Veil, voice and vision
Images of the virginal Disney princess Belle are juxtaposed with bold black outlines of a woman, eyes closed as she receives oral sex. This massive…
Leah Werier
Dollars for Darlings
Artists know that local initiatives are the key to maintaining and developing a vibrant arts community. Just ask Vanessa Kuzina, lead vocalist and guitar player…
File under : “Guilty Pleasures”
I love Twilight “like a fat kid loves cake,” to quote rap artist 50 Cent. This phrase aptly describes my initial reaction to The Twilight…
Show and sell
“The best art is the most expensive because the market is so smart,” said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby’s head of contemporary art in 2007. True statement?…
Keepin’ it surreal
A man’s beard is drawn as a mass of tendrils, transforming into feathers as he gazes stoically into the distance, in the piece “Untitled No….
The revolution will not be classicized
Set against an orange background, a wheel-less pink vintage Buick is represented in the painting “La Patera” (“The Raft,” 2002) by Armando Marino. The car…
Art! Coming soon to a campus near you…
When the temperatures drop and the snow begins to fall, the tunnels at the University of Manitoba become a refuge. Shielding students from flurries and…
CD Review : September, “September”
Swedish export September can best be described as a pale imitation of Lady Gaga, without the quirkiness and with a lot of repetitive electronic accompaniment….
The globalization of hip hop
“It’s a hip hop world and you are living in it,” writes pop culture critic Dalton Higgins in his newly released book, aptly titled Hip…
Chameleon Walls and Conceptual Art
Four walls in the Fitzgerald building have been changing colour. Outside of Gallery One One One the rotunda area was at one point blue, transforming…