Spring 2014 – Magenta Magazine

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Spring 2014 Contents

Editor’s Letter

Trending Now by Bill Clarke

On the Cover

From the series Reunions (2013)

Features

Biennial Bodies Steve Reinke reflects on mortality at the Whitney
by John G. Hampton

All in the Family Adad Hannah’s latest project examines a painterly past
by Matthew Ryan Smith

Modern Women The Dunlop puts a contemporary and feminist twist on modernism
by Bart Gazzola

Portfolios

Exhibition Reviews

When the Grid Goes Soft by George Vasey

Casting the Negative by Matthew Ryan Smith

Collier Schorr by Kerry Manders

Sophia Burke by James D. Campbell

Natalie Reis by James D. Campbell

Anitra Hamilton by Bart Gazzola

Jeanie Riddle by James D. Campbell

Devorah Boxer by Brandy Ryan

Mira Song by Hannah Reinhart

Vanessa Maltese by Bill Clarke

Kelly Jazvac by Caoimhe Morgan-Feir

Ehryn Torrell by Laura Schneider

Books & Film

Tim’s Vermeer by Bil Antoniou

Sound by Artists by Vanessa Nicholas

Parting Shot

Ring of Desire by Romas Astrauskas

Editor’s Letter

Luke Painter at LE Gallery, Toronto

Features

Steve Reinke, Untitled (from Drawings), 2012/2013. Ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches. Courtesy the artist.

Biennial Bodies

Adad Hannah: Installation view of Three Generations (Kodiak Camera Club, 1953) at the Koffler Centre of the Arts, 2014. Images courtesy the artist and the Koffler Centre, Toronto.

All in the Family

Installation view of Joy Walker’s Untitled (2014). Vinyl on glass; 952.5 x 807.7 cm. Commissioned by Regina Public Library and Dunlop Art Gallery. All photos courtesy the University of Regina Photography Department.

Portfolios

Subject 12 from the series Abstraction Series (Subject), 2012-13

Aviary (Barn Owl/endangered), 2013

From the series Reunions (2013)

Exhibition Reviews

Melanie Manchot: Tracer (2013). Three-channel video, installation view.

When the Grid Goes Soft

Jennifer Rose Sciarrino: North Facing on December 21st II (2013). Concrete.

Casting the Negative

Collier Schorr: Installation view of 8 Women, 2014, at Gallery 303, New York.

Sophia Burke, Princess cake, Impression à jet d’encre sur papier chiffon, 24 x 36 pouces / inches, 2013

Natalie Reis: Installation views of Compendium (2014). Images courtesy Galerie Trois Points, Montreal. Photos: Karine Gagné.

Town and Country. Audio Installation by Anitra Hamilton.

Anitra Hamilton

Jeanie Riddle: Installation view of Rough Diamonds, Gold Dust at galerie antoine ertaskiran. Images courtesy galerie antoine ertaskiran, Montreal.

Devorah Boxer: Dix kilos IV (Ten Kilos IV), 1995. Etching, aquatint, and dry point on copper.

Mira Song: Scene #4 (2014). Oil on canvas, 61 x 61 cm

Vanessa Maltese: Installation views of The Compleat Gamester (2014). Images courtesy Cooper Cole, Toronto.

Vanessa Maltese

Kelly Jazvac: Installation views of PARK at the Oakville Galleries, 2013.

Ehryn Torrell: My Mother’s Alphabet (2013), performance view at Nocturne Festival, Halifax. Images courtesy the artist.

Books & Film

Stills from Tim’s Vermeer (2013). © High Delft/Sony Pictures.

Tim’s Vermeer

Inside spreads of Sound by Artists, 2013 edition

Sound by Artists

Parting Shot

Views of Brie Ruais‘s sculpture Nearly Torn Away (2013). Glazed ceramic and hardware, 82 x 78 x 5.5 inches. Images courtesy Cooper Cole, Toronto.