Certainly one of Canada’s most recognized artists, Michael Morris first came to prominence in the 1960s as a leading member of Vancouver’s burgeoning avant-garde. Inspired in part by the ideals of Fluxus and Pop Art, he became associated with a generation of artists who consciously rejected the national lyrical landscape tradition that had dominated the region’s art making, opting instead to work in a fully international idiom. As a creator, Morris has worked in a
In his most recently published studies, Austrian designer Andreas Scheiger has made some startling discoveries in The Evolution of Type. By dissecting and documenting the taxonomic ranks of the English alphabet he has not only proven that letters are living organisms and that typefaces are species, but also that B is in fact for Bone (see Exhibit 9) and M can be for both Muscle and Marrow (see Exhibit 14). Inspired by the book, The
ERIK JEREZANO, MICHAEL DEFORGE, JASON MCLEAN, LUKE RAMSEY, MARK LALIBERTE, DEREK BEAULIEU and JESSE HARRIS Portfolio: C/A/R/O/U/S/E/L ‘CAROUSEL’ is an 8-letter word, and, conveniently, that’s a signature in print. Conceived around this simple paper building block, we decided to organize a little art/text experiment for inclusion in this issue. We invited a group of artists to conceive of and interpret a specific letter in print. We assigned a full page and a single letter to
CAROUSEL has been included in Shelf Life, an assembly of Canadian arts periodicals, opening Thu Mar 19 at the Gladstone Hotel — from Mar 19-29 we invite you to go check it out: grab a seat, stay a while and flip through the pages of Canada’s finest art-mag offerings, arranged from coast to coast. https://www.facebook.com/events/667249950051429/
CAROUSEL will be at The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, from Feb 21-23, 2014 — come check out the amazing art, and be sure to stop by The Magazine Lounge to say hello; we’ll be showcased in the lounge along with these other fine Art & Culture publications: Aesthetica Magazine, C Magazine, Canadian Art, Carbon Paper, Designlines, Toronto Life and The Walrus. The Magazine Lounge Coffee Bar features modern Italian furniture designed by Konstantin Grcic
This massive show opens at The Power Plant, Toronto, on Friday Sept 20th! AND our very own Managing Editor Mark Laliberte has work in it, check it out. : : : : thepowerplant.org/Exhibitions/2013/Fall/Micah-Lexier.aspx
The 6th Annual Zine Dream Small Press Fair: a weekend long celebration of self-publishing in Toronto! Fri Aug 02, 7pm: Nieves Zine Library (founded by Benjamin Sommerhalder in 2001 in Zurich) and Innen (an independent publisher founded by Hungarian graphic designer Aaron Fabian in 2006) at Art Metropole (1490 Dundas St W): a full retrospective of the Nieves Zine Library alongside a specially designed display of Innen Shop including an on-glass-installation in the window at
Souther Salazar Souvenirs May 18 – Jun 15, 2013 @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery (529 W 20th St #9 New York, NY 10011) Portland-based artist Souther Salazar (who is prominently featured in our new issue, CAROUSEL 31) is currently exhibiting Souvenirs, a series of new paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations at Jonathan LeVine Gallery — his fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Works in Souvenirs were inspired by the Trading Tortoise, Salazar’s recent collaboration with his wife,
Larry Eisenstein Negative Capability May 25 – Jun 16, 2013 (opening Sat May 25, 2-5pm) @ Loop Gallery (1273 Dundas St W, Toronto) Toronto artist and 4PANEL participant Larry Eisenstein (whose work was prominently featured back in CAROUSEL 27) has a new exhibit opening in Toronto, Negative Capability. Romantic poet John Keats used the term “negative capability” to describe an artist’s receptiveness to the world and its natural marvel, and the struggle of human beings
Mark Laliberte — CUT PROGRAM Apr 11 – May 05, 2013 (opening Thu Apr 11, 6-9pm) @ MONASTIRAKI (5478 St-Laurent, Montreal) Toronto artist and CAROUSEL Managing Editor/ Designer Mark Laliberte has a new exhibit at in Montreal. A retrospective look at more than 10 years of production, this exhibition offers a ‘collage view’ of several different collage projects I have created over the years, providing a sutured sampling of paper-based works spanning back to 2000.
Canadian poet, publisher & anthologist derek beaulieu is a writer obsessed w/ the upscaling of lowercase gestures; we interviewed him about the state of his practice back in CAROUSEL 27. beaulieu’ first major solo exhibition, ‘How To Read’, is opening this Fri Mar 22 at Niagara Artists Centre in St. Catharine’s, ON — it runs in the Showroom space until May 10, 2013. ‘How To Read’ moves beaulieu’s work from print into the gallery, where
TRANSLATION March 01 – 30, 2013 @ O’Born Contemporary (131 Ossington Ave, Toronto) Featuring: Alex Fischer / John Monteith / Petrina Ng / Callum Schuster Curated by: Rachel Anne Farquharson Rachel Anne Farquharson is a Toronto-based essayist and curator, whose writings appear regularly in the pages of CAROUSEL; for our current issue, she profiles and interviews Toronto pixel-pusher Alex Fischer. She is also a feature contributor to C Magazine, having published an interpretive essay on
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
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