“The bottom is a really interesting place” / A conversation with artist Bevan Ramsay
Bevan Ramsay and I exchanged some questions and thoughts on his work at Niagara Artists Centre, Lesser Gods, from his collaborators to his concepts.
Bart Gazzola
Bart Gazzola has published with Canadian Art, Galleries West, FUSE, Hamilton Arts & Letters, BlackFlash, ArtSeen, ti<, Long Exposure, New Art Examiner and Magenta. Past curatorial projects include REGION (Contemporary Saskatchewan Painting) and Personal Geographies (an overview of The Photographers Gallery collection). In 2020 he curated an exhibition of photographs at AIH Studios titled Welland Times Present Times Past.
Gazzola was Editorial Chair of BlackFlash Magazine (3 years), and was the visual arts critic for Planet S Magazine. He held the latter role for more than a decade, publishing reviews about Saskatoon visual arts and the larger community twice monthly.
Since 2015, he's been a frequent contributor to The SoundSTC and is the facilitator of the 5 x 2 Image Makers Conversations, through Rodman Hall Art Centre. He's been a contributor / editor at Curated by the Covert Collective since late 2020.
The Lure of the Local
With this iteration of Up Close and In Motion, Assistant Curator Emma German brings a regional focus to the Rodman Hall Collection exhibition, centred around Ernest Harris, Jr.’s commissioned work. I offer some responses and thoughts on this variation of the year long project.
Full Fathom Five Flattened: Kurt Swinghammer’s Melt at NAC
I offer some ideas and reactions to Kurt Swinghammer’s eerie and evocative landscapes at Niagara Artists Centre, part of In The Soil 2018
Contemplation and Consideration: Up Close & In Motion at RHAC
Former Assistant Curator Emma German and I sit down and talk about the current iteration of Up Close and In Motion, Slow Art Day and the past – and future – versions of the show as the year long exploration of Rodman Hall’s collection takes on a new form.