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And we welcome you to this, our debut in the land of the virtual, where postmodern theorists can roam free, where the nerd can romp unfettered, and where there is more porn than you can shake Andrea Dworkin at.
We intend this little homespun site as an archive, and as an addendum to our little cahier of witticism and criticism. Below, you will find articles organized by issue, as well as some content exclusive to this little virtual endeavour of ours. So, whether you are wasting time at work, or simply resting your eyes (and hands) between porn jaunts, enjoy.
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| An Open Letter From the Artfag (February, 2009) | |
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A Means of Fomenting Indignation (November, 2008) |
-Emory Douglas, The Department of Culture -Ryan Trecartin ---------------------------------- |
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What We Did Over Our Summer Vacation (September, 2008) |
discussed in this essay: -Tony Romano -The Quebec Triennial ---------------------------------- |
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Shallow Things That Offer Instantaneous Rewards (On Art-as-Product) (June 2008) |
-Terence Koh -The Thrush Holmes Empire ---------------------------------- |
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The Video Supplement (Late March 2008) Going About Their Superheroic Business (March 2008) |
-Queer Here, Queer Now 2: Sex Is So Abstract -Pleasure Dome's New Toronto Works 2008 ---------------------------------- -Drue Langlois/Hollie Dzama -John Abrams ---------------------------------- |
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Communication With Another Species (December,2007) |
-Toronto International Art Fair/Jerry Saltz -Andre Ethier ---------------------------------- |
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The Toronto Manifesto (July, 2007) |
discussed in this essay: -Love/Hate: New Crowned Glory in the GTA ---------------------------------- |
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New York, New York (April/May, 2007) |
discussed in this essay: -Tacita Dean -"Family Pictures" (Guggenheim) -Wilhelm Sasnal -Jonathan Monk -Nan Goldin -Pierre Bismuth -Phillippe Pareno and Rirkrit Tiravanija -Jeff Wall (MoMA) -"Not For Sale" (PS1) -Ryan Trecartin ----------------------------------- |
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a properly vituperative bang (February 2007) |
-We Can Do This Now -Steve Reinke ----------------------------------- |
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on painting and its discontents (October 2006) |
discussed in this essay: -Kent Dorn -RBC Canadian Painting Competition ----------------------------------- |
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an extravagant problem (August 2006) |
-Bruce LaBruce -Andy Warhol ----------------------------------- |
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arcane and impossible magic tricks (May 2006) |
-Fantasia -Peter Doig -Contact Festival ----------------------------------- |
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a turd of magnificent heft (March 2006) |
-Rebecca Anweiler -New Toronto Works 2006 -Controller: Artists Crack the Game Code ----------------------------------- |
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a palimpsestual pimp (December 2005) |
-Andy Fabo -The Hidden Cameras & Toronto Dance Theatre -Gladstone Hotel Grand Opening ----------------------------------- |
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hyperinflated grand-standery (October 2005) |
-Allyson Mitchell -Daryl Vocat -The 2004 Sobey Art Award Touring Exhibition ----------------------------------- |
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the heady aromas of superciliousness (July/August 2005) |
-Making History: Construction of a Queer Identity -Me and You and Everyone We Know -Margaux Williamson ----------------------------------- |
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nascent hormonal melodrama (May 2005) |
-My So-Called Life -Harmony Korine (Kodak Lecture Series) -G.B. Jones ----------------------------------- |
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an amusing twist (February/March 2005) |
-Bill Burns -BGL Collective (Besoin de Croire/Need to Believe) -AGO: Christo and Jeanne-Claude ----------------------------------- |
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eternal rutting penetration (December 2004) |
-Le Corps Gay/The Gay Body -Patrick DeCoste -Massimo Guerrera -Versus, 640 480 Collective ----------------------------------- |
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nostalgic language of grand romance (October 2004) |
-Steve Reinke -Daniel Barrow -Toronto Alternative Art Fair ----------------------------------- |
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plying our parched throats (Summer 2004) |
-AGO: Impressionist Visions -Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation: Dedicated and Generated ----------------------------------- |
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balls and anxiety (May, 2004) |
-Matthew Barney -Matt Bahen vs. Scott Waters -Jeremy Blake ----------------------------------- |
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sucker for a nice ass (March, 2004) |
-Andrew Harwood -Andres Serrano (Kodak Lecture Series) -Cloaca, Republic of Love, Daniel Richter -Peter Kingstone ----------------------------------- |
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the sting of a limp wrist (January, 2004)
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-SPIN Gallery re-opening -Pleasure Dome's New Toronto Works Show -Mike Bayne -Sinbad in the Rented World ----------------------------------- |
-Mona Hatoum (Montreal) -Interview With R.M. Vaughan -Scandale à Montreal: Roadsworth and Zahra Kazemi -Zsa Zsa Gallery Tribute -Scandale at the Untitled Art Awards -Scandale à Montreal, part deux -Canadian Art's Toronto Now |
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