Ciel variable 101 - STRATA | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Alain Laframboise | Artists: Sophie Calle
July 2, 2019 [originally published in CV101 in Fall 2015] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 77 – CULTURAL TOURISM | Portfolios
Authors: Alain Laframboise | Artists: Jana Sterbak
[Fall 2007] Produced in 2005–06, Waiting For High Water is the latest instalment of Jana Sterbak’s video projects with Stanley as camera-dog. Through a canine view of Venice, this work suggests a completely new perspective on this pre-eminent tourist destination. Exhibited as a triptych video projection, the edited video that resulted from the dog’s view […]
Ciel variable 69 – BEHOLDING THE CITY | Portfolios
Authors: Alain Laframboise | Artists: Pierre Granche
[Fall 2005] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Abstract Highlighting the similarities between the convex mirror used by Pierre Granche in his series of photographs and Parmigianino’s Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1524), the mirror that Brunelleschi used in […]
Ciel variable 58 - NUDES AND PORTRAITS | Portfolios
Authors: Alain Laframboise | Artists: Evergon
[Summer 2002] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Abstract The tradition of representing young women to emphasize the ephemeral nature of beauty is very old, as is that of showing older, physically worn women to encourage reflection on time’s […]