by Gabby | Jan 2, 2015 | Reviews
Writing for a new publication can be an exercise in humility, in the best ways. A reminder of your crutches and tendencies as a writer (including, for me, always including two nouns when one will do. This sentence is a case in point), but also a chance to hone your...
by Gabby | Nov 27, 2014 | Reviews
The title of Karen Kraven’s first institutional solo exhibition, “Razzle Dazzle Sis Boom Bah,” signals the Montreal-based artist’s infectious enthusiasm for mimicry, subterfuge, and speculation across a new body of work comprising sculpture, photography, and ceramics....
by Gabby | Feb 26, 2014 | Reviews
I feel particularly lucky to have been able to chat with Charles Stankievech about his “CounterIntelligence” exhibition at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, both while he was researching the project and once it was up in the space. Half research/curatorial...
by Gabby | Jan 23, 2014 | Reviews
Despite my best efforts to say “no” to any writing jobs that are not my dissertation in 2013–14, there are sometimes exhibitions that still catch me off-guard and are so memorable, or perplexing, that it seems I can’t not write about them....
by Gabby | Aug 22, 2013 | Reviews
Some invitations are just too wonderfully strange to pass up. That was the case when, last month, Casey Hinton invited me to participate in the July edition of Art Spin as their first writer-in-residence as part of her new Rickshaw Residency program. The idea was to...
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