On the Cover
Editor’s Letter
Our Six-Year-Old Self
by Bill Clarke
Features
Portfolios
Exhibition Reviews
Studio View
Books & Film
Parting Shot
Editor’s Letter
![Photos by Bill Clarke.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-EditorsLetter-CeliaPerrinSiderous_ParisianLaundry_Montreal-1024x724.jpg)
Our Six-Year-Old Self
Exhibition Reviews
![Mark Clintberg: Hair series (2012-ongoing). Inkjet print on newsprint, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-Temperamental_2-1024x682.jpg)
Temperamental
![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.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-SeanceFiction_6-1024x681.jpg)
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.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-RebeccaHorn_2-763x1024.jpg)
Rebecca Horn
![Joshua Abelow and Bjorn Copeland: Installation view at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-Abelow_5-1024x684.jpg)
Joshua Abelow & Bjorn Copeland
![Sylvia D. Hamilton: Installation view of Mining Memory at the Thames Art Gallery. Images courtesy the artist.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-Hamilton_3.jpg)
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.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-PaulPagk_23-759x1024.jpg)
Paul Pagk
![Jon Knowles: Installation view at Galerie Donald Browne, Montreal. Images courtesy Galerie Donald Browne. Photo: Guy L’Heureux.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-KnowlesJon_8373-1024x683.jpg)
Jon Knowles
![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.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-RoulaPartheniou_2-1024x727.jpg)
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.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-ITM_1-1024x680.jpg)
In the Making
![Jenine Marsh: installation view of The Cut Flower Still Blooms at 8-11, Toronto, May 2–23, 2015. Images courtesy the artist.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-JenineMarsh_015-1024x682.jpg)
Jenine Marsh
![Nicholas Galanin: The American Dream is Alive and Well (2012). Installation view in The Fifth World at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-Review-TheFifthWorld_5044-1024x683.jpg)
The Fifth World
Studio View
![Jean-François Lauda in his studio. Photos by Bill Clarke.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-StudioView-JFLauda-1024x675.jpg)
Jean-François Lauda
Parting Shot
![Felix Kalmenson: Highway 80 (2014). Video still. Images courtesy the artist.](https://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/MagMag-2015_Spring-PartingShot-Highway80_3-1024x605.jpg)
Speaking Across Histories