An important announcement from Canadian media - a heralding, a warning, a portent -
The weather phenomenon La Nina will bring Canada the coldest winter in nearly 15 years, Environment Canada warned Friday.
Environment Canada’s temperature forecast shows the majority of the country will experience a “temperature anomaly” of below-normal temperatures through the months of December, […]
My Blue Heaven
2006
Oil on canvas
42″ in diameter
mother and child
2007
oil on wood
12″ x 8″
Images from Elsie Kagan’s official site.
I am entranced by von Holleben’s photographs. Taking children as his subjects, he images them in frozen scenes in which they seemingly act out their fantasies, in the seeming motions of play, humour, imagination. (discovered on Superhero Journal and all images from von Holleben’s official site)
And yet, something tugs in these photographs. […]
Maybe my art finds should be a weekly feature? At any rate, here’s a selection artworks I dig, that I’ve found in the past few weeks. Some are clickable for larger versions.
Splitting
Gordon Matta-Clark
1974
Black and white photo-collage
(Source)
Office Kiss
Kristof Wickman, Tyler Petersen, Shaun Owens
(Source: OODA GROUP)
(Complete with the synaesthesia element of […]
[Wow, two entries in one day during Nablopomo! Since it’s past midnight, does this entry count for Saturday?] So I’ve been doing a little of the true ‘web surfing’ lately, which can be really fun once in a while when I’m in that mood for discovering new things and enjoying the sensations of […]
Mark Jenkins, who some might called a “3D Street Artist” has been making waves in the art world, or at least the street art world. The title of this post was inspired by a Morning News interview with the artist, and I feel it is very fitting for his work.
While he has […]
Sculpture is one of my favourite art mediums - since it is three dimensional, having a sort of embodiment or presence that rivals our own in our space, it has the ability to be extremely engaging and moving. Unfortunately I don’t get to see much sculpture in person - the digital image of a […]
Sculptures made from familiar objects, the work of Tara Donovan is painstakingly and carefully constructed:
Tara Donovan’s sculptures are born of everyday materials such as scotch tape, drinking straws, paper plates, and Styrofoam cups. Donovan takes these materials and “grows” them through accumulation. The results are large-scale abstract floor and wall works suggestive of landscapes, […]
I have been enjoying Eatock’s Alarm Dance series quite a bit today. It is a set of films and a form of public art performance that makes me laugh out loud every time, in a good way. Car alarms are a sound we often hear on the city streets, contributing to the overall […]
For those of you who don’t know, I’m preparing to get into grad school for 2008. My dream program is currently at McGill, set in the heart of beautiful Montreal. Their department, Art History and Communication Studies, is the perfect fit for me to pursue a Comm. Studies degree with a strong focus […]
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