To January 27 Hermes Gallery, 5682 North Street Artist talk: Sunday, January 13, 2pm When sourcing materials for her artwork, Arianne Pollet-Brannen always has a sympathetic eye. In repurposing objects such as old leather shoes, she reconstructs these discarded pieces into wearable art—somewhere between ball gowns and gladiator costumes. While the forms she creates are […]
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Visual arts review: James MacSwain, Ex Libris
To November 25 Hermes Gallery, 5682 North Street There is a children’s game called Exquisite Corpse, which is much less gruesome than the name suggests: A piece of paper is folded three times and players take turns drawing the head, torso and legs of a figure, to create a weird and funny Frankenstein’s monster. Though […]
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Visual arts review: Kaashif Ghanie, Adaption and Nicholas Rosin, Disposable Income
Kaashif Ghanie, Adaption and Nicholas Rosin, Disposable Income To June 24 Hermes, 5682 North Street In the latest exhibitions at Hermes, curator Becky Walter-Nolan has paired two emerging artists fresh out of the 2018 airCRAFT residency at the Centre for Craft Nova Scotia. Entering the gallery we see the five large ceramic pots that make […]
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Review: Last Chants at Hermes
Last Chants Hermes, 5682 North Street Closing reception Friday, June 2, 6pm To June 4 The current exhibition at North Street’s Hermes gallery, Last Chants, features works by artists who share studio space above the Army Navy Surplus. The artists, here calling themselves the Last Chance Studios, all loosely touch on themes of occupying, navigating […]
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REVIEW: How Do You Know, Angela Glanzmann, Sam Kinsley and Anne Macmillan
Hermes, 5682 North Street To Feb 7 How many different ways can we know things? You can know, for instance, the world’s highest building is in Dubai. You can also know that a fear of heights will mean simply stepping foot in it will cause your skin to prickle with terror. Both forms of truth, along […]
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How to spend your summer in the galleries
OUT OF TOWN To June 24 YORODEO, New Findings If the air-conditioned glory of the cinema isn’t cutting it, head to CBU’s gallery for some static 3D images from Coast illustrator Paul Hammond and design partner Seth Smith. Showing their ongoing body of 3D screenprints, the works in the exhibition draw from sci-fi, fantasy and […]
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Art Notes: Khyber Meeting and Show Openings
* * * * * HANK BULL & BRUCE BARBER @ SMU ART GALLERY Curated by Joni Low and Pat Wendt, the Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery (923 Robie Street) has a full art-weekend planned for you. You’re invited to the following events: on Friday at 7pm, Vancouver-based artist Hank Bull speaks on his sculptural installation that […]
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HFX Art Gossip’s 2015 picks
Spaces and places Young Offenders Gallery has moved spaces (2130 Gottingen, one floor down) and has some cool projects for winter. BSide Gallery (2180 Gottingen) is really blossoming under the direction of Laura Baker-Roberts, Britt Ward, Emily Lawrence and David Figueroa. Hermes (5682 North) has also come under new leadership, with a group of local […]
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Review: Peter Dykhuis and Angela Glanzmann
Peter Dykhuis, Peripheral Traces (Dark Heart) and Angela Glanzmann, Bodies & Bodies & Bodies To February 1 Hermes, 5682 North Street /p> What would your life look like on a clipboard or in a drawing? Peter Dykhuis explores his life through ephemera in his latest work Peripheral Traces (Dark Heart). His exhibition sits alongside Angela […]