Through 3D-rendered black and white images, Moni Omubor creates a fictional museum where Yoruba artifacts exist beyond colonial possession. This artist project, titled “The Backroom” employs speculative fiction and Afro-Surrealism to interrogate Western museum practices and imagine new possibilities.
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In conversation with Lodoe Laura, artist Annie Macdonell discusses her recent exhibition “The Beyond Within,” which delves into the history of psychedelic therapy. She explores her collaborative films with Maïder Fortuné and the historical ripples that help us read our fractured moment, sustaining an uncynical belief in art even as its institutions falter.
Yaniya Lee advocates for a critical approach grounded in material practice. Drawing on her recent work with textile artists in Edmonton, Lee makes a case for criticism that attends to how black artists work, focusing on their materials, methods, and processes, while calling for more diverse voices to engage with these practices.
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Mahlet Cuff considers the lack of Black representation in senior institutional roles across much of the Prairies while highlighting the inspired and notable shifts taking place in Saskatchewan.
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“A material exploration of identity appears in the raw linen canvas of his paintings, often exposed through a series of puzzle-piece-like shapes that rupture the picture plane and, as deForest describes, leave an opening for the viewer to burrow into the painting.”