Step out of the everyday world and into the mini-metropolis of the Calgary Modern exhibit. Now showing at the Nickle Art Museum, the exhibit chronicles the design and architecture of the International Modern movement, and how it impacted Calgary from 1947-67. The exhibit is a constructed environment within the museum. Planes and surfaces are transposed… Continue reading Modern Calgary
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Trading off individual rights for community protection
Many Western Canadians buy into the myth of civil liberties and civil freedom. Though it may not be nearly as evident in big cities or on university campuses, suspicion of government intervention and taxation has been a mark of the mid-Western mindset in Canada for a hundred years. Like our American counterparts, Western Canadians, particularly… Continue reading Trading off individual rights for community protection
Malinsky’s sketches find the dark clown
Charles Malinsky loves clowns, but if clowns bring to mind cheerful entertainers in face paint who make balloon animals, think again. Malinsky’s work looks at the dark flip-side of the archetypal jester figure. Throughout the ages, the jester and the clown have had important roles in society. These were voices for the dark side of… Continue reading Malinsky’s sketches find the dark clown
Culture Jamming :
If you have ever tried to find a Snapple or a Coke on campus, you have glimpsed the power of advertising. There’s not a Coca-Cola product to be found because Pepsi helps pay for your university career in exchange for your undivided consumer attention. Big business means big money, and big money means anything’s for… Continue reading Culture Jamming :
Shelter from the cold
I stepped into the Art is Vital gallery and out of the freezing wind on a strange Calgary winter day. Winter Solace II , an exhibition showing until Jan. 29, lived up to its name and offered respite from the blowing snow outside. The show is the second half of an exhibition of Calgarian artists… Continue reading Shelter from the cold
I don’t hate my generation
The quest for identity is a cliché preoccupation for Canadians. Having an unfortunate combination of Canadian malaise and 21st century malaise, you’d think most members of Generation Duh would stop questing and just give up. Some have. The media philosophizes endlessly about our apathy, cynicism and detachment, and are mystified by our refusal to be… Continue reading I don’t hate my generation
Denzel excels in bio-pic
"I have spent thirty years of my life in a house of justice, but there has been no justice for me." These are the words of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter. Based on a true story, The Hurricane tells the tale of Carter’s wrongful conviction for murder in New Jersey in the late sixties. An up… Continue reading Denzel excels in bio-pic
Mansfield Park: stellar drama
A promo for Mansfield Park says, "For everyone who loved Sense and Sensibility." It should read, "For everyone who liked Sense and Sensibility, but wanted to see more than dumb women and garden parties." After a slew of movies based on Jane Austen’s novels, you might expect yet another predictable plot, another victimized heroine, and… Continue reading Mansfield Park: stellar drama
Look out Chicken Little, here it comes
The end of the millennium. Everyone’s sick of the subject, and most people have already decided whether to hunker down with a shotgun and a couple of cases of Evian or to spend New Year’s Eve at a party, kissing people they don’t know. We’ve got our millennium keychains, mousepads, and every other possible "official… Continue reading Look out Chicken Little, here it comes
Toulouse-Lautrec
Many a grungy student traveller visited the Moulin Rouge in Paris because it’s listed in their travel guide. Besides the voyeuristic appeal of the Montmartre sex shops and brothels, what’s the big deal? That’s where Henri Toulouse-Lautrec comes into the picture. The bohemian painter and lithographer, whose works currently show at the Glenbow, gives us… Continue reading Toulouse-Lautrec