This past Friday, on April the 5th, Expression, an independent platform for students and artists based from HEC Montréal, organized a petite soirée sympa at the Espace des Arts on Sainte-Catherine. The event was called “Création Collective,” that rang true to its mission of combining the creative enthusiasms of young students with the dynamism of local […]
Like many of us, Jackie Cooper was faced with a dilemma: pursue her passion for art or assure a lucrative future with an academic degree. She found a way to do both. Cooper, a Cultural Studies student at McGill University, has recently made her mark on the Montreal photography scene. Most notably her collection Tim […]
“At my first show in Chicago, I was surrounded by all my friends. From there things sort of just took off. I started networking with other photographers and I had never done that before. Last year, I was contacted by Get This! Gallery in Atlanta; and with the “Phantasm” show, I got more into the […]
* This series grew under the umbrella theme of the “extreme.” Vanessa Anglade narrows her focus with this body of work to explore violence and social taboos. The first of the series, titled “Yours Truly,” touches on several points: abusive relationships, the stereotyping of interracial relationship, and what it means to be feminine. The woman, […]
Allegra LaViola Gallery in New York City displayed Andrea Mary Marshall’s second solo exhibition: Gia Condo. From paintings to photographs, film-stills to video, her alter ego filters through diverse self-portraits; in this case explicitly inspired by the iconic portrait of Mona Lisa. By looking back at the history of art and combining various elements of […]
Margaret Bowland is an important artist in contemporary social thought. Her art divulges to us various stereotypes of physical attractiveness. She reminds her viewers of the US’ history in slavery and racism by expressing how whiteness came to be associated with beauty and virtue.
