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Biennale Wrap-up!

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International

Travel

This article discusses Report (Not Announcement): Transitionary Report on the State of Mobility at the Beginning of the 21st Century (Bak/Revolver, 2006), a compilation edited by Binna Choi. The article discusses the increasing mobility of artists today as they travel internationally from one city to another, and the effect of this on smaller local artistic communities. He discusses the pressure felt by artists to travel, and the financial and social privilege of living a nomadic lifestyle. The article discusses the views of contributors to the book, including Gunes Savas, Jens Hoffmann, and Tobias Berger.

Views: Artists and Air Miles

Jon Davies is a Montreal-based curator and writer. He recently received his PhD in Art History from Stanford University.

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Relational art

The article discusses Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija and American artist Harrell Fletcher, two practitioners of socially collaborative art. The article discusses Tiravanija’s project for the inaugural show of Ontario College of Art’s Professional Gallery, as well as his participation in OCA‘s new artist residency initiative Nomadic Residents. The article also discusses Harrell Fletcher’s artistic practice and his show-and-tell lecture at Toronto’s Power Plant.

Views: Two Versions of Engagement

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Editorial

Editor

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Canadian

Editor Rosemary Heather discusses the market for Canadian art, the rolling back of Canada Council’s public funding for art publications, the relocation of Canadian artists to other countries, and her views on the global and the local within the contemporary art world.

Canada, locate yourself!

Feature

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Exhibitions

Race

The article discusses the 2007 Montreal Biennale exhibition Crack the Sky, which involved a series of exhibitions and events dispersed across the city in various venues. Crack the Sky featured more than 50 artists and artists groups, both Canadian and international. The article discusses queer representation and cultural race politics in the context of the exhibition. Artists mentioned in the article include: Luis Jacob, Noam Gonick, Paul P., Scott Treleaven, Peaches, BGL, Paper Rad, Julie Doucet, Dominique Petrin, Brian Jungen, Graeme Patterson, Dana Claxton, and David Altmejd.

Biennale de Montreal 2007

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Sculpture

The article discusses the Munster Sculpture Project, which fosters site-specific practice by inviting every 10 years a number of international artists to visit the city and to each produce a unique sculpture. The article discusses several of the 36 artists invited for 2007 and their projects. Artists mentioned include: Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Gustav Metzger, Martha Rosler, Guillaume Bijl, Deimantas Narkevicius, Kasper Konig, Michael Asher, Michael Elmgreen, Ingar Dragset, Andreas Siekmann, Annette Wehrmann, and Mike Wallinger.

The Munster Sculpture Project

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This article discusses documenta 12, held in Kassel, Germany. It discusses artists involved in the exhibition, including Ai Weiwei, Lu Hao, Kerry James Marshall, Juan Davila, Nasreen Mohamedi, CK Rajan, Annie Pootoogook, Peter Friedl, and Luis Jacob.

documenta 12

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Installation

Social

The article discusses the 52nd Venice Biennale. The author comments that mammoth art events such as this one tend to be characterized by commercialization and that she registers a a level of self-doubt and helplessness from the artists involved in regards to the efficacy of their own art. The article discusses artists such as the duo Toril Goksoyr and Camilla Martens, Paolo Canevari, Emily Prince, Rainer Ganahl , Eric Duyckaerts, David Altmejd, Irena Juzova, Sophie Calle, Jan Christiaan Braun, Yang Zhenzhong, the Morrinho Project, and El Anatsui.

The 52nd Venice Biennale

Interview

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Human Rights

Politics

Philosophy

The article features an interview with Toronto artist Luis Jacob and his installations for documenta 12: Album III (2004) and A Dance for Those of Us Whose Hearts Have Turned to Ice, Based on the Choreography of Francoise Sullivan and the Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth (With Sign-Language Supplement) (2007). They discuss the themes of documenta 12: modernity and its current relevance, the idea of human openness and vulnerability to care and abuse, and issues of education. They also discuss Jacob’s anarchist politics and how they inform his work.

Anarchy at documenta

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Sound

Music

The article features an interview with Scottish artist Susan Philipsz, who discusses her use of singing as a tool for making art. She discusses the psychological properties of sound and the ways in which sound does not alter the physical aspects of a space but changes the experience of it. She discusses some of her works, including Stay With Me (2005), The Beginning (2007), Filter (1998), Sunset Song (2003), and Follow Me (2004).

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Performance

This centrefold features an image from Victoria Kent’s art project Staring Therapy (2007), which has been performed in Toronto at Santa Cruz club nights and on Nassau Street in Kensington Market. In 2007, 48 artists contributed Staring Therapy objects and tubes for a group exhibition at Space 1026 in Philadelphia. The issue also includes on its inside back cover a cut-out pattern for the reader to create his or her own Staring Tube.

Staring Therapy (2007)

Review

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Photography

Video

This article reviews Taiwan-born, Montreal-based artist Chih-Chien Wang’s exhibition at Optica Gallery in Montreal.

Chih-Chien Wang

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The article reviews a retrospective of American artist Gordon Matta-Clark held at the Whitney Museum, titled You Art The Measure and curated by Elisabeth Sussman.

Gordon Matta-Clark: You Art the Measure

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The article reviews two solo exhibitions featuring Jon Sasaki: Antihero Decor at the Centre for Culture and Leisure No. 1, and Wishing for Three More Wishes at Gallery TPW in Toronto.

Jon Sasaki

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

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The article presents a review of a restrospective of Toronto artist Anitra Hamilton held at the Art Gallery of York University.

Anitra Hamilton: Retrospective on Parade

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Film

The article reviews Projections, an exhibition of projection-based media art in Canada curated by Barbara Fischer and distributed across Doris McCarthy Gallery, Blackwood Gallery, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, and University of Toronto Art Centre.

Projections: A Survey of Projection-Based Works in Canada, 1964-2007

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The article reviews Canadian artist Jeremy Shaw’s exhibition Best Minds Part One, held at Vancouver’s Or Gallery.

Jeremy Shaw: Best Minds Part One

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Painting

This article reviews an exhibition at Galerie Barbara Weiss in Berlin featuring the works of German artists Monika Baer and Thomas Bayrle.

Monika Baer, Thomas Bayrle

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This article reviews Canadian artist Lynne Marsh’s video installation Ballroom (2005), which was part of the Video Pool Media Arts Centre’s exhibition series. The installation was shown at Gallery IC03 in Winnipeg.

Lynne Marsh, Ballroom

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