C O N T E N T S Summer 2012 Vol. 11 No. 2
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FEATURES
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Into the Void
With new work this summer in Calgary and Massachusetts, John Will is making much ado about nothing
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Imaginary Landscapes
By Monique Westra
Feature Previews
Shows scheduled for the summer season JJ Kegan McFadden ..................... 16 Doug Cranmer ............................ 18 Transart Collective ....................... 20
By Mary-Beth Laviolette
Rick Leong at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; plus, Portia Priegert on contemporary Chinese art and the Canadian effect
First Impressions
News and events from across the region
Exhibition Reviews
Exclusive reviews of recent shows throughout Western Canada Beyond Vague Terrain .................. 24 Kent Tate..................................... 24 Babak Golkar .............................. 26 Emanuel Licha ............................. 26 Edward Poitras ............................ 28 Drawn Passages .......................... 28 Scott McFarland .......................... 30 Beat Nation................................. 30
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Feature Review
Greg Payce: Illusions, at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto
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Nine artists to consider right now Yvette Moore .............................. 52 James Leonard ............................ 52 Douglas Fisher ............................ 52 Bigoudi ....................................... 53 Charles Carson ............................ 53 David Alexander .......................... 53 Judith Panson.............................. 54 Steven Goring ............................. 54 Linda Wilder ............................... 54
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Site Specifics
With a financial pinch on after the Olympics, public art projects in Vancouver are at a crucial crossroads
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By Beverly Cramp
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What keeps cowboy art collectible?
More than 100 years on, classic Westernthemed painting and sculpture is still riding tall By Heather Setka
Back Room
Leonard Brooks, Yellow Moon, collage on canvas, c.2002. By Jill Sawyer
What’s in the galleries this season Carol Haigh ................................. 56 Lyndl Hall .................................... 58 Sophie Jodoin ............................. 60 Steven Armstrong ....................... 61 Doug Williamson ........................ 62 Dwayne Harty ............................. 62 Sean William Randall ................... 64 Joel and Robert Sinclair ............... 66 Paper Doll ................................... 70 Sleep of Reason........................... 71
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Previews and Profiles
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Sources Where to find fine
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Directory
art galleries across the west
Services and resources for art makers and art buyers
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