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Hi, Art!

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Hi, Art!

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Hi, art lovers!

 
Still from Before I Change My Mind. Photo of an adolescent with short dark hair lying on a blanket, looking up at the sky through red heart-framed glasses. The Calgary Tower can be seen in the shades' reflection.

Before I Change My Mind

 
The latest edition of the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ film festival launched in Toronto (and online!) this past Thursday, and per tradition, our editors have commissioned stories from some of this year’s notable filmmakers. That’s right, Cutaways is already back. Last month, we published a round of personal essays from folks appearing at Hot Docs. (Dig into the project’s archives if you missed those articles.) On deck for the days ahead: essays by Trevor Anderson (previously seen here), whose Edmonton-shot coming-of-age film Before I Change My Mind has already won the Rosie for best scripted feature at the Alberta Film & Television Awards; Michal Heuston (A Queer’s Guide to Spiritual Living); Jason Karman (Golden Delicious); and Jenn Mason (Supporting Our Selves). The festival runs to June 4.
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Photo of a textile artwork hung on a yellow patterned wall. The artwork depicts two figures, only one of whose face is visible in the composition. It is a seated figure with an orange face, pointed ears and fangs. It has green stringy hair and wears an animal print jacket. The second figure, dressed in furry royal purple clothes, stands behind the seated figure, its long pink hands on its shoulders. The background of the image swirls with texture, reminiscent of a digital image generated by DeepDream.

Xénia Lucie Laffely

I’m getting Google DeepDream vibes from this. (So retro.) But it’s actually textile art. (So rad!) The artist? Xénia Lucie Laffely, who splits her time between Montreal and Switzerland.
 
Detail of a ceramic figure by Sami Tsang. A cartoonish humanoid figure wearing a blue decorative hat with eyes and a nose. A tiny human figure is stuck between its protruding teeth.

Sami Tsang

Toronto’s Sami Tsang (previously seen here) opened her first solo exhibition at Cooper Cole this weekend. Pictured: Emerging Woman.
 
Square canvas, a mixed media work incorporating a realistic painting and embellished green satin, hangs on a white wall. The painting depicts a close-up detail of black fabric bedazzled with gems, studs and shiny tassles.

Grace Kalyta

Flower Constellation by Montreal’s Grace Kalyta.
 
Surreal painting of what appears to be a cartoon flower made of coloured marble: pink, blue and brown. It rises against a gradient salmon pink background. Round dewdrops pool at the centre of the blossom.

Horacio Quiroz

Painting by Horacio Quiroz. Duran Mashaal Gallery in Montreal will be showing works by the artist next month.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Photo of drag storytime performers Fay and Fluffy, seated outside at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. They wear colourful bouffant wigs and pastel makeup and smile with open mouths, looking at the camera.
Brian Medina

Drag storytime pioneers Fay & Fluffy are not backing down

 
As hateful protests surge, these Toronto queens are staying defiant while spreading joy to kids and families.
 
Extreme closeup of actors Dominc Monaghan and Billy Boyd, two middle aged white men with stubble, cheek to cheek. The photo has been converted to black and white, tinted red.
Neptune Theatre

Merry and Pippin are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

 
Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd will star in a new production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The actors have wanted to do the show since their days filming Lord of the Rings, and it’ll premiere in Halifax next January before moving to Toronto. 
 
Still from Somebody Somewhere. Joel (actor Jeff Hiller) sits on a farm vehicle. He smiles behind dark rimmed glasses, a gloved hand on the steering wheel. He is a white man with floppy mousy coloured hair and he appears to be in a barn.

HBO

 

Somebody Somewhere is the warmest show on TV

 
The HBO comedy wraps its second season this weekend. Hear from Jeff Hiller, who plays Joel. He’s a character you don’t often see on TV: a happy and confident gay man living in red state America. And he’s become the heart of the series. 
 

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Surreal 3D image of a humanoid made of rainbow coloured bristles, walking in a sunny landscape made of the same material.

Casey Koyczan

Casey’s a multidisciplinary Dene artist, and he turns up in the new episode of digi-Art to chat about his work in virtual reality. The episode includes a quick glimpse of this li’l guy, too — a figure inspired by the texture of moose and caribou tufting. (Watch.)
 

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