From the Archive: Ed Pien (CAROUSEL 19)

From the Archive: Ed Pien (CAROUSEL 19)

Against Entropy — ED PIEN Portfolio There is something instinctual about visiting the well of inspiration. Thirst is a need, and as a need, it cries out to be satiated. Who amongst us can resist the invisible call of our base drives? Pretend or distract, need still eventually finds a way to be served. Need brings out the animal, puts the human in his place. When animal logic takes over, every gesture moves towards potential

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CAROUSEL at The Artist Project (Feb 21-23 / Toronto)

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

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Mark Laliberte launches ANGRY BLACK BANG

Angry Black Bang — Toronto Book Launch! Sat Jul 27, 12-2pm @ 99 Gallery (99 Sudbury St) Held in association with THE NOISE PROJECT, come out to the afternoon launch of CAROUSEL managing editor’s new artist book Angry Black Bang, a 28pg risograph book where graphic design, sound poetry and experimental comics are jaggedly blended into a new hybrid literary form. In ABB, speech bubbles and thought clouds (the mechanisms used to express language in

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Marc Ngui’s ‘A Thousand Plateaus’ drawing project

4PANEL artist Marc Ngui has resumed work on his ‘A Thousand Plateaus’ drawing project, a methodical interpretation of A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schzophrenia by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. A Thousand Plateaus: Drawings is a newly launched Tumblr blog where the artist rolls a number of interests (philosophy, science, comics, visual language, diagrams) into an extended sequence of minimal illustrations. Starting with chapter 3 of the book (‘10,000 B.C.: A Geology of Morals’), Ngui posts

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VERWHO? DEBUTS AT 4PANEL.CA

Do you know the work of verwho?? verwho? (aka Katherine Verhoeven) is a Toronto-based comic artist and illustrator who is part of the zine collective Friendship Edition; her first 4PANEL strip, ‘From One’  just debuted at 4panel.ca We recommend you check out her zine Dangerous Cooking (21 pages, half-letter, b/w), a sexy story of love, cheating, and foods that burn! :::::::::: More info at: verwho.com :::::::::: Follow the verwho? webcomic Meat&Bone here

ORLAN vs GAGA

French artist ORLAN (who we featured/interviewed way back in CAROUSEL 24) is suing Lady Gaga (and the French subsidiary of Universal Music) for plagiarism in a Paris court. In the lawsuit, the artist accuses the singer of stealing from her to construct the visual universe of her third album, Born This Way — ORLAN works cited to have been plagiarized include: Bump-Load (2009), a sculpture representing ORLAN as a bionic hybrid; and Woman with Head (1996), a performance

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Souther Salazar exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery

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,

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LARRY EISENSTEIN – Negative Capability exhibition

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

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MARK LALIBERTE — New Exhibition

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.

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derek beaulieu’s ‘How to Read’ exhibition

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

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Farquharson curates ‘Translation’

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

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