I curate visual arts under The Art Junkie banner
Russian propaganda from the early 20th Century didn’t mince words, or images. The tightly orchestrated conversion of life used posters to hammer home the message of collectivism and pride in the new Russia. The Art Gallery of Ontario’s new exhibition – Constructing Utopia – blends with others being […]
The ragingly popular Cirque du Soleil® has just held its first showing of all 16 original paintings that make up its SAFEWALLS collection, a project that melds the vintage circus poster with today’s street art. Every month, the Canadian-based circus phenomenon asks three cutting-edge artists to create posters […]
Well known illustrator John Hendrix’s 9-11 10th Anniversary post recalled how he watched the Twin Towers fall from his roof in Jersey City, newly arrived from Kansas to attend graduate school in New York. (See that post here) Hendrix did go to grad school and has produced hundreds […]
The Day – Douglas Aarniokoski – World Premiere in Toronto “In a post-apocalyptic future, an open war against humanity rages. Five survivors wander rural back-roads, lost, starving and on the run. With dwindling food and ammunition, an attempt at seeking shelter turns into a battleground where they must […]
Scott McFarland’s travels have included the famed rococo Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany, and the tiny Sans Souci island in Georgian Bay, founded by Samuel de Champlain, and the subject of several paintings by the Group of Seven. The island (in Ontario) is the subject of his latest […]
This short film by Andrea Malus came about because of her fascination with surrealism, her interest in symbols and the requirement that she produce her first animation for a course at Canada’s Sheridan College (often known as the Harvard of animation). I generally love the theme, but it […]
