Logan Dillon // Contributor If you’re an artist in this age, you know it’s difficult not to feel pressure from the sheer amount of people doing similar work. It’s hard…
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Comic Strip
A new wave of ‘nerdlesque’ style burlesque troupes like The Geekenders are taking the stage using pop culture to challenge views about women, identity and body image through performance Sarah…
Artist Feature: Gianmarco Iuele
Tom Balog // Contributor Gianmarco Iuele’s photos evoke a sense of calm, as if you’ve been invited by an old friend for a walk through town. Warm colours, curious characters…
Cindy Sherman’s Subversion of Beauty
Sherman, who has been photographing herself for over five decades, continues to challenge the ways we see and depict the female subject Maria Penaranda // Arts & Culture Editor To…
Artist Feature: Rebeca Spiegel
Freya Wasteneys//Managing Editor Some feelings are hard to put into words. We draw on other languages and obscure vocabulary to sum up emotions, only to have our meaning lost in…
Artist Feature: John Pachkowsky
Jayde Atchison // Staff Writer When I look at John Pachkowsky’s pieces, I notice something new each time. At first glance, a tree in the corner of his drawing is…
Artist Feature: Mahi Kaur
Maria Penaranda // Arts & Culture Editor Mahi Kaur // Photographer There’s something otherworldly about Mahi Kaur’s portraits. The women in her photos, soaked in strange light and hazy film…
Finding Your Place in the Street
Views of the Collection: The Street at the Vancouver Art Gallery considers the significance of the urban street. Jayde Atchison // Staff Writer What’s your walking style? Are you the…
Emptying the Digital Junk Drawer
Sara Cwynar: Gilded Age II at The Polygon Gallery draws from the visual languages of advertising and social media to examine a modern visual culture of consumption. Tom Balog // Contributor We…