Art, Culture & Criticism by Bart Gazzola
Recovery, an exhibition at 13th Street Gallery, features works by Cynthia Chapman, Geoff Farnsworth and Matt Behan: but the first two’s works engage in a dialogue that is the focus of my piece here.
The current exhibition at City Hall in St. Catharines, More Than Words: Truth and Reconciliation features a number of artists reflecting on what has been, and what might be, as regards Settler and Indigenous relations in Niagara and beyond.
Brock University has announced that Rodman Hall Art Centre is sold, to a developer, and that the collection is to be transferred to Rodman Hall Art Centre, Inc. We offer an in depth response to this, challenging the assertions and ideas of this ongoing saga.
Tom Wilson’s exhibition at Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Mohawk Warriors, Hunters & Chiefs is both a personal and wider narrative, that combines elements of his own history and a larger historical story about Canada.