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Canada at the New York Fairs: Art from the Upper North Side
Written by BILL CLARKE
Published in Canadian Art, March 15, 2012
" Volta first-timers Battat Contemporary presented an elegant arrangement of new collages and drawings by Sophie Jodoin bookended by two larger works—Close Your Eyes (2012), a black glass piece with the work’s titular words sandblasted into it, and the charcoal-and-pastel drawing Untitled (feet) (2012), in which a woman’s strappy-heeled feet dangle disturbingly from the top of the picture frame."
See complete text: http://www.canadianart.ca/online/2012/03/15/nyc-fairs-bill-clarke2012/
Related Artists: Sophie Jodoin
Hard Bargains
Written by Meaghan Thurston
Published in RoverArts.com, March 10, 2012
In Flag Deconstruction, paint drips and brush swirls synthesize with diamond-shaped negative spaces. Ember-orange, white and black spheres commune with ink-black floral motifs. The large, layered abstract canvas Enigmatic Revelation, my favorite piece in the exhibition, showcases a levitating fountain-pyramid. In all of the works, geometrical shapes relate to each other, creating a diversity of forms.
See complete text: http://roverarts.com/2012/03/hard-bargains/
Related Exhibition: Further Negotiations
Related Artists: Kamrooz Aram
John Ancheta@Ten Words and One Shot
Written by Ten Words and One Shot
Published in Ten Words and One Shot, March 2, 2012
home Unkai No Soheki by Tsurubami treasure Sky by Cotton Casino fame I Am Very Far by Amanaz engine O Relógio by Os Mutantes
See complete text: http://tenwordsandoneshot.com/john-ancheta/
Related Artists: John Ancheta
Get Framed
Written by Sasha Jackson
Published in Mirror , January 13, 2012
Battat Contemporary (7245 Alexandra, #100) kicks off the year with work by Winnipeg artist and Columbia Universtity grad Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline, whose exhibit Nervous Lattice looks set to excite—if the cut-out invitations are anything to go by (Jan. 19–Feb. 25)!
See complete text: http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2012/01/12/get-framed/
Related Exhibition: Nervous Lattice / Treillis Nerveux
Related Artists: Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline
Rentrée automnale 2011 : partie 6 — John Ancheta «HABITAT»@ Battat contemporary
Written by Eloi Desjardins
Published in Un show de mot'arts, September 22, 2011
John Ancheta amorce la saison septembrale de cette galerie privée située dans le no man’s lands entre la Petite Italie et Parc-Extension. «HABITAT» présente une dizaine de toiles qui impressionneront plusieurs autant par leurs compositions que par l’épaisseur de la peinture appliquée sur leurs surfaces
See complete text: http://www.unshowdemotarts.net/?p=2902
Related Exhibition: HABITAT
Related Artists: John Ancheta
Winnipeg artist chosen as semi-finalist in national RBC art competition
Written by Sandra Thacker
Published in CBC Manitoba, August 21, 2011
''A Winnipeg artist is one of fifteen semi-finalists chosen for this year's RBC Canadian Painting Competition. The competition is sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada and the Canadian Art Foundation. The competition was established in 1999 to support promising young artists early on in their career. Thirty-year-old Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline (his name reflects his Latvian and French heritage) is one of the semi-finalists. He grew up in the north end of Winnipeg, studied art at the University of Manitoba then at Columbia University in the United States before returning to Winnipeg. SCENE invited Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline to share his excitement at being nominated and to tell us about himself.''
See complete text: http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/other/2011/08/21/winnipeg-artist-chosen-as-finalist-in-national-rbc-art-competition/
Related Artists: Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline
Sophie Jodoin
Written by James D. Campbell
Published in Magenta Magazine, March 17, 2011
Sophie Jodoin is attempting something truly remarkable in her recent work: to name the darkness in our nature, going where angels fear to tread, as it were, in this pursuit, and palpably evoking the tremendum, or nameless Other, in the process. Her true subject matter is specifying this demonic alterity that threatens to swallow us whole and deprive us of our human wherewithal. She is a connoisseur of pain and we are, at first, unwilling voyeurs. But, soon enough and strangely, we never want to turn away.
See complete text: http://www.magentamagazine.com/6/exhibition-reviews/sophie-jodoin
Related Artists: Sophie Jodoin
Immodest Modesty
Written by Robert Enright
Published in Border Crossings Magazine, March 14, 2011
Toronto painter Beth Stuart talks about her painting in a way that confirms how good you already think it is. (Her recent collection of paintings and sculpture, called “two sticks in a shed” was on exhibition from January 14 to February 26 at Battat Contemporary in Montreal.)
See complete text: http://www.bordercrossingsmag.com/issue117/article/2841
Related Exhibition: two sticks in a shed
Related Artists: Beth Stuart
Sophie Jodoin : La part manquante
Written by Claire Moeder
Published in Rats de ville, January 28, 2011
" À l’invite du centre OBORO, Sophie Jodoin a conçu l’exposition Tant de morts pour si peu. Réalisées entre 2008 et 2010, les œuvres déclinent diverses images en suspens. Échappant sciemment à tout repère temporel ou spatial, elles produisent une mémoire impossible de la guerre et de ses souffrances. "
See complete text: http://ratsdeville.typepad.com/ratsdeville/2011/01/claire-moeder-sur-jodoin-chronique.html
Related Artists: Sophie Jodoin
Sophie Jodoin’s Uncanny Valley: A Road-trip through the Allusions and Illusions of You Have to Kill a Whole to Get a Little
Written by Frozen Mammoth
Published in Inside the Frozen Mammoth, January 27, 2011
" At once fragile and strong, her work breathes in pain, exhales tenderness. Her figures, often anonymous, exude a quiet intimacy. A headless pair of twins carry with them a sense of profound self-hood. There is an urge to tenderly pet the shadow of a black, black dog. When these unique pieces come together, they give rise to a paradoxical realm that we connect with on a deep level. We, too, live in paradox, in discomfort. (Perhaps) this is why it can be difficult to confront Jodoin’s work – it takes us on a journey to the uncanny valley where it resides, and upon arriving we discover we are somewhere recognizable, somewhere we’ve been before. "
See complete text: http://www.thefrozenmammoth.com/
Related Artists: Sophie Jodoin