contemporary art
Donut Machine on toolmonger
Link to article – http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/04/its-just-cool-donut-machine/
Read moreZeke Moores – Sculptor
website capture Axes Port-O-Potty Originally from Newfoundland, Zeke Moores has been living and working in Ontario for the last five years. Heavily influenced by his extensive background in fabrication, blacksmithing and foundry; Moores’ work is preoccupied by the cultural significance and hierarchical systems of value that exist within the objects that surround us. To this […]
Read moreBrandon Vickerd – sculpture / installation artist
My take: Brandon’s sculpture / installation work conveys a compelling and provocative examination of fabrication techniques and visual language. His works evoke a tension that is created by a transposition of materials and a play of dichotomies (life & death, machine & human, organic and inorganic…etc). Examples of this material and conceptual tension can be […]
Read moreChris Down – artist / image maker
Chris Down is an artist, teacher and writer living in Sackville, New Brunswick. He has exhibited his work nationally at the Art Gallery of Calgary, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Museum London, Forest City Gallery, the Owens Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Windsor among others. He has written features, reviews and catalogue essays […]
Read moreTaylor Baldwin – assemblage artist
Title: i ain’t afraid of no ghosts Title: creeper Taylor’s assemblage sculptures, installation work and graphite drawings invite a viewer’s curiosity through unusual material combinations and unfolding conceptual frameworks. The careful merger of POP art with the gritty, yet humorous narratives he creates is thought provoking and clever. Taylor’s tight construction methods and playful […]
Read moreExhibition…CLUTCH at UWAG
January 12–March 3, 2012 Opening reception: Thursday, January 12 from 5:00–8:00 pm Gallery One Steven Laurie, Zeke Moores, Brandon Vickerd CLUTCH The exhibition bands Steven Laurie, Zeke Moores and Brandon Vickerd together as an artist pit crew with the gallery as their ersatz garage. Using industrial fabrication, bronze casting and kitbashing, the artist’s sculptures reflect […]
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Life on Skid Row
Article written by Joanne Kerrigan Excerpt: Sixteen years ago, Ariella Pahlke moved out of her small Canadian city, Halifax, into a nearby rural community. With work and friends still in the city, the filmmaker began a routine of regular commuting on a route that offered not much variety in scenery. But something on the road […]
Read moreRubén Ortiz Torres
Ruben Ortiz-Torres was born in Mexico City in 1964. Educated within the utopian models of republican Spanish anarchism soon confronted the tragedies and cultural clashes of post colonial third world. After giving up the dream of playing baseball in the major leagues he decided to study art. He went first to the oldest and one […]
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