C international contemporary art

c magazine #83, invite c magazine
ISSUE88/WINTER 2006

"In art today, depth is not in fashion. Artists instead make work that indicates they understand that meaning exists within an intricate system of references, drawn from art history and the commercial world. In pop music this is OK. Pop is a mechanism designed for the delivery of a shallow message: we don’t have to be deep, we have to be political - we just have to conform."

This is our Art Rock issue where you can find and enjoy great writings on:

Taylor Savvy [Sham] Artist, Pop Imposter by Rosemary Heather, editor of C Magazine
Pete Townshend, Guitar Player by Dave Dyment, Toronto-based artist and Co Director Mercer Union
Tim Lee, Gap Artist by Justin Hoffmann, director of Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
So Faux: Canada invents a new school of Art Rock by Stacey DeWolfe, writer, filmmaker, instructor and Concordia MA student
History on Punk Rock's 30 year relationship with Toronto's art press by Earl Miller, Toronto-based freelance writer on the visual arts

As well, our reviews of the new and international at:

Disquiet, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario
I Really Should, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Martha Rosler, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Le Mois de la photo a Montreal, Montreal
L'autre Amerique: ArtOakville Galleries, Oakvill Contemporain du Bresil, Passage De Retz, Paris, France
News from Nowhere, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
Dimensionality, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto
Downes Point and so departed (again), Presentation-house Gallery, Vancouver
51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Affirm/Nation, Urban Shaman Gallery of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Winnipeg

Artist Project: Will Munro
Big Picture: SR Palm

For more information contact Rosemary Heather, 416-539-9495 editor@cmagazine.com