Kate Beaton, the artist behind award-winning historical comics, sits down with Teddