Art and politics have always been related—a strange, warped sisterhood, pushing and pulling like the tides. When waves roll to the right, art is there to pull back with both hands (think of Andy Warhol’s attack on consumer culture that was his Campbell’s Soup Cans). In many ways, there is no political punch like the […]
Carrie Allison
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Artist Carrie Allison is clearing space to think
Carrie Allison can’t stop thinking about grass. Like a verse in a Walt Whitman poem, she’s been ruminating on single blades of the stuff, questioning its symbolism. “I look at grass as a tool of colonization. Basically it’s been used to claim space. This idea of grass and of lawns started with royalty and them […]
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Visual arts review: group effort at The Craig Gallery
To July 21 The Craig Gallery, 2 Ochterloney Street Group effort, the aptly named exhibition at Dartmouth’s Craig Gallery, features work by eight artists at various stages in their careers. Since 2006, Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s mentorship program has paired emerging and established artists for a 10-month period; the resulting show works to highlight the […]
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Art me up
A melange of medium, background, purpose and inspiration await with this year’s crop of New Art. Here are the art-makers, free-thinkers and heart-cradlers to watch in 2018. Emmanuel Nwogbo Shary Boyle & Emily Vey Kevin Cormier Kelsey Borden Ben Waye Carrie Allison Waka Okabayashi Eyelevel Gallery Related Stories
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Carrie Allison investigates home
Public beading circles Treaty Space Gallery, NSCAD University Port campus 1107 Marginal Road February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 6-9pm What does it mean for a place to be called home? It’s a question that’s become inescapable for interdisciplinary artist Carrie Allison. Living in Halifax for several years after being raised in British Colombia and […]