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  • See It04.02.2010

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    Geoffrey Farmer: From Poor Materials to Rich Themes

    Vancouverite Geoffrey Farmer has earned an international name for himself by turning Arte Povera materials into rich meditations on history, psychology and other big themes. Now fans can get a look at his new explorations in a show at Catriona Jeffries.
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  • Features04.02.2010

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    Eduardo Ralickas: The Many Equivalences of Raymonde April

    Since the 1970s, Raymonde April has studied key contemporary issues in photography. Now, with her art spawning three Montreal exhibitions, Bryne McLaughlin talks with curator Eduardo Ralickas about what makes April’s art so compelling.
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  • See It04.02.2010

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    Sammy Baloji: The Light Continent

    Nearly 1 billion people live in Africa, yet we get relatively few reports from it. Now, Congolese artist Sammy Baloji creates a compelling portrait of time and place there in “Vues de Likasi,” an installation at the Contact Festival’s new gallery in Toronto.
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  • Reviews04.02.2010

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    Gabriel Coutu-Dumont: Sketches of Synchronicity

    Gabriel Coutu-Dumont filtered thousands of globetrotting photos down to a mere 275 for his current touring show. But as critic Amy Fung reports, Coutu-Dumont’s exhibition is at its best when it focuses on the artist’s photographic—rather than curatorial—skills.
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  • See It04.02.2010

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    Yann Pocreau: Illuminating the Local

    In the past, Montreal photographer Yann Pocreau has focused on the body’s interaction with architectural forms. Now, in a show of newer work, Pocreau focuses on something less concrete—the interaction of mobile bodies with local light.
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  • Online04.02.2010

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    Full Opening and Event Listings

    Dozens of openings, talks and other events happening from coast to coast this week, February 4 to 10, 2010.
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  • Reviews28.01.2010

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    to show, to give, to make it be there: In the Beginning, the Word

    In the 1950s and 1960s, Vancouver was the site of fruitful cross-disciplinary activity—artists wrote, and poets made art. Now, Adele Weder reviews a semiotic-aesthetic homage to the era, one curated by Hard Core Logo author Michael Turner.
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  • Features28.01.2010

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    Exposure 2010: Top 10 to See

    The sixth annual Exposure photography festival kicks off this week with 30 venues and nearly 40 exhibitions in Calgary, Banff and Canmore. Canadian Art’s top picks for the fest range widely, from conceptual group shows to intimate solo offerings.
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  • See It28.01.2010

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    Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Seeing in Time

    An exhibition honouring Eija-Liisa Ahtila, the Finnish artist whose experimental installations push boundaries in both art and film, opens in Montreal this week. Curator John Zeppetelli, also a filmmaker, has pulled together some of Ahtila’s key works.
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  • Features28.01.2010

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    Caitlin Jones: Learning from Vancouver

    This week, Western Front kicks off “Learning from Vancouver,” a symposium and exhibition on the city. Interestingly, the person who might be learning (or relearning) the most about Vancouver right now is Caitlin Jones, the Front’s new director. In an in-depth interview, former NYCer Jones discusses market issues, web-art history and future hopes.
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  • See It28.01.2010

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    Sorting Daemons: Big Brother’s Art-World Gaze

    George Orwell’s 1984 propelled terms like “doublespeak” and “Big Brother” into our lexicon, terms that crystallized fear of government control—and even inspired, decades later, some all-seeing reality TV. Now these themes drive an international group show in Kingston.
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  • Online28.01.2010

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    Full Opening and Event Listings

    Dozens of openings, talks and other events happening from coast to coast this week, January 28 to February 3, 2010.
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  • See It21.01.2010

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    John Greer: Transitional Understandings

    Senior Canadian artist John Greer won a Governor General’s Award last March. Now, Galerie Samuel Lallouz mounts Greer’s first north-of-the-49th solo show since the prize, offering a peek at some recent works playing with the artist’s perennial themes.
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  • Reviews21.01.2010

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    Miroslaw Balka: Nothing Doing

    In the latest installation at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, Miroslaw Balka presents an abbreviated version of the lifelong walk from light into darkness. Now, reviewer Eldon Garnet raises pointed questions about the work and its approach.
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  • See It21.01.2010

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    Karen Asher: Strange Days Indeed

    Karen Asher’s portraits of strangers and acquaintances in the urban landscape of Winnipeg offer an unusual, unnerving intimacy. In her current debut solo show at Platform, Asher exhibits 15 of her characteristically odd images.
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  • Geoffrey Farmer: From Poor Materials to Rich Themes

    Vancouverite Geoffrey Farmer has earned an international name for himself by turning Arte Povera materials into rich meditations on history, psychology and other big themes. Now fans can get a look at his new explorations in a show at Catriona Jeffries.

  • Eduardo Ralickas: The Many Equivalences of Raymonde April

    Since the 1970s, Raymonde April has studied key contemporary issues in photography. Now, with her art spawning three Montreal exhibitions, Bryne McLaughlin talks with curator Eduardo Ralickas about what makes April’s art so compelling.

  • Sammy Baloji: The Light Continent

    Nearly 1 billion people live in Africa, yet we get relatively few reports from it. Now, Congolese artist Sammy Baloji creates a compelling portrait of time and place there in “Vues de Likasi,” an installation at the Contact Festival’s new gallery in Toronto.

  • Gabriel Coutu-Dumont: Sketches of Synchronicity

    Gabriel Coutu-Dumont filtered thousands of globetrotting photos down to a mere 275 for his current touring show. But as critic Amy Fung reports, Coutu-Dumont’s exhibition is at its best when it focuses on the artist’s photographic—rather than curatorial—skills.

  • Yann Pocreau: Illuminating the Local

    In the past, Montreal photographer Yann Pocreau has focused on the body’s interaction with architectural forms. Now, in a show of newer work, Pocreau focuses on something less concrete—the interaction of mobile bodies with local light.

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