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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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by Ivan Jurakic Steven Laurie’s flamboyant artworks reiterate the original appeal of Pop art in the 1960s, tapping into the vernacular of muscle cars and street racing as subject matter. Like a latter-day Robert Indiana, Laurie appropriates common elements from hot-rod decals to high gloss finishes to make his ersatz artifacts. Pop art came about […]
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by Chris Down The object looks something like a cross between a recumbent rowing machine and a chopper. An engine mounted on a steel frame, a low-slung seat, chrome running boards, a cup holder, a tachometer, a forward facing muffler, a gas pedal. It is a machine that is meant to operate, to function. The […]
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Photo documentation of Supercrawl 2012 machine demonstration on James St. Hamilton.
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Clutch Showcase 05 Gearheads • The Fast And The Curious by Tod Emel Art of the Motor • One Piece at a Time by Olexander Wlasenko Jacked! • Machine en Abyme by Kelly Wood • Dragstrip Courage by Chris Down • I’m just here for the gasoline. by Ivan Jurakic • Let It Burn by Suzanne & Wayne […]
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