December 30, 2019
MAKING A CASE
I have never been someone who consciously looks back on my life to see where I was before, and where I am now. Maybe because I know the “now” is temporary, transitional; lasting anywhere from seconds, to days, to weeks, and even then, replete with many variations. However Issue 44 of Uppercase magazine, which I am featured in, has made me rethink rethinking–or at least, “reflecting” if I am to take baby ...
July 08, 2019
WAYS OF BEING
From July 20–August 23, 2019 my work along with those by fellow Canadian artists–Carmelo Arnoldin, Robert Davidovitz and collaborators, John Armstrong and Paul Collins–will show at BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, for Allsorts: an exhibit featuring similar yet unconventional approaches to pattern offering new ways to experience and make sense of life. Artworks selected for the exhibition were based on two main ...
April 08, 2019
WHEN PICASSO TAKES HIS PLACE
Open any art history book, and you will find somewhere in between the chapters of European and American masters, Impressionism and Abstraction, the edifying artist of Modern Art, Pablo Picasso. Brash, complicated, mischievous, demanding and provocative, Picasso wielded his life and career in the full knowledge that he was great before widespread recognition, was going to be greater than any influence of his contemporaries and ...
December 04, 2018
LIFE AQUATIC
Aqua facade and furnishings suggest there is plenty of poolside glam to be had at the eponymous hotel in South Beach, Florida. To prove the point are towering courtyard palms, outdoor hot tub and sundeck: the perfect accoutrements for sunning and posing before onlookers and “onliners” alike, effortlessly. Once a year however, the resort living gets a lift from local, national and international gallery exhibitors ...
November 30, 2018
THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS
For the month of December, artist Jordan Buschur and I show in the two-person exhibit, “Article,” at PLEAT: an online gallery founded by curator, director, educator and artist, Bethanie Irons. Artworks presented in tandem are sculptures (me) and paintings (Jordan) around the notion of collecting, accumulating, archaeology and meaning. Selection solely from my “Cosmos” series distinguishes my scope to be ...
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 ...
