Monday 16 September 2024

Abstraction

One of the shows that I have thoroughly enjoyed this past summer is the group exhibition Abstraction at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto.

Samuelle Grande's Flux:


Malcolm McCormick's Blue Composite:


Jérôme Nadeau's Sans Titre pieces:




Laur P's What Counts For Passing:


James Gardner's Nifon And Saint Dionysiou I:



Down the street from the gallery ...


Sunday 15 September 2024

Run Robot Run

Air's 2024 live performance of Run, originally from their 2004 album Talkie Walkie:


Video from Automorph's youtube channel



The Buggles' I Love You (Miss Robot), from their debut album The Age Of Plastic, 1980:


From Capitán No-sé-qué's youtube channel

Saturday 14 September 2024

Friday 13 September 2024

Of Doubts And Dreams

From the summer group exhibition Of Doubts And Dreams at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto 2024 ...

Manuel Mathieu's Paysage Sacré:


Brie Ruais's Star Made By Punching The Sky (18):


Wednesday 11 September 2024

Used Sun (Eclipse)

Stewart Uoo's Used Sun (Eclipse), set design for Warm Up at PS1, New York 2024:




Tuesday 10 September 2024

Monday 9 September 2024

Webbed Skies

I have accumulated too much unpublished content for my blog over the summer.  So I have decided to publish my posts more frequently now in the next little while.  Hope you’ll enjoy it.

Melissa Cody from her solo exhibition Webbed Skies currently at PS1, New York:





Saturday 7 September 2024

Enclave Exclave

Sukaina Kubba's Enclave Exclave (31-32 Oakville, Ontario) for the triennial exhibition GTA24 earlier this year at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto:




Kubba currently at Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto:


Thursday 5 September 2024

It Comes To Me In Waves

From the group exhibition It Comes To Me In Waves currently at Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto ...

Sukaina Kubba's Mr. Glass and Blue Stena:



One of Kendra Yee's Commonplace tiles:


Rajni Perera and Nep Sidhu's A Raag For RA:




Tuesday 3 September 2024

Meet Me By The Lake

The show that I have enjoyed the most from my recent visit to New York has got to be the group exhibition Meet Me By The Lake, which is currently still showing at CLEARING.  There's so much richness to see that I could hardly get enough.

Tristan Unrau's Plaid (Study):


Shota Nakamura's Untitled:


Uri Aran:



Ryan Foerster's Vienna Sausage:


Jean-François Lauda's UNTITLED:


Nicholas Campbell's Untitled:


Sof'ya Shpurova's Try Hiding From The Rain If It's Inside:


Lauren Anaïs Hussey's The Smallest Great Unknown:



Discovery on a Lower East Side pavement:


Sunday 1 September 2024

Nouvelle Vague

French band Nouvelle Vague‘s extraordinary cover of Visage's Fade To Grey, 2006:



From js59's youtube channel


NV's live performance of the same song, 2022:


Video from Automorph's youtube channel