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Kotama Bouabane, We’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow – Robert Anderson

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Authors: Robert Anderson | Artists: Kotama Bouabane

August 24, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 2018] — If you think the title of Laotian-born, Canadian-raised artist Kotama Bouabane’s recent show at VU, We’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow, sounds suspiciously like a lyric from a bad pop song, you’d be right. The title is from the song “Kokomo” by the Beach Boys…

Malick Sidibé, Mali Twist – Érika Nimis

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Erika Nimis | Artists: Malick Sidibé

August 31, 2021 [originally published in French only in CV109 in Summer 2018] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Masako Miyazaki, 木 – A tree – John K. Grande

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Exhibition reviews
Authors: John K. Grande | Artists: Masako Miyazaki

September 7, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 2018] — Masako Miyazaki’s photography show titled A Tree complements her poetry. Some of the images were made in forests, fields, and landscapes on Montreal’s south shore, and others were made in Japan. Whether in Japan or Quebec, the landscape remains Miyazaki’s constant point of reference…

Janie Julien-Fort – Christian Roy

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Christian Roy | Artists: Janie Julien-Fort

Septembre 14, 2021 [originally published in French only in CV109 in Summer 2018] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Natascha Niederstrass, Behind Closed Doors: Body of Evidence | Le point aveugle – James D. Campbell

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Exhibition reviews
Authors: James D. Campbell | Artists: Natascha Niederstrass

September 21, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 2018] — Over the last several years, at exhibitions in Montreal and elsewhere, Montreal-based photographic artist Natascha Niederstrass has earned a strong reputation for informing her work with forensic-photography aesthetics and infusing it with a full measure of chilling, even spine-tingling, premises and implications…

Bill Viola – Sylvain Campeau

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Bill Viola

September 28, 2021 [originally published in French only in CV109 in Summer 2018] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Daniel Canty, Longuay – Geneviève Chevalier

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Authors: Geneviève Chevalier | Artists: Daniel Canty

October 5, 2021 [originally published in French only in CV109 in Summer 2018] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Gold and Silver, Images and Illusions of the Gold Rush – Johanna Mizgala

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Johanna Mizgala

Octobre 12, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 ] — During a ten-year period that began in 1848, the rush to California in the mad hope of striking it rich was intertwined with the burgeoning ability to make a living through the new technology of photography…

After Jonathan Monk , Exhibition Views as Augmented Reality  – Marie J. Jean

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Essays
Authors: Marie-Josée Jean | Artists: Jonathan Monk

Octobre 26, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 ] — Exhibition views have taken on an increasingly important role since museum specialists began featuring them in exhibitions. Originally placed under glass, following a documentary protocol introduced via museology, this form of documentation has gradually come to be displayed on walls, occasionally ascribed the status of artwork…

The Arab Image Foundation through Akram Zaatari’s Eyes: Or, Variations on the Theme of Photography  – Claudia Polledri

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Essays
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Akram Zaatari

November 3, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 ] — According to Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari, photography is expressed in many ways. This is the message of his exhibition, Against Photography: An Annotated History of the Arab Image Foundation, a kaleidoscopic journey, through stories and images…

Carol Sawyer, The Natalie Brettschneider Archive – Ariane Noël de Tilly, Between Fiction and Reality: How to Shed Light on Artists Who Have Been Left in the Shadows

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Authors: Ariane Noël de Tilly | Artists: Carol Sawyer

November 10, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 ] — For twenty years, Vancouver artist Carol Sawyer has constructed a speculative history around her character Natalie Brettschneider, through whom she has introduced the art practices of a number of previously overlooked artists who developed within alternative circles…

Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics, Freedom Rocks: The Everyday Life of the Berlin Wall – Jill Glessing, The Mobile Ruin and The Labour of Commemoration

Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Portfolios
Authors: Jill Glessing | Artists: Blake Fitzpatrick, Vid Ingelevics

December 1, 2021 [originally published in CV109 in Summer 2018 ] — Movement is elemental to existence. Since we made our slow crawl from sea to land we’ve been “on the road” seeking better environments. But another force – territorialism – counters that drive and stems our free flow with walls, great and small…