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Friday, February 09, 2024

Hi, Art!

Friday, February 09, 2024

Hi, art lovers!

 
Promo photo from the Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down. Group shot: 10 potters dressed in dark blue aprons are arranged in two rows. Standing in front are four people: the show's judges. They are gathered in an industrial-looking workshop space with exposed beams and large windows.

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Remember that 2024 trend forecast I linked to a few weeks back? While I was working on that story for CBC Arts — sending questionnaires to artists around the country — one surprise to emerge was this: The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down was one of their most anticipated shows of the year. The title pretty much tells you everything you need to know: 1) It’s a reality competition series; 2) It loves to remind you of its Canadian-ness; 3) It’s as cosy as that other show with Great in the title. And like the Great Canadian Baking Show, Throw Down is also a maple-dipped take on a U.K. series. (Brad Pitt is apparently a massive fan of the original.) The show is set in Vancouver, and 10 potters will compete every week, hoping to wow judges Brendan Tang, Natalie Waddell — and, occasionally, Seth Rogen. He pops up in the premiere, which is streaming now on CBC Gem. For more background on the series, head to CBC News Entertainment. As for the potters competing on the show, they hail from just about everywhere — although New Brunswick, British Columbia and Manitoba are repping especially hard. Here’s what they’ll have to do if they want to make it to the finale. Watch for a new episode every Thursday.
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Photo of an illustrative ceramic form on a white plinth in a white room. The form depicts several cartoon-style feminine figures, all smiling and wearing ostentatious earrings and eye makeup. Colour palette is shads of muted green, yellow and grey.

Kristy Moreno

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and the same goes for another hearts-and-flowers holiday: Galentine’s. Mexican American artist Kristy Moreno is all about capturing female relationships and chosen family — and because it’s a tidy segue from all the pottery links, this piece is ceramic!
 
Abstract 2D artwork. A geometric form made of bands of painted cut paper. Palette includes shades of red and peach with a thin band of cornflower blue.

Crissy Arseneau

It Must Be Love by Crissy Arseneau.
 
Photo of a 2D aluminum sculpture suggesting a line drawing of the back of a man's head. Hands reach behind his neck in a caress.

Terrence Turner

Another title with V-Day vibes: I’ve Missed You. Aluminum sculpture by Vancouver artist Terrence Turner.
 
Impressionistic painting of a man and woman, crouching in an embrace against a murky green backdrop.

Delphine Hennelly

Delphine Hennelly has a solo exhibition (Behind the Scenes) at Pangée in Montreal. That’s where you’ll find this painting (Kiss). It’s up until March 2.
 
Photo of a ceramic sculpture mounted on a wall. Depicts two disembodied manicured fingers entwined.

Shary Boyle

This piece by Shary Boyle is up for auction as part of The Sweetest Little Thing, an annual fundraiser for the Owens Art Gallery and Struts Gallery in Sackville, N.B. Online bidding ends Feb. 14. (Could this be the sweetest little thing there? I think so, FWIW!)
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Top down photo of hands with blue fingernails opening a photo album. Two black-and-white photos are in the book, suggesting portraits of a woman at the turn of the 20th century.
Jordyn Stewart

Remember the name Annie Edson Taylor

 
She was the first person to go over Niagara Falls and survive. Now, this forgotten feminist folk hero is the subject of a new exhibition.
 
Medium shot of Caroline and Emilie Monnet, two women with long wavy black hair dressed in brown '70s-inspired outfits. They are photographed against a black background. Both stare at the viewer with serious expressions.
Caroline Monnet

Family business

 
Sisters Caroline and Émilie Monnet are two of the brightest talents in Canadian art, and kinship is the key to their success.
 
Portrait of performer Djouliet Amara, a woman of colour dressed in an ostentatious white outfit with enormous puffy sleeves and a broad pleated skirt. She reclines, resting on her elbow, gazing at the viewer through heavy-lidded eyes. Text reads:

Samuel Engelking/CBC Arts

 

You might know this Winnipeg actor from Riverdale or The Big Door Prize

 
Now appearing in Fitting In, the latest feature from writer-director Molly McGlynn, Djouliet Amara is a CBC Arts Rising Star. 
 

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Mathieu Larone

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Colour pencil drawing in a style reminiscent of classic cartoons. A figure at centre kneels on an all-black hobby horse (so black it might be a shadow and not an object at all). The figure wears a tattered beige gown and has black stringy hair that fans out as though charged with static electricity. The scene is framed by a jagged round shadow. The floor is dotted with blobs and scribbles in black and various colours.

Mathieu Larone

I grew up watching classic Looney Tunes, and Mathieu sure did, too — which is something he told us all about last week. You can find hundreds of haunted drawings like this one at the Latcham Art Centre in Stouffville, Ont. Mathieu’s latest exhibition (Night Visions) is there through March 16.
 

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