Archives for posts tagged ‘cultural critique’

Drew Nikonowicz

Drew Nikonowicz Work from This World and Others Like It. “Functioning both as metaphor and exposition, Drew Nikonowicz’s series This World and Others Like It thrives in the growing chasm between reality and mediated fiction. Calling upon one of photography’s earliest uses—recording the vast, unexplored landscapes of the world—Nikonowicz brings forth a reality that is […]

Jon Rafman

Jon Rafman Work from Remember Carthage. “An essay film in the tradition of experimental documentarians like Chris Marker or Harun Farocki, Remember Carthage takes the viewer on an epic journey in search of an abandoned resort town deep in the Sahara desert. However, one travels not through archival or personal images but through footage sourced […]

Ryan Barone

Ryan Barone Work from his oeuvre. “I’LL TUMBLE 4 YOU (STATEMENT FOR JORDAN TATE) I want to surf the internet. I want Lolcats and Lyotard. Parker Ito was tagged in an album. I want to feel vulnerable. I want to make my failures public. Katy Ann and Kathy Otto are now friends. I want to […]

Mitch Robertson

Mitch Robertson Work from Economies of Good and Evil. “When I get a hold of Toronto artist Mitch Robertson at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery in Halifax, he’s just returned from dropping off his son. The father and son team had been getting the gallery ready for Robertson’s show 5,6,7: Economies of Good & Evil. […]