Have you been paying attention to our 4PANEL website? You should be … there is a new strip posted every Monday! So far in 2013, we’ve published delightful original works by: Sarah Scope. Larry Eisenstein. Marc Ngui. Michael DeForge. Mark Laliberte. Jessica Fortner. Fiona Smyth. And remember, 4PANEL appears as a full-colour section in the pages of each new issue of CAROUSEL. : : : : Check out the 4PANEL.CA web project now : : : : Buy the
Jen Mann is an artist from Toronto, ON, whose work is profiled in CAROUSEL 30, our current issue. She attended OCAD U from 2005–09, receiving her BFA in printmaking. Since then she has focused on painting and developed a large body of work, which explores the subconscious, and focuses on ideas of freedom, perceived beauty, identity and home. Mann’s latest Toronto exhibit, Strange Beauties, is running from Feb 20 – Mar 23, 2013 at Neubacher
Fiona Smyth Feb 07 – Mar 09, 2013 (opening Sat Feb 09, 4-8pm) @ Robert Kananaj Gallery (1267 Bloor St W, Toronto) Toronto artist and 4PANEL participant Fiona Smyth (who we profiled/interviewed back in CAROUSEL 25 — our Spring-Summer 2010 issue) has a new exhibit at in Toronto. A retrospective look at 10 years of production, the exhibited works include paintings and drawings from the series Bride of Gene (2002) and The Virtuous – Rise of the
Brian Eno, artist and musician, discusses a-r-t and the reasons we make it; we like his “farmer” vs “cowboy” analogy … which one are you? : : : : Listen here
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CAROUSEL and artist Michael DeForge go a long way back — he first appeared in issue 19 (2005) when he was still primarily focused on gig posters, has done several covers for us over the years, and is currently one of our 4PANEL strip artists — so we’re always happy when he releases a new work! We therefore confidently recommend you check out the fourth installment of his award-winning, one-artist anthology series Lose, published by
Are you enjoying the many strips we’ve posted on the 4PANEL.CA site? If so, we recommend you check out Eden by Argentinean artist Pablo Holmberg, released by Drawn & Quarterly in 2010 (ISBN: 9781770460089) — it’s a small 6″ x 6″ anthology full of wonderful four-panel strips that combine the playfulness of a Sunday comic with the simplicity of a haiku. : : : : download a PDF preview here
We’re happy to let you know that some NEW CONTRIBUTORS are joining us at our 4PANEL site: Rosaire Appel / Christopher Green / Jim Johnstone / Aaron Linton / Billy Mavreas / M T M L / Sarah Scope / Fiona Smyth : : : : 4panel.ca
Here’s the cover of the e-version of our 12HR ZINE MACHINE zine : : : : access CAROUSEL’s 1HR zine here : : : : see all 10 series zines here
Drop by RM #204 of the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. W) on Sat Sep 29 and behold the vibrant and bustling “12 HR Zine Machine” presented by The Madeleine Collective, Madeleine Collective: www.madeleinecollective.comas ten featured Toronto artist groups are challenged to create a handmade zine art book every hour, all night long! Note that the CAROUSEL zine team — made up of artists Larry Eisenstein, Mark Laliberte, Aaron Linton and Drazen Kozjan — will take
: : : : download the free CAROUSEL 29 Mixtape NOW! As an accompaniment to our Summer 2012 issue, we’ve invited Kranky recording artist Christopher Bissonnette to compile a 14-track continuous MP3 Mixtape, Vibrating On Two Notes (1hr / 96.28 MB) We hope you will choose to enjoy our new issue while listening to this suggested soundtrack. : : : : Download the C29 Vibrating On Two Notes mix: here : : : : Purchase CAROUSEL 29: here
