Transcendence: Deanna Musgrave
To send light into the darkness of … [humanity’s] hearts – such is the duty of the artist. – Kandinsky from Concerning the Spiritual…
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TOM BENNER (1950–2022): A PERSONAL REFLECTION
I first encountered Tom Benner’s art back in the 1970s when I was an art student at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. In those…
Ways of Seeing: Margaux Williamson’s Painterly Magic Tricks
My favourite measure of a worthy gallery exhibit, or worthy concert performance, or a film just viewed comes a few days later when, should…
Don Bonham vs London Regionalism
Don Bonham (1940–2014) was a colourful individualist, an irreverent outsider with a fantastical artistic vision. He was also an inspiring mentor to numerous art…
NIIPA 20/20 – Celebrating the Collective
In 1985 a Hamilton-based group of Indigenous photographers and image makers came together to form NIIPA, the Native Indian/Inuit Photographer’s Association. The collective was…
The Ghost Paintings
Rosemary Sloot has worked as an artist in London for many years and is known as a ‘photo realist’. It was hard to imagine…
Me Me Me Wyn Geleynse
Wyn Geleynse is unwrapping a recent creation in his studio as I pepper him with questions, like, “just what inspires your creative process at…
Continuing Accountability
Kelly Greene at the Art Lab Gallery April 21 – May 17, 2022 Visual Arts Building at Western University London Ontario For the past year, Kelly Greene…
20 Works: A Farewell Exhibition
There’s an unusual exhibit presently running at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Unusual, in that its focus is on who is doing the curating…
Thelma Rosner: Where Can I Go Now?
Entering Thelma Rosner’s exhibition at the McIntosh Gallery at Western University, I immediately pause in reaction to the floor installation that extends…