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The Young Canadians

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Economy

Environment

Politics

Victor Tupitsyn discusses the work of artist Andrei Molodkin and its critique of oil production and consumption.

Oil for Art's Sake: Andrei Molodkin cuts into the veins of Western oil dependency

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Cities

Photography

Chris Kraus discusses the work of George Porgari, his travels through LA and the political climate during his visit.

Greetings from LA: Chris Kraus reports on some suspicious activity in the new USA

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Editorial

Editor

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Collaboration

Canadian

Editor Rosemary Heather discusses young Canadian artists and introduces the magazine’s redesign.

Feature

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Participation

Technology

Performance art

Video

Emily Vey Duke discusses cultural production and new technologies as they relate to recent works by Althea Thauberger.

Althea Thauberger: Experimentalism is Dead, Long Live the Internet

Earl Miller is an independent critic and curator residing in Toronto.

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Representation

Social

Conceptual

This article discusses neoconceptualism in recent Canadian art, with emphasis on works that present everyday, unpretentious materials and situations that question elitism, truth value or both. Artists discussed are Michael Euyung Oh, Brian Joseph Davis, Derek Sullivan, Kevin Schmidt, Pascal Grandmaison, Rhonda Weppler, Trevor Mahovsky, Jennifer Stillwell, Germaine Koh, Judy Radul, and Geoffrey Farmer.

Law and Ordering: On Evaluating Recent Canadian Neoconceptualism

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Sculpture

Film

This article discusses the sculptures, videos and photographs of artist Kristan Horton. The author discusses the use of amaterurism and subpar craftsmanship in Horton’s artistic practice. Works discussed include his self-produced artist’s book Oracle; Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove (2004), a photographic homage to Stanley Kubric’s 1964 film; and Cig2Coke2Tin2Coff2Milk2 (2006), a stop-motion animation.

Kristan Horton: An Image of Sculpture

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Painting

The article discusses Canadian artist Steven Shearer’s growing devotion to painting. The author discusses Shearer’s early text-based works, the artist’s interest in icons, and portrait-painting in an increasingly dematerialized visual culture. Works discussed include Poems (ongoing series), List (2004), Longhairs (2005), Smoke (2005), 1900 (2005), and The Convalescent (2006).

Close To Icons: Monika Szewczyk on Steven Shearer's growing devotion to painting

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This article discusses propulsion and entropy in the work of Quebecois artist Michel de Broin’s. Works discussed include Shared Propulsion Car (2005) and Keep on Smoking (2006), two works that take on the theme of transportation and fossil fuel usage.

Michel De Broin: Taking Art For A Ride

Interview

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Collecting

Christina Ritchie interviews Mark Dudiak, Andrew Kent, Arabella Campbell, Scott Marshall, Cedric Bomford, and Verena Kaminiarz regarding their art collecting and the broader art economy in Vancouver.

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Artist Project

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Collage

This centrefold presents Wait For Me (2006), a mixed media work by artist Jennifer Murphy using lace and tattoo images.

Wait For Me

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Installation

Parlour of Twilight

Review

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This article reviews Milutin Gubash’s exhibition Near and Far, which was held at Stride Gallery in Calgary, Alberta.

Near and Far, Milutin Gubash, Stride Gallery

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Location

This article reviews the multi-site exhibition Territory, which was co-presented by North Vancouver’s Presentation Hosue Gallery and Vancouver’s Artspeak. The exhibition was curated by Melanie O’Brian and Helga Pakasaar and features works by artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Roy Arden, The Atlas Group/Walid Raad, Michael Barnholden, Yael Bartana, Cao Fei, Germaine Koh, Gonzalo Lebrija, Jayce Salloum, Seripop, Ron Terada, Annabel Vaugh and Neil Wedman.

Territory, Artspeak and Presentation House Gallery

Jacob Korczynski is an independent curator.

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Urban studies

This article reviews the Ninth Havana Biennial held in Havana, Cuba. Artists discussed include Cinthia Marcelle, Sue Williamson, Shilpa Gupta and others.

Ninth Havana Biennial

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This article reviews the Toronto-based, Iranian-born photographer Sadegh Tirafkan’s exhibition Manhood, held at A Space Gallery in Toronto.

Sadegh Tirafkan: Manhood 

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This article reviews the exhibition Canada: A Group Show From New York, held at Counter Gallery in London, England. Organized by Canada gallery in New York, the exhibition brought together the work of Canadian David Askevold and a group of younger, non-Canadian artists. The other artists featured include Brian Belott, Sarah Braman, Elena Pankova, and Anke Weyer.

Canada: A Group Show From New York

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International

This article reviews an exhibition of paintings by London artist Dan Hays titled Colorado Impressions, held at Manchester Art Gallery in England.

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Autobiography

This article reviews Montreal-based artist Daniel Olson’s exhibition Beside Myself, held at Optica in Montreal, Quebec. The exhibition featured two new video projects by the artist, Olson-Welles (2006) and Beside Myself (2006).

Daniel Olson: Beside Myself

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The article reviews Nico Ihlein’s exhibition Unclear Situations in Halfsecured Rooms at Nice & Fit in Berlin.

Nico Ihlein: Unclear Situations in Half Secured Rooms

Header

C Mag

Issue 91

The Young Canadians

Credits

Editorial

The Young Canadians

Features

Althea Thauberger: Experimentalism is Dead, Long Live the Internet

Law and Ordering: On Evaluating Recent Canadian Neoconceptualism

Kristan Horton: An Image of Sculpture

Close To Icons: Monika Szewczyk on Steven Shearer's growing devotion to painting

Michel De Broin: Taking Art For A Ride

Artist Projects

Wait For Me

Parlour of Twilight

Columns

Oil for Art's Sake: Andrei Molodkin cuts into the veins of Western oil dependency

Greetings from LA: Chris Kraus reports on some suspicious activity in the new USA

Reviews

Near and Far, Milutin Gubash, Stride Gallery

Territory, Artspeak and Presentation House Gallery

Ninth Havana Biennial

Sadegh Tirafkan: Manhood

Canada: A Group Show From New York

Dan Hays: Colorado Impressions

Daniel Olson: Beside Myself

Nico Ihlein: Unclear Situations in Half Secured Rooms

Interviews

Vancouver's Collecting Collective