The materials Janet Van Fleet uses to make "Curious Lifeforms" (a series of sculptures of humans and animals) are sticks, rusty nails, buttons, and old clothespins. "As I gather (and subsequently manipulate and assemble) these materials, I become an archivist, preserving and bringing into new relationships oddities from material culture and natural history that would otherwise disappear into the planetary dumpster."
Nina Gaby’s Pocket Shrines are intimate sacred vessels that incorporate the fragments of those old religions: Virgin Mary, Maneki Neko, dice, glitter, etc. Each Shrine is an ornamented box that contains a tassel of sacred objects reflecting its theme or purpose.
By presenting himself as the corporate entity, Px(c), Depelteau makes a cultural statement about the dominance of commercial culture in everyday life. ARTSHOP sat down with him and asked him what all that was about.
Details: folio of 10 prints, each 10"x8" | digital prints with signed and numbered cover sheet in 10.5"x8.5" folder in plastic sleeve | Edition of 50 | 2011 | $40.00
Details: 7"x4.25" | saddle-stitched bound | 20 pages, illustrated cover | September 2005 | Edition of 100 | $15.00
Maison Kasini invited Ashley Roark to Montreal. She spent much of her time sourcing materials from around the Belgo Building, downtown Montreal, the Village, and Mile End. The results of her work were on view at Galerie Maison Kasini, October 19-November 19, 2011. These prints are the manifestation of that project.
“Thanks For Nothing” Communication Card by Misanthrope Specialty Company Details: 2″x3.5″ | label on balsa wood with envelope | 2010 | $4.00 $4
Details: 3.25"x2.625"x1.75" | Thrown stoneware, textured from found pebbles/stones, celadon glaze, stained with red iron oxide | 2010 | $20.00
How do we read the collage work of Carl David Ruttan? Printoptik acts as a lens presenting several points of view on this question. Details: 9"x7" | 66 pages | full colour images | ISBN: 978-0-9878094-1-4 | 2011 | $24.95
"I'm a muse in the creative community of the bear-loving world, like the Venus de Milo perhaps," said Rogen during the interview. Rogen and host Conan O'Brien go on to show images from the book while Rogen comments on the images. "I call that one Come and Get Me," said Rogen.
