“Analogical Thinking”: on photography in the work of Meryl McMaster

by Gabby | May 19, 2016 | Exhibition Essays

Meryl McMaster’s performance-based photographic works have been on my mind for several years, but it’s only recently—in an essay for the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s catalogue for the exhibition, “In Another Place, And Here,” and now...

Exhibition essay for Hajra Waheed’s “Asylum in the Sea” at the Darling Foundry, Montreal

by Gabby | Jul 9, 2015 | Exhibition Essays, Photography

I recently had the pleasure of writing an exhibition essay to accompany a new body of work by the Montreal-based artist Hajra Waheed, currently on view at Montreal’s Darling Foundry. “Asylum in the Sea” is a suite of 24 new paintings and collages...

Exhibition essay on Linda Duvall’s “The Toss”

by Gabby | Mar 2, 2012 | Curatorial, Exhibition Essays

For her latest exhibition, The Toss, Linda Duvall has created a fascinating, self-reflexive installation about her experience of learning “to toss” other people (basically a self-defense/stunt trick where she grabs someone by the arm or around the neck and...

Zeesy Powers’ “Projected Realities”

by Gabby | Nov 14, 2010 | Exhibition Essays, Writing

On Friday night, I had the pleasure of seeing a set of new works by Toronto artist Zeesy Powers at Gallery TPW as part of the gallery’s ongoing series “You Had To Be There,” which investigates the relationship between liveness and images. I’ve...

Betty Goodwin, from the collection of Salah J. Bachir, at Oakville Galleries

by Gabby | Mar 13, 2010 | Exhibition Essays, Writing

I was recently very kindly asked to write the essay to accompany an exhibition of Betty Goodwin’s work gathered from the collection of Salah J. Bachir and on display this month at Oakville Galleries. It was a daunting task, especially to write about such a...