Sobey Art Award nominee Krystle Silverfox discusses her upcoming show at the National Gallery of Canada.
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Hi, Art!

Sunday, July 03, 2022

Hi, Art!

Sunday, July 03, 2022

Hi, art lovers!

 

I don’t know if you’ll notice. I mean, there’s so much Canadian film on CBC Gem as it is. But starting this weekend, CBC Gem and CBC-TV are going hard on Cancon, featuring different movies each weekend. What’s worth watching? Well, everything on the following list should be intriguing to you. In saying that, I’m assuming you engage with every piece of content CBC Arts has produced since 2015 of course. And if I’m wrong … well, click the movie titles and you’ll be directed to a relevant “bonus feature” from our archives. 

Coming attractions:

Closet Monster (Watch now on CBC Gem.)

Mouthpiece (Watch now on CBC Gem.)

Akilla’s Escape (Premieres Saturday, July 23, at 9 p.m. ET on CBC-TV.)

Giant Little Ones (Watch now on CBC Gem.)

Jean of the Joneses (Watch now on CBC Gem.)

Sleeping Giant (Watch now on CBC Gem.)

Window Horses (Watch now on CBC Gem.) 

Paper Year (Watch now on CBC Gem.)

Indian Horse (Watch now on CBC Gem.)

 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

Daytime photo at Ontario Place. A sphere comprised of reflective sheets hanging from a tall scaffolding is erected on a patch of concrete at the foot of Lake Ontario. Trees and the CN Tower are seen in the distance. Clusters of people gather in the surrounding area.

City of Toronto Culture

Want a better handle on what you’re looking at? Definitely click this video link … or you know, find a way to see this kinetic sculpture in person. 1000 Faces is a project led by Alejandro Figueroa (+Amor) and it was unveiled at Toronto’s Ontario Place earlier this year. The piece pays tribute to Indigenous children who were found buried on the grounds of former residential schools across Canada. There’s more info on the project here.

 
Painting of a nighttime scene. Depicts a quiet city street. A white sedan is parked under a streetlight. Silhouettes of tall trees can be seen in the dusky light. A pink fireworks explosion bursts in the top right of the composition.

Alex Bierk

Up Here festival recently revealed the identity of this year’s guest curator. It’s Anong Migwans Beam (previously covered here), and she’s already announced a few of the artists who’ll be heading to Sudbury, Ont., come August. Painter Alex Bierk is on the roster …
 
Graphic design for a square scarf. Black background. Floral motif in rainbow colours surrounds the border. At centre, a line drawing of a beaver, pine tree and round sun.

Born in the North

… as is Born in the North, an art and design studio that’s been on CBC Life’s radar for more than a minute.
 
Daytime photo in a park filled with green trees. At centre, four photos printed on screens are installed on metal frames. Each image prominently includes the colour turquoise, but all four photos depict different scenes: a china cabinet filled with old dishes; a nighttime landscape, a close-up of a doorway, a building's window.

Talia Shipman

Gallery Stratford is presenting new work from Talia Shipman (seen here). Talia’s show is called the Turquoise Period and it’s the gallery’s latest Art in the Trees exhibit. 
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Close-up photo of the artist Krystle Silverfox, a woman with fair skin and platinum blonde hair which has been cropped short. She appears in profile, her eyes closed, and wears a black tank top.
Krystle Silverfox

This artist traded Vancouver for the Yukon, and it transformed the way she works

 
When your town doesn’t have an art supply store, you have to be more creative than usual. Sobey Art Award nominee Krystle Silverfox discusses her upcoming show at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
 
Photo collage with typographical treatment that reads: How I realized I was trans by making terrible horror movies. At left, a young white transwoman smiles and wears a white T-shirt. Her wavy hair is shoulder-length and mousy and she wears bright orange eye shadow. At bottom left, a collage of horror movie stills including figures in masks, a long-haired woman signaling someone to be quiet, and a young woman lying on the ground, as though dead.
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I realized I was trans by making terrible horror movies

 
Filmmaker Tiffany Wice shares a (bloody good) coming-of-age story in this video essay.
 
Copy of the cover art for Fawn Parker's What We Both Know. Illustration in royal blue and magenta. Depicts a thin young woman's face, comprised of type.

McClelland & Stewart

 

Are memories just stories we tell ourselves? 

 
Alicia Elliott ponders that question while reviewing What We Both Know, a new novel by Fawn Parker.
 

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Tim Singleton

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Illustration of the CBC logo in a cartoon style. The palette is rainbow colours. Five cartoon eyes emerge from the sections of the gem along with juicy squiggles and shapes. A gap-toothed red-lipped smile subs as the gem's lowest section.

Tim Singleton

All eyes on Tim! The Toronto-based illustrator is this month’s featured logo artist, and his design is all about summer fun.
 

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I’m Leah Collins, senior writer at CBC Arts. Until next time!

 
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