Wandering into Peter Van Gurp’s recent exhibition at Anna Leonowens Gallery you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’d mistakenly walked into a room under construction. A pallet, cardboard boxes, a road work sign, an orange barrier, a length of chain, cinderblocks—Van Gurp’s pieces are so unremarkable in their everyday familiarity that you may not notice […]
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New Art: Kyle Martell
“Right now I’m focusing on Ancient Aliens theories,” says artist Kyle Martell. “I’ve been watching it a lot on TV and thinking about that. There’s this weird racism in show—it’s like watching a train wreck.” Much like Ancient Aliens, Martell’s work, images of which can be seen on his website/digital sketchbook gorgeorwell.tumblr.com, dwells in the […]
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New Art: Merray Gerges
Merray Gerges started CRIT in 2012, with NSCAD’s then-student union president Sarah Trower. Three years later, CRIT is still going strong, producing quarterly broadsheet issues—on newsprint. Let it sink in that someone started a physical newspaper in 2012—packed with essays, reviews and interviews about art and artists in Halifax and beyond. Today, Gerges is editor-in-chief […]
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New Art: Katherine Nakaska
“I’m a very sentimental person,” says artist Katherine Nakaska. “Sentimentality is one of those feelings that the art world sometimes considers less important than it really is.” Predominately working in photography, Nakaska creates beautiful prints—ephemeral work that suits her darkly romantic subject matter. “I’m interested in themes surrounding memory and tangibility. In the past year […]
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New Art: Brandon Brookbank
Brandon Brookbank’s photographs capture places normally packed with life and action, in a state of abandon. These are still friendly places—rec centres, public pools, cardio theatres—but without folks to enjoy them, the photographs have a tree falling in the woods vibe. In his newest work, in an exhibition titled Pools and other nouns, Brookbank made […]
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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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New Art 2014
The diverse and prepossessing work of local artists like Beck Gilmer-Osborne, Jayme-Lynn Gloade, Dylan Fish, Jesse Mitchell and Stephanie Yee get those winter-dulled synapses firing. Have a look at our New Art issue and dream of longer days and creative nights. by Kevin Hartford, Allison Higgins and Jade Nauss. Jesse Mitchell Stephanie Yee Dylan Fish […]
