Audie Murray, I recognize the ways you shift insides (Rugoru) (2021) Photo: Tony Hafkenscheid

Learning Language From the Land

This exhibition’s title is paraphrased from a quote by Eber Hampton, which concludes with the powerful line, “The source of our traditions is present.” That source, curator Missy LeBlanc writes, is the land: “We learn from the land, and we learn our language from the land.” The seven artists in [...]

Cinthia Arias Auz, El regreso al exilio (2021

Un sentiment d’appartenance

La galerie The Blue Building a ouvert ses portes à Halifax le 11 février 2021 avec une exposition collective intitulée Soft Launch qui présentait le travail de six des sept artistes avec qui elle collabore1. Depuis, des projets solos de trois des membres de ce groupe ont constitué la programmation. Cependant, pour [...]

Melanie Colosimo, When is a fence a ladder? (2021-2022) Nylon réflecteur, polyester. Édition 1-4 de 6, 229 x 94 x 23 cm chq. Photo : Ryan Josey. Courtoisie de The Blue Building Gallery

A Sense of Place

Halifax’s Blue Building Gallery opened its doors on February 11, 2021, with a group show called Soft Launch, featuring six of its seven anchor artists1. Since then, the programming has featured solo projects by three members of that group, but for the gallery’s first anniversary director Emily Falencki chose to [...]