Do you know the work of Fionn McCabe? Fionn McCabe is a Los Angeles-based artist and illustrator whose work appears on the cover of CAROUSEL 29, as well as inside the issue. McCabe is the founder of Oh Nancy, a national art collective created with Arthur Henderson and Nathan Wellman. It provides a vehicle for artists — presenting them with a narrative structure that facilitates collaboration and multiple-authorship. Using contradiction, symbolism, and coincidence histories are
This past weekend, the final of five Carousel WNDW projects opened in Downtown Toronto. Here are some peeks at Magda Trzaski’s *Queenspecific installation … for the full picture on this project and all the others, be sure to visit each location! WNDW5
WNDW5: Magda Trzaski — Pulled Apart By Horses @ *QUEENSPECIFIC (787 Queen St W) Jun 14 – Jul 27, 2012 RECEPTION> Fri Jun 15, 6pm >>> About the Project: wndw-s.ca/ >>> About the Venue: queenspecific.com/ >>> About the Artist: magdatrzaski.com/ Nature, mortality, still life composition and fairytale culture inform and inspire Canadian artist Magda Trzaski’s mixed media work. For her *Queenspecific window exhibit, Pulled Apart By Horses, Trzaski will create one of her stylized, anthropomorphic figurative
WNDW4: Robert Dayton — The Canadian Romantic’s Window Display @ Roadside Attractions (911 Davenport Rd) Jun 09 – Jul 13, 2012 RECEPTION> Sun Jun 10, 2pm >>> About the Project: wndw-s.ca/ >>> About the Venue: Roadside Attractions/ >>> About the Artist: TheCanadianRomantic/ ‘The Canadian Romantic‘ is a larger-than-life character by artist and entertainer Robert Dayton that explores the grey area of impossibilities that intersect with Canada and romance. This window display will revolve around these notions
This past weekend, three of the five Carousel WNDW projects opened in Downtown Toronto. Here are some peeks at each … for the full picture, go visit each location. WNDW1 The front gate of Gallery 1313 Aritst Larry Eisenstein installing in the G1313 Window Box ‘Shadow God’ detail An Eisensteinian blob escapes the confines of the window gallery WNDW2 The front window of Fine & Dandy Gallery A visually exciting ‘BRAVELAND’ detail Night-view of ‘BRAVELAND’
WNDW3: Eunice Luk — New Crust @ Howard Park Institute (2088 Dundas St W) Jun 01 – 30, 2012 RECEPTION> Fri Jun 01, 7pm >>> About the Project: wndw-s.ca/ >>> About the Artist: euniceluk.com/ New Crust describes the eruption of new land as a fantastical phenomenon. Mapped by imagery of creation, pseudo biology and extraterrestrial matter, Luk constructs a new landscape through painting and fugitive sculptures. New Crust will be installed at Howard Park Institute Window
WNDW2: Happy Sleepy — Braveland @ Fine & Dandy (2017 Dundas St W) Jun 01 – 30, 2012 RECEPTION> Fri Jun 01, 7pm >>> About the Project: wndw-s.ca/ >>> About the Venue: fineanddandy.ca/ >>> About the Artists: happysleepy.com/exhibitions/braveland/ Braveland, which will be installed at Fine & Dandy Window Gallery throughout June, presents a pair of giant medals made of brightly painted cardboard and textiles and emblazoned with the phrases “Forza” and “Bon Courage”. Set in
WNDW1: Larry Eisenstein — Shadow God @ Window Box G1313 (1313 Queen St W) May 31 – Jun 24, 2012 RECEPTION> Thu May 31, 7pm >>> About the Project: wndw-s.ca/ >>> About the Venue: g1313.org/ >>> About the Artist: larryeisenstein.com/ While the Damien Hirst ‘Dot’ eclipses all other marks, the Shadow God implodes the cannibalization of method and returns light to the medieval laboratories of craft. Shadow God will be installed at the Gallery 1313
Do you know the work of Luke Painter? Luke Painter is a Toronto-based artist whose practice encompasses print, painting, installation and new media; his work was prominently featured in 2010 on the cover of CAROUSEL 27. Painter’s latest creations — large-scale works on paper rendered with India ink and brush — are fictional landscapes that enlarge and re-contextualize the tropes of traditional wood engravings, to create surreal outdoor spaces. With the lack of human presence these