2020: thanks for the dance, it was hell, it was swell, it was fun
Your intrepid #artcriticfromhell offers some thoughts – caustic, candid and hopefully clear – about 2020, and what is in his mind at the commencement of 2021.
Niagara Region
Memory and Place: At an Intersection of Nations
Some thoughts spanning several galleries and many artists as part of the Celebration of Nations events at Brock University and in the downtown cultural sphere.
Afterimage: Uneven Echoes
An exhibition curated by Marcie Bronson, featuring the works of John Noestheden, Reinhard Reitzenstein and Gayle Young, that played with landscape and interiors and had a sense of play as well as a bit of foreboding.
Excelsior! 1975 – 2015 / Dave Gordon @ NAC
Dave Gordon’s exhibition Excelsior! at Niagara Artists Centre was very funny but also had an edge to it, especially in terms of citing both artistic, and poltical, history in the region. I offer some thoughts on the show. One of the first exhibitions I reviewed here in Niagara.