo Island: Rock Haven

2011-12-08T17:01:00Z

Canadian Art, Fall 2011, pp 124–8 / photo courtesy Fogo Island Arts Corporation" />
To many, Newfoundland’s Fogo Island is a barren landscape of marsh, scrub and lichen-mottled boulders at the edge of the continent. But as author Lisa Moore reports in our fall issue, new arts programs (and dramatic buildings) are changing that image.

Soft Turns: Seven Hours of Daylight

2011-12-01T17:00:00Z

Canadian Art, Fall 2011, pp 150–4" />
In this feature from our fall 2011 issue, critic R.M. Vaughan travels to Malmö, Sweden. There, he finds a gloomy city harbouring some bright talents: Sarah Jane Gorlitz and Wojciech Olejnik, the young Canadian duo known collectively as Soft Turns.

Joyce Wieland: True Patriot Love

2011-09-15T16:00:00Z

Canadian Art, Fall 2011, pp 104–10 / photo John Reeves" />
In this feature from our Fall 2011 issue, writer Sara Angel provides a thoughtful reflection on Joyce Wieland's landmark exhibition "True Patriot Love"—the first solo exhibition by a living woman artist at the National Gallery of Canada—in the year of its 40th anniversary.

Sarah Anne Johnson: Northern Splendour

2011-09-15T16:00:00Z

Canadian Art, Fall 2011, pp 118–23 / photo Sarah Anne Johnson" />
In this feature from our Fall 2011 issue, contributing editor Nancy Tousley focuses on Sarah Anne Johnson, the Winnipeg artist who recently debuted a series on the Arctic and who is known for exploring themes of environmentalism and community through photography.

Terrance Houle: Road Warrior

2011-09-15T15:59:00Z

Canadian Art, Fall 2011, pp 144–9 / photos Carey Shaw & Daniel Santiago Salguero" />
In this feature from the Fall 2011 issue of Canadian Art, Toronto critic Murray Whyte takes a look at the playful oeuvre of Calgary-based First Nations artist Terrance Houle.

Restorart Inc.: Cser's Domain

2011-08-25T16:00:00Z

Canadian Art, Summer 2011, pp 54–5 / photo Christopher Wahl" />
Writer Noah Richler provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of art restorer Laszlo Cser in this feature from our summer print issue. Working to diagnose and repair vulnerable works of art, Cser’s studio is home to an accomplished craftsman with an unusual Old World air.

Catherine Crowston: Partner in Art

2011-08-04T16:01:00Z

Canadian Art, Summer 2011, pp 56–7 / photo Jimmy Jeong" />
Since its 2010 renovation, attendance at the Art Gallery of Alberta has skyrocketed from 22,000 to 111,000. In this article from our summer issue, critic Amy Fung looks at a key player in the AGA’s rise: deputy director Catherine Crowston.