Illustrated Caribana memories, plus eye candy for the long weekend.
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Sunday, August 04, 2024
Hi, Art!

Sunday, August 04, 2024

Hi, art lovers!
 
Comic-book style illustration of two Black women in Caribbean carnival dress: one in close-up, the other in the background. The costume is silver-blue and white. Text in background reads:

(Beddo)
 
It’s the August long weekend, which means it’s Caribana time in Toronto, and FreeUp! has produced a series of short docs about the festival — videos we’re presenting on CBC Arts. There are six films on the site, and in each one, you’ll hear artists and members of the city’s Caribbean community share their favourite Caribana memories. They have stories to tell about the food, the parades, the music, the costumes. And their anecdotes are illustrated in a punchy comic-book style by local artist Beddo. FreeUp! is an annual Emancipation Day celebration, and this year’s event took place at Toronto’s Union Station on Thursday, the same day as the kickoff for Caribana weekend. 
 

Because we promised you eye candy ...
 
Realistic oil painting. Scene through a B.C. ferry window. The boat interior is shadowy. The scene outside glows with early-morning light. On still blue water float many ships. The dim blue outline of mountains can be detected on the horizon.

Joshua Wallace
After reviewing all the images I bookmarked this week, I think I might have a case of the summertime sads. Ah well, such is the feeling of the second-last long weekend of the season. Kicking off today’s eye candy, here’s an oil painting by Victoria’s Joshua Wallace — Tsawwassen Ferry. 
 
Photo of a painting hanging on a white wall. Painting depicts the ground of a tennis court. The shadow of leafy tree branches is cast on the court.

Grete Drummond
Spectator by Grete Drummond. Grete’s a BFA Honours student at the University of Manitoba, and this painting is appearing at Art Mûr in Montreal for its summer exhibition, Fresh Paint / New Construction. Now in its 20th year, the group show assembles work by art students from universities across the country.
 
Abstract painting suggesting a knot of human body parts: limbs and hair, tangled together. The background is made of fragmented landscape scenes: grass, trees, mountains, a night sky, dark waves or clouds.

Oriele Steiner
That Time of Day by Oriele Steiner.
 
Framed punch-needle artwork depicting empty beer bottles, dinner dishes and a fish tin. Each object casts a long shadow and appears on a white background.

Adrienna Matzeg
Quarter to Four by Adrienna Matzeg (previously seen here). Adrienna has a new series of work at Toronto-based online gallery Tacit Collective — textile art inspired by “hot Portuguese afternoons.”
 
Paper collage. Forms appear to be cut from Disney picture books and nature photos. Figure at centre is an abstracted female figure, seated. Imagery surrounding her is a surreal mix of flowers and forest, suggesting all the seasons of the year.A form top right appears to be a skull obscured by grey blinds.

Andrea Mortson
Sameness by Sackville, N.B.’s Andrea Mortson.
 
 

You've got to see this
 
 
 
A group of people fill a small room with paintings on the wall.
Peter von Tiesenhausen

In tiny Beaverlodge, Alta., a DIY gallery in a former hospital draws artists from all over
 
Everyone’s welcome at Doris, but the contemporary art space might be the best-kept secret in town.
 
Closeup on a form made of layers of thin plastic which curls and folds into an organic shape. It rests on a bed of brown soil.
Chris Herity

These sculptures won’t put an end to plastic pollution …
 
But the material they’re made of could definitely help. Discover why artist Kelly Jazvac works with biodegradable material that comes from bacteria.
 
Photo of a white walled gallery. A surreal sculpture of a monstrous figure on all fours is in the centre of the room. She is masked. Long black curls pour down her back. Her body is nude and salmon pink. Her long breasts appear to melt into the floor, or perhaps support her like extra limbs. Her nails, hands and feet are adorned in black and gold. Small organic clumps (salmon and black) surround her, suggesting a natural terrain.

Richard-Max Tremblay
 

A Canadian art crossover event
 
Artists Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos have teamed up for an exhibition at the Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art in Montreal, and the show explores themes of identity and motherhood through the imagery of sci-fi and folklore. They spoke with Q’s Talia Schlanger.
 

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Felipe Arriagada-Nunez
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Cartoon scene of a seaside town at sunset. The CBC Arts logo stands in for a glowing orange sun, setting over the water on the horizon. A group of people wearing inner tubes stand in the centre of the composition, gazing at the sunset. Cats and dogs join them. They are flanked by houses. Birds fly above.

Felipe Arriagada-Nunez
It’s a design that captures the dog days of summer — or the chien days, if you will. Chien Champion is Felipe’s professional alias, and his take on the CBC Arts logo was inspired by one of his favourite memories of the season so far. Read that story.
 

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