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Meanwhile, near Delia, Alberta…

Translator My parents have now been living with Air over land since January. My mother, Lorna Sarah recently sent me some really beautiful images of the piece. I will have more to share eventually as the work is also being … Continue reading

05. April 2013 by Mackenzie Frère
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The News From Here: The 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art

Translator This past weekend I attended the opening of The News From Here: The 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art at the AGA in Edmonton. According to guest-curator Nancy Tousley, Alberta artists, working in the second decade of the 21st … Continue reading

28. January 2013 by Mackenzie Frère
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Air over land | installation part 1

Translator On Sunday, Kris and I travelled to the site where Air over land is to be installed. With the help of my father Ed Frère we hung one of the pieces to test the attachment point (This will likely … Continue reading

19. December 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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Pauline Macura Brown | Wounds, Scars, Recovery

Translator My work is informed by an exploration of my own identity as a first generation Canadian of Polish ancestry, an ancestry that has been overshadowed by my father’s WWII experience. As with many war veterans’ offspring: the second generation … Continue reading

13. November 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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ACAD Faculty Exhibit opens Thursday

TranslatorThe annual faculty exhibition at ACAD opens this Thursday November 15 and runs until December 8. Join me for the opening reception after 5 pm. I have not been posting a lot lately. Happily this is due to getting some … Continue reading

12. November 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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Folly: Château Mathieu

Translator Folly: Château Mathieu opens later this month at the Esplanade Art Gallery in Medicine Hat. In the summer of 2009, Alberta artists M.N. Hutchinson, Walter May, Gloria Mok, Greg Payce, Laura Vickerson and visual arts writer/curator Diana Sherlock received … Continue reading

16. September 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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Last night at Stride Gallery…

Translator Bill Morton’s exhibition Tinctorium is at Stride Gallery until October 19, 2012.

08. September 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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Bill Morton | Tinctorium

Translator Bill Morton’s exhibition Tinctorium opens tomorrow night at 8 pm at Stride Gallery in Calgary, Alberta and runs until October 19, 2012. I feel privileged to have contributed a text for this exhibition of work by my friend and mentor Bill Morton. … Continue reading

06. September 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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Suzen Green | The Mummers Party

Translator THE MUMMERS PARTY combines theatrical staging with sculptural knitted installation in an invested exploration of cultural identity, folklore and craft practice. Referring to the traditional folk practice of mumming, a lively and often drunken affair made popular in Newfoundland … Continue reading

06. September 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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Bill Morton exhibition opening soon…

Translator Last week I had the opportunity to take a few shots of Bill Morton at work on a new piece for his upcoming exhibtion Tinctorium, opening September 7 at Stride Gallery in Calgary. The exhibition will feature several new … Continue reading

13. August 2012 by Mackenzie Frère
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