-- Advertisement --

                           

-- Advertisement --

Canadian Art

Feature

On Newsstands & Online Now: Canadian Art Summer 2009

Across Canada Jun 15 2009
The cover of Canadian Art, Summer 2009 The cover of Canadian Art, Summer 2009

The cover of Canadian Art, Summer 2009

The Summer 2009 edition of Canadian Art hits newsstands this week, full of must-read stories from Venice to Vancouver. This week, a passel of of helpful web extras also go online to round out the issue.

In print this season, Calgary critic Nancy Tousley takes an indepth look at Canada’s Venice representative Mark Lewis, while Vancouver journalist Deborah Campbell profiles the influential and award-winning west-coast sculptor Liz Magor. In a thoughtful essay, iconic Toronto critic John Bentley Mays lifts a veil on the powerful funereal photographs of Jack Burman. And in another feature, painter Matthew Carver, currently showing at Scope Basel, looks at the recent boom in Chinese art starting with an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. Reviews of Elizabeth Peyton, Jenny Holzer, Lynne Marsh, Talia Shipman, James Carl, Cliff Eyland and more can also be found between the covers.

Vancouver Art Gallery director Kathleen Bartels (right), author Sarah Thornton and Ross Irwin / photo Dyan Marie

Vancouver Art Gallery director Kathleen Bartels (right), author Sarah Thornton and Ross Irwin / photo Dyan Marie from Canadian Art's online Venice album

Online, there’s more to savour: A picture album from the world’s biggest art event, the 53rd Venice Biennale, details Canadian parties and wonderful Venice architecture. A comprehensive visual chronology of Mark Lewis’ career traces his work from the early 1990s to the present day, while a portfolio of Liz Magor’s new artwork compels and illuminates. More images from photographer Jack Burman provide further insight into his unique, often overlooked, creative path. And weekly reviews, previews, news reports and features—like editor Richard Rhodes’ report from Venice—continue to make Canadianart.ca a must-click all season.

So grab a lemonade, a laptop and a copy of Canadian Art—it’s a savvy, stylish start to a great summer.

The opening spread of the Mark Lewis feature in the Summer 2009 print edition of Canadian Art

The opening spread of the Mark Lewis feature in the Summer 2009 print edition of Canadian Art / photo Hubert Kang
This article was first published online on June 11, 2009.

RELATED STORIES

  • Making Worlds: Sensitive in Venice

    The scope of Venice, from the Biennale to bold new art museums, is huge, with hundreds of exhibitions, pavilions and projects to take in. Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes reports on this year’s highlights and lowlights—and they’re not always what you might think.

  • So Much to See

    The Canada-born, U.K.-based filmmaker Mark Lewis takes his exquisitely challenging work to the Venice Biennale

  • Mark Lewis Portfolio: A Film Art Retrospective

    Canadian Art's Mark Lewis cover story for the Summer 2009 print edition is supplemented online with a 23-image portfolio retrospective of Lewis' film-art work through the years.

 

FOUNDATION NEWS

More Foundation news

ONLINE

  • Will Munro: Ecstatic Legacies

    In 2010, at the age of 35, Toronto artist/DJ/promoter/activist Will Munro succumbed to brain cancer. Here, David Balzer reviews the first big survey of Munro’s work, which makes apparent how talented, prolific and perceptive this creator was.

  • Painting Canada: Artistry in the UK

    The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.

  • David Altmejd: In the Belly of the Beast

    The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.

  • A Stake in the Ground: When Language Wounds

    What happens to identity when our relationship to land and language is disrupted? This is a key question raised in “A Stake in the Ground,” an exhibition of works by 25 First Nations artists, curated by Nadia Myre, that’s currently at Montreal gallery Art Mûr.

  • Canadianartschool.ca: Tips for a Successful Winter Term

    Our education and careers site has just posted more stories and tips to help students achieve a great winter term. Highlights include a profile of internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Laing, a Q&A on grad schools and more.

More Online

- Advertisements -



- Advertisements -
Report a problem