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A guide to the best exhibitions and events in the visual arts
My current practice of rebuilding vintage motorcycles as sculptures comes from growing up in the 1960s and 1970s. The more I work with machines, the more they develop personalities. The quirkiness of each piece becomes just as engaging as making it run smoothly and efficiently. I do ride these bikes and there is an inherent sense of danger in them. That’s my idea of art with a function. After all, if they are not well-made, the risk is beyond what might happen if a sculpture critically “fails.”
Ray Lodoen is a Saskatoon artist. His exhibition “Gearheads,” with the Toronto artist Steven Laurie, continues to July 30 at AKA Gallery, 424–20th St. W., Saskatoon, SK.
In “The Black Glove and the Peacock,” Girard takes regional folkart traditions as a starting point in a narrative suite of sculptures inspired by both public and private collections in Regina and Saskatoon. The sculptor Sylvia Ziemann fills the gallery’s Sherwood Village space with post-catastrophe survival dwellings. June 26 to Aug. 29/until July 18. Dunlop Art Gallery, 2311–12th Ave./6121 Rochdale Blvd., Regina, SK.
Vaughn’s “geriatric dandy” alter ego, Peanut Brittle, takes up residence in AKA Gallery, transforming the space into a bachelor’s apartment–cum–radio station for a series of performances exploring bygone masculinities. From Jan. 11 to Feb. 19. 424–20th St. W., Saskatoon, SK.
“My curatorial practice is based on themes of social justice, and after curating ‘Pandora’s Box,’ I was still hungry for a group show that was dramatic and spectacular, with a strong punch. The theme of violence needed to be explored further in a new exhibition, and this was the impetus behind ‘Diabolique.’ The show is a blend of horror, violence, historical and contemporary criticisms of war, the (anti)monument(al), relationships of power and witty, playful ironies. It is groundbreaking for this region in that this is the first time work by major international artists such as William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat and Jake and Dinos Chapman has been shown in this part of the country. The show will also challenge the public about their positions on war, violence and our complicity with conflict.”
Amanda Cachia is Director/Curator of the Dunlop Art Gallery. Part 2 of “Diabolique” is at the Dunlop from Sept. 4 to Oct. 18, 2311–12th Ave., Regina, SK.
Works by Rebecca Belmore, Jake and Dinos Chapman, William Kentridge and 16 other artists mine our morbid fascination with war and violent death from July 17 to Aug. 30. (Dunlop Art Gallery, 2311–12th Ave., Regina, SK.)
The physical and psychological impact of sleep disorders inspires new work by Patrick Traer in the solo show “don’t tell me your dreams,” opening at the Mendel Art Gallery on June 19. (950 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon, SK.)
The renowned Vancouver sculptor’s latest work is showcased at the College Building Art Galleries until Aug. 21. (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.)
Poetic devices favoured by Emily Dickinson are reinvigorated by Canadian artists from Ron Moppett to Gathie Falk and Betty Goodwin in this group show culled from the MacKenzie Art Gallery’s permanent collection. Through Sept. 13. (3475 Albert St., Regina, SK.)
Endless winter nights and daytime imagery come together in haunting photographs and documentary videos by the duo of Jacky Georges Lafargue and Lois Couturier. Their exhibition “Resolute Bay,” made on-site in the remote Nunavut community, opens Jan. 23. (Dunlop Art Gallery, 2311–12th Ave., Regina, SK.)
A tense tableau of down-home totems forms a bleak anti-monument to consumer society in “Let Me Be Your Mirror,” a group exhibition gathering eight artists who work with the trope of reflection as a literal and figurative call to cultural self-examination. Until May 25. (MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St., Regina, SK.)
Human stewardship of the earth is the shared concern of the trio of Canadian artists in “Landscape Stories.” Apr. 3 to June 8. (Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Crescent Pk., SK.)
Analytical and sensual tensions erupt in recent works by the veteran abstract painter Ronald Bloore, on view to Jan. 27. (MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St., Regina, SK.)
Standard consumer goods are made grotesque in “Abnormal Growth,” a group show that examines technology’s disfiguring effect on nature. To Jan. 6. (Dunlop Art Gallery, 6121 Rochdale Blvd., Regina, SK.)
Full talks and tours schedule, Douglas Coupland conversation info, and magazine launch details posted for free day of activities
Applications due May 9 for $55,000 in prizes
Free art tours for high-school students to take place in April and May
New writers on contemporary art encouraged to apply by June 1
Dates already set for next year’s Toronto festival
Applications for this $7,000 student award are due April 6
Event to feature a conversation with Douglas Coupland, gallery tours, a magazine launch and more
Films on Shary Boyle, Elmgreen & Dragset, Michel de Broin and Jon Gnarr set to open the festival on March 22
Opening-night celebration and art-industry talks highlight fifth year of fair
Don’t miss the North American premieres of films on Candida Höfer and Thomas Struth, happening February 23
The 85-year-old artist Arnaud Maggs nudged out Fred Herzog and Alain Paiement as winner of the second annual Scotiabank Photography Award, announced last night in Toronto. This $50,000 win follows the opening of a major Maggs survey at the National Gallery of Canada.
As one of the primary exhibitions for Contact 2012, “Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces” is ambitious. Charlene K. Lau observes that the two-venue show mirrors the fractures of contemporary life: public and private, visible and invisible, place and non-place.
In this review, writer and artist Joni Murphy considers Abbas Akhavan’s current solo show in Montreal, which activates a variety of themes—war and art, destruction and nation building, human and animal—with a distinctively light touch.
Melding William Morris-style ornamentation with more contemporary concerns, artist Luke Painter detours around dry academicism for something more vibrant and visceral. Mariam Nader reviews his current Toronto show at LE Gallery, finding depth in decoration.
Frieze opened its first New York edition last week with some surprising highlights: sculptures that were free for public viewing outside the big commercial tent. Canadian Art art director Barbara Solowan was there, and brought back this slideshow.
