New Vision Revisted: Jessica Eaton’s critical abstraction
[caption id="attachment_2535" align="alignnone" width="239" caption="Jessica Eaton, CFAL_32"][/caption] by Saelan Twerdy When Bauhaus pioneer Laszlo Mohology-Nagy proposed that photography could generate a “New Vision,” he was thinking in terms of a technical extension of the human eye: with the help of lenses and chemical plates, humankind could see things previously unseen and unimagined. For Moholy-Nagy as well as Russian Constructivist artists like Alexader Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, the objective basis of photography in physical processes tied it to the inexorability of technological progress, which they connected to their belief in the historical inevitability of socialism. The results of Moholy-Nagy's philosophy were diverse: he ...
Fall 2011 Issue 29.1
Fall 29.1 Canada $8.00 USA $13.00 International $20.00 Features: Reindeer Project by Scarlett Hooft Graafland 34 Transmissions: Charles Stankievech and the North by Scott Rogers Young Hearts Be Free: The works of Justin Waddell by Tatiana Mellema Departments: Of Interest: New Media: Robert Hengeveld by John G. Hampton My Best Shot: Jeff Thomas Column: Message Pictures: Adventures in Readng Images by Michael Davidge Giving Context: Sam Tata by Andrea Kunard Old Walls of Moose Jaw: An interview with Gabriela García-Luna by Wayne Baerwaldt Forensic Art History: Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife by Walker Evans John Shelling, Managing Editor
Enter the 2012 Optic Nerve Image Contest
We are now accepting entries for OPTIC NERVE 2012 The fee for entrants is $25 for a maximum of two entries. Payment can be made through the below Paypal button or by sending a cheque or money order payable to BlackFlash Magazine to: PO Box 7381 STN Main, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 4J3 Full Contest Rules Past Winners: Scott Conarroe (2008), Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge (2008), Clare Samuel (2009), Kiana Hayeri (2011)
Resistance Is [Not] Futile: An audio interview with Jeff Thomas
The following interview took place the week of June 22, 2011 in Saskatoon Saskatchewan at the CFCR studio during the program the A-word hosted by Bart Gazzola. Ottawa artist Jeff Thomas phoned in to talk about his work and his exhibition "Resistance Is [Not] Futile" which took place at PAVED Arts from June 10th - July 9th, 2011.
Any Sharp Knife Will Do, Lee Henderson & Seema Goel, Dunlop Gallery, 2011
[caption id="attachment_2195" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Lee Henderson and Seema Goel, “Any Sharpe Knife Will Do” (installation view), 2011, courtesy of the Dunlop Art Gallery"][/caption] By John G. Hampton Maybe it’s the dark walls and harsh spotlighting, or maybe its the moody high contrast black and white photographs, or maybe it’s the taxidermy of household animals—both pets and pests—whatever it is, the Dunlop Gallery’s most recent exhibition “Any Sharp Knife Will Do” is just creepy. The show features two Regina ex-pats: Lee Henderson (now residing in Toronto, Ontario) and Seema Goel (currently in Dublin, Ireland). Following on the heels of “Mind the Gap!” (2011) ...
My Best Shot: Party Boat by Sarah Anne Johnson
[caption id="attachment_2166" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Sarah Anne Johnson, Party Boat, 2009, mixed media, courtesy of the artist."][/caption] One of my favourite pictures is Party Boat, from a series of work I just finished called Arctic Wonderland. It is a digital c-print that I scratched and painted on with photo-spotting and acrylic inks.
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