Ritual Maintenance: Edges and Encounters with Tina Girouard
Maintenance I: Role Change, 1970 I give myself a haircut using the video system as a mirror. It is completely private, no one in…
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Changing the Ground: Amy Sillman Talks About Painting
Amy Sillman is a highly regarded painter, writer, and curator based in New York. One might regard her as a consummate insider. The artist…
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A Distance That I Cannot Seem to Close
My quiet mother, my Umma, used to write me letters, then regarding them, say, “I don’t speak well but I can write better. Without…
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Abigail DeVille Unburies Bodies at The Contemporary
What happens to history in a black hole? Abigail DeVille’s exhibition Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See the Stars is a dense,…
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A New Level of Anxiety in Derek Liddington
After seeing Derek Liddington’s solo show at aka artist-run in Saskatoon, I immediately went home to reread the first article I wrote on his…
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