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Jacked!
This exhibition catalogue was produced for the Jacked! installation hosted by Hamilton Artists Inc. Link to individual authors/catalogue texts below: Dragstrip Courage by Chris Down I’m just here for the gasoline. by Ivan Jurakic Between Labour and Leisure: Steven Laurie and the Working-Class Consciousness by Stephanie Vegh Let it Burn by Suzanne & Wayne Carte […]
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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