Spring 2015 – Magenta Magazine

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Spring 2015 Contents

Editor’s Letter

Our Six-Year-Old Self by Bill Clarke

On the Cover

Luke Smalley: Untitled (Sunday Drive), 2008. Digital C-print. Courtesy ClampArt, New York City. © Luke Smalley/Smalley Partnership.

Features

Fetishizing Potential David Altmejd and the power of materiality.
by Benjamin Bruneau

Pop, Patterns & Process Julia Dault’s paintings and sculpture expose the creative act.
by Kyra Kordoski

Breaking the Code Parker Ito subverts the idea of the exhibition.
by D.S. Chun

Shifting Perceptions Jon Sasaki’s art reimagines and reconfigures what can be.
by Alex Bowron

Portfolios

Charlie Shoemaker In The Shadow of Table Mountain

Omar Gámez Stability: Notes on gravity

Luke Smalley Sunday Drive

Exhibition Reviews

Temperamental by Yaniya Lee

Séance Fiction by Alison Cooley

Rebecca Horn by Noa Bronstein

Joshua Abelow & Bjorn Copeland by Romas Astrauskas

Sylvia D. Hamilton by Ellyn Walker

Paul Pagk by Bill Clarke

Jon Knowles by James D. Campbell

Roula Partheniou by Adam Barbu

In the Making by Bart Gazzola

Jenine Marsh by Penelope Smart

The Fifth World by Bart Gazzola

Studio View

Jean-François Lauda by Bill Clarke

Books & Film

Curationism by Bill Clarke

Big Eyes by Bil Antoniou

Parting Shot

Speaking Across Histories by Ellyn Walker

Editor’s Letter

Photos by Bill Clarke.

Our Six-Year-Old Self

Features

David Almejd: Installation view of the FLUX exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris (2014). Images ©Pierre Antoine.

Fetishizing Potential

Julia Dault: Lady Danger (2014). Canvas, acrylic on leather, 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm). Image courtesy the artist and Jessica Bradley, Inc., Toronto. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.

Pop, Patterns & Process

Parker Ito: Installation view of A Little Taste of Cheeto in the Night at Château Shatto, Los Angeles (January 24 − May 9, 2015).

Breaking the Code

Jon Sasaki: Bouncy Highrise (2015). Performance at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art as part of Villa Toronto. Photo: Meghan McKnight.

Shifting Perceptions

Portfolios

Cape Town, South Africa – March 3, 2013: Nazeera Nicolas cries in the car after leaving her wedding ceremony before heading to her new home at her husband’s parents’ home. Nazeera grew up in a Christian home and married a Muslim man, which is common in the area.

Charlie Shoemaker

Omar Gámez: Michelle, from the series Stability (2009).

Luke Smalley: Sunday Drive, from the series Sunday Drive (2009). Digital C-print.

Exhibition Reviews

Mark Clintberg: Hair series (2012-ongoing). Inkjet print on newsprint, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.

Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj: Installation view of A Família do Capitão Gervásio [Captain Gervasio’s Family] (2013-2014). 16mm film, soundtrack, concrete plinth, concrete and reclaimed wood benches, 16 minutes, black and white. Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre. Courtesy of the artists.

Séance Fiction

Rebecca Horn: Einhorn (Unicorn), 1971. From the portfolio Performance Edition, printed 2000. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the artist, 2014.291. © Rebecca Horn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Photo: Achim Thode.

Joshua Abelow and Bjorn Copeland: Installation view at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto.

Joshua Abelow & Bjorn Copeland

Sylvia D. Hamilton: Installation view of Mining Memory at the Thames Art Gallery. Images courtesy the artist.

Sylvia D. Hamilton

Paul Pagk: Untitled (November drawings), 2014. Graphite, ink, oil pastel, dry pastel, pencil, pen, watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 11 inches.

Jon Knowles: Installation view at Galerie Donald Browne, Montreal. Images courtesy Galerie Donald Browne. Photo: Guy L’Heureux.

Installation view of Roula Partheniou: House & Home & Garden at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, March 29–May 24 2015. Wood Pile (Kindling), 2015, varnished assorted wood; Mantelpiece, 2015, acrylic on wood; Tool Set, 2015, varnished cherry wood.

Roula Partheniou

Jolie Bird: Extended Long Play (detail, 2012 - 2013). Self-contained turntable, mid-century Eames (reproduction) rocking chair, vinyl stand, headphones and selection of extended play 33 and 45 vinyl records. Courtesy of the artist.

Jenine Marsh: installation view of The Cut Flower Still Blooms at 8-11, Toronto, May 2–23, 2015. Images courtesy the artist.

Nicholas Galanin: The American Dream is Alive and Well (2012). Installation view in The Fifth World at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon.

The Fifth World

Studio View

Jean-François Lauda in his studio. Photos by Bill Clarke.

Jean-François Lauda

Books & Film

Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else By David Balzer. Editor: Jason McBride.

Tim Burton: Big Eyes (2014). Film still. Amy Adams as Margaret Keane. Photos: Leah Gallo © All Rights Reserved The Weinstein Company, 2014.

Parting Shot

Felix Kalmenson: Highway 80 (2014). Video still. Images courtesy the artist.

Speaking Across Histories