By Humboldt Magnussen At Xpace Cultural Centre there is a large bookshelf that contains hundreds of issues of art magazines collected over the years. This afternoon while trying to figure out what I was going to write about I cracked open a Canadian Art from 1984 and began looking at the advertisements for shows that …
By Humboldt Magnussen A couple of years ago I went to a photo exhibition by an emerging photographer. The photos were of old hand painted signs on the sides of large brick buildings. I cannot really remember what the work really looked like, just that I decided it was “not a good show,” a decision …
By Humboldt Magnussen Spring is in the air, the snow is melting and the sun is shining. Unfortunately the snow is melting exposing the garbage and dog crap that was once hidden. It’s an awkward stage in the season that needs some time for adjustments. It’s still too cold to really say it is spring, …
By Humboldt Magnussen In my undergrad I had a professor who would raid her bookshelves before class and fill up a cart of art books that we could flip through if we wanted a break from painting. This is how I was introduced to General Idea and Carolee Schneemann, artists who have been very influential …