Kerry Skarbakka, Shower, 60 x 72", from the series The Struggle to Right Oneself
Kerry Skarbakka upcoming exhibitions: Miami Photo 2009 with Irvine Contemporary, December 1-6, 2009, and Kerry Skarbakka: New and Recent Work, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC. December 19-Jan 23rd
John van der Woude, "Place St-Henri Metro Station, Montreal" from the series "Benched", c-print, 2009
Michael James Jones
Michael Jones has an upcoming exhibition curated by Paul Kajander at the Or Gallery (Vancouver) December 5 – January 16, 2009, Reception Friday, December 4, 8PM. The exhibition is a project of the Helen Pitt Gallery.
Don Hall, House, New Development, Regina, 1979
Don Hill’s photograph will be part of the PAVED Arts the exhibition Personal Geographies: Works from The Photographers Gallery Permanent Collection Selected by Bart Gazzola. November 20th – December 12th, 2009. Opening Reception: Friday, November 20 , 8pm at 10 pm; Panel Discussion: Friday, December 4th at 8pm.
Ariel Rosenbloom, from her series Two, 2008-2009
Ariel Rosenbloom was featured on the Dazeddigital.com October 27, 2009.
Amy Stein, Watering Hole
Amy Stein’s solo exhibition Domesticated was presented at Vu in Québec City from Oct 9 – Nov 8, 2009
Elizabeth Zvonar, Channelling, 2009 Digital Lightjet Print, 30 x 36 inches
On Time, a solo exhibition of new work by Elizabeth Zvonar will be showing at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, BC from November 13, 2009 to January 10, 2010. Opening Reception: Thursday, November 12, 6-9pm; Artist Talk: Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 p.m. at Emily Carr University, Rm. 245.
David McArdie with daughters Kadie & Robyn & Ty - dog (2008) photo: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
Tonk is a photographic collaboration between Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs primarily working out of Berlin and Zurich. I’m really into their 2004 series The Hypochondriac. The series depicts the hyper-awareness that obsession creates in a humours and precise manner. In one photo a figure is shown waking up under a blanket with an image of the body, sans skin a muscle, embroidered on it. The figure looks suspicion and alert in a way that most people don’t when they first wake up. The idea of his body cover him during all waking hours. In the photo above, germ-like object has obtained a mass far greater than any germ possible could. It weighs heavy the human figure down so that he is doubled over. Germs, as small as they are can render us helpless, but only the idea of getting sick could weigh someone down like this.
Lately I’ve been wondering if we are still in a Post-Modern state, or have the prevailing winds of culture changed directions? This of course is a tricky question, given how slippery the definition of Post Modernism and Modernism are. I’m inclined to think that something has changed, but dose it require a complete rethinking, or just a minor retooling, I’m not quite sure. We’ll probably be in some mutation of Modernism, until the Helvetica font is no longer used in everything. Perhaps that answers part of my question. The following thoughts might not be completely true in the scientific sense, but they might be true enough for a blog, by which I mean they hit on something that feels truthy that can describe something happening in the cultural sphere, so take it as you will, but before I go any further, a quick Wikipedia dump to summarize
