Category Archives: Politics

Us and Everything: Carl Beam

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Bart Gazzola

Carl Beam: Us and Everything is a selection of works by one of the most significant Indigenous artists of the later 20th century, on display at the Performing Arts Centre through the work of St. Catharines Culture and Justus Duntsch. Continue reading →

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Sound your barbaric yawp: Heather Hart’s Northern Oracle

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Bart Gazzola

She’s convinced of her own legitimacy, her right to pronounce: I and my kind are here on sufferance. (Atwood) Heather Hart began her artist talk, on the evening that Northern Oracle opened at RHAC, with a game of “telephone.” It … Continue reading →

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Laika: the more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Bart Gazzola

Teach us to care and not to care (T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday) As 2018 comes to an end and I struggle to finish a few articles about exhibitions ongoing and opening, I did not intend to become distracted by Victor … Continue reading →

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Lucia Lakatos: “…impossible to say which was which…”

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Bart Gazzola

“Fly [the dog] decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid and no one would ever persuade her otherwise….The sheep spoke very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature … Continue reading →

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Up Close and In Motion: A year in review

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Bart Gazzola

An examination, looking backwards and forwards, of Up Close and In Motion; a year long exploration of the collection of Rodman Hall Art Centre. Continue reading →

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