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Jacked! Exhibition Catalogue
Hard copies of this catalogue can be purchased through Hamilton Artists Inc. 155 James Street North, Hamilton ON (at the north west corner of James and Cannon Streets) Phone: 905.529.3355 E-mail: info@theinc.ca
Read moreLet It Burn
by Suzanne & Wayne Carte [Essay contribution to Jacked! catalogue] On Father’s Day I sat down with my Dad to talk about the spectacle mechanics of Steven Laurie’s work. Over a beer we discussed the moment where performance meets proformance and the art market meets the aftermarket. Growing up in Hamilton did you ever […]
Read moreBetween Labour and Leisure: Steven Laurie and the Working-Class Consciousness
by Stephanie Vegh From painting and sculpture to weaving and bricklaying, all crafts and trades were once equally recognized as acts of art, united by the common human need to make and counting among their number all forms of manufacture that could derive from the word’s Latin root in “making by hand.” As recently […]
Read moreOne Piece at a Time
By Olexander Wlasenko, Curator There is an evocative legend preserved in Johnny Cash’s 1976 recording “One Piece at a Time”. The song tells of a GM line-worker who embezzles auto parts to construct a Cadillac he would otherwise not be able to afford with his salary. At shift’s end the worker leaves the plant with […]
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