Artist Graeme Patterson and his multimedia installation The Mountain, 2012.

From Far And Wide

Tracing Oh Canada’s Atlantic Canadian Inspiration

Of the 62 Canadian artists featured in MASS MoCA’s extensive Oh Canada exhibition in North Adams, Massachusetts, several allude to the effect of dislocation and relocation in their artwork. The exhibition is the culmination of five years of research and planning by MASS MoCA curator Denise Markonish, who spent three years travelling to almost every...

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Down the Rabbit Hole: Tracking the evolution of Nova Scotia’s “Rabbit Movement”

“It’s been a few years, I’m trying to remember how it started.” Tom Young and I are sitting in the entranceway of the Eyelevel Gallery in Halifax. It’s February and we are at the launchparty for the Black Rabbit Arts Festival, a month-long series of playful events for the arts community. Black Rabbit features sculptural...

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