October 24, 2018
UNION OF THE STATE
It is hard to imagine Washington D.C. today as anything other than a laager of criticism, circumlocution and cynicism split on reform. So confounding has become the rhetoric on the front line that its daily reporting usually poses “Who will be jumping on the bandwagon this time?” For Superfine! – The Fair founders Alex Mitow and James Miille there is but one course: to hitch their wagon to a star and inspire the next ...
September 16, 2018
FAIR-WEATHER SEPTEMBER ISSUE
If the incredulity of this summer’s humidity had you wondering if it would be possible to step outdoors again, believe that fall is prepared to rectify the social life that-was-not with a forecast of much art, artists and art fairs. Starting the season is the Affordable Art Fair New York, September 27-30 2018, The Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC where my works, “Chair 1” (2016) and “Equal” (2016), will show in advance ...
April 19, 2018
WORLD, HOLD ON
With so many art fairs populating major cities, monthly it seems, it’s hard sometimes to distinguish one from the next and what venue aligns with your interests over another. Do you like quirky and odd or traditional and realistic? Contemporary or old-masters? Paintings or objects? Established or emerging artists? Or if you’re like me, do you like to be surprised? Enjoy the discovery of something old and something new? ...
April 11, 2018
LOOKING BACK, FORWARD
A lot has happened since my show, Anatomy of Resilience, opened at Karsh-Masson Gallery, City Hall Ottawa a couple of months ago. The days got longer. Dots descended at the Art Gallery of Ontario (far more welcome than winter’s insistence much to the confusion of the Canadian geese prematurely decamped). And that which bellied on the fringes–ideas, attitudes, even people–came spilling forth fantastically, empowered by ...
February 08, 2018
PAPER, PURPOSE, PERSEVERANCE
My first solo exhibit at a Canadian public gallery opens tonight at Karsh-Masson Gallery, City Hall; Ottawa, Canada. The show is titled, Anatomy of Resilience, and it features my signature paper objects and surfaces. However this time, the language of my artworks’ materials, constructions, patterns, shapes and colours propose art and creation as a kind of hardiness toward hardship. Recounting his own initial and ...
January 25, 2018
A HIEMAL INTERLUDE
Guess who’s having a show at Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa City Hall, during Winterlude?! I’ll give you a clue. (See pic.) Details to ...
