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Sunday, June 11, 2023

Hi, Art!

Sunday, June 11, 2023

Hi, art lovers!

 
Comic panel. Cartoon wrestlers flex and apply makeup and repair their costumes against a purple backdrop. Text reads:

Nina Drew

 
As Pride Month continues, watch for something special appearing on CBC Arts this week, a project with some serious throwback vibes … especially if you lived through the ‘90s. Out in Space is a digital comics zine that’ll feature four all-new stories by Canadian artists: illustrated memoirs about the important queer spaces in their lives. Watch for its debut on the site, and then later this month, we’ll be revealing where you can get your paws on a print version of the zine, which I swear we’re not printing on the office photocopier. 

Until then, get to know our contributors: Toronto’s Sami Alwani, Winnipeg-raised Rotem Anna Diamant, Whess Harman of B.C., and from Montreal, Nina Drew. (Up top, get a sneak peek of Nina’s comic, a tribute to the League of Lady Wrestlers.)
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Painting of six white men in a dark club. At centre, a young slim man in boxer shorts is illuminated by the club lights' orange glow, and he looks at the viewer with an awestruck expression.

Jacob Todd Broussard

House of Apollo (Postmonition) by Jacob Todd Broussard, whose new solo exhibition (Afters) is now appearing at Towards Gallery in Toronto.
 
Daytime photo of a green field by a roadway. A white sign is in the ground, at centre. It reads, in handwriting:

Lan (Florence) Yee

The CAFKA public art biennial is happening this summer in the Kitchener, Ont., area. Artist Lan (Florence) Yee shared this preview of their project on Instagram. What’s it all about? Writes Lan: “The Seeking series draws on the mundane design of a neighbourhood’s handmade posters to ask what we may be looking for in our communities, whether it is justice, help, traditions or memories.”
 
Boldly colourful acrylic painting resembling a paint-by-number. Depicts a leaping elk and a barking dog in a summer field.

Jean Paul Langlois

The Up Here festival revealed its lineup last week. Jean Paul Langlois is one of the mural artists who’ll be heading to Sudbury this summer …
 
Daytime photo of a mural on a building facade. Mural is by Katie Green and is in a style resembling watercolours. Depicts a multitude of smiling creatures, some animals some fantastical.

Katie Green

… and Calgary’s Katie Green (seen here) will be there too.
 
Abstracted painting in shades of blue and violet. Suggests a landscape, reflected down a vertical access. Watery blues, a violet moon and wavy branches.

Tiffany April

Relief by the Water. Painting by Tiffany April, who wrapped a solo exhibition at Ottawa’s Wall Space Gallery just yesterday.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
For the 2017 movie The Shape of Water, Toronto was transformed into 1960s Baltimore. Here, green screens block portions of Dundas Street near the Lakeview Restaurant. Old fashioned vehicles drive down the street.
Impostor Cities

The busiest stand-in actor in Hollywood? It’s not a person — it’s Canada

 
In the movies, Canada always plays other places. A new exhibition at MOCA Toronto explores why we’re a nation of “Impostor Cities.”
 
Still from Here & Queer interview with Sasha Velour. Sasha, a bald drag performer with bold eye and lip makeup, smiles a toothy grin and wears a high-neck pastel printed top and is enveloped by feathery accessories in a similar pastel colour scheme.
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Here & Queer with Sasha Velour

 
Drag royalty Sasha Velour kicks off the second season of Here & Queer with a conversation about her new book, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag.
 
Red carpet photo of Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, a young woman of colour who wears a puffy gold ballgown and jewels. She holds takes a selfie with a crowd of young fans gathered behind a fence, flashing a peace sign and smiling with her tongue out.

 Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Netflix

 

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan tells us how she really feels

 
The new season of Never Have I Ever will be its last, but the show’s Mississauga-born star is just getting started.
 

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Quinn Hopkins

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Digital illustration of animals gathered in a chilly looking landscape dotted with stars.

Quinn Hopkins

Last week, Quinn told us all about one of his AR projects, Meeting of the Doodem. It’s part of this year’s Luminato program, so if you happen to be at one of the festival sites in Toronto, look for special QR codes that’ll let you view Quinn’s digital sculptures on your phone.
 

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