by Gabby | Dec 30, 2011 | Reviews
It’s taken me longer than usual to compile a list of the ten or so shows that stood out for me in 2011. Maybe it’s because I didn’t have the push of a deadline from Sally McKay and L.M. this year (and, let me say, I’m sorely missing Joe...
by Gabby | Nov 16, 2011 | Reviews
This month on Artforum.com, I review Paris-based artist Didier Courbot’s solo show at Susan Hobbs. I was first introduced to Courbot’s work through “Site Exercises,” a show that Jen Hutton organized at Hobbs’ space in 2010 that featured...
by Gabby | Oct 19, 2011 | Photography, Reviews
My first Critics’ Pick from Toronto for Artforum.com is now online. Writing short, concise reviews is still one of the most challenging critical writing tasks for me, so it took some effort to try to distill Barbara Astman’s current solo show at Corkin...
by Gabby | Sep 28, 2011 | Reviews
Two new reviews from Toronto appear in the Fall 2011 issue of Montreal’s esse magazine, both dealing with photographic practices. The first is my take on a retrospective of the work of landmark performance artist Suzy Lake, which appeared at the University of...
by Gabby | May 19, 2011 | Reviews, Writing
It’s been a busy couple of months, with Images blogging happening in April and lots of behind-the-scenes work on a forthcoming article for Fillip that is my first attempt at a sustained reading of Jon Rafman’s Nine Eyes of Google Street View project, which...
by Gabby | Mar 17, 2011 | Reviews
My review of Geoffrey Farmer’s first US solo show (no, seriously, it’s the first one) is now up on Canadian Art’s website. It was a difficult show to summarize given the sheer number of materials being used and all of the incredible figures and...
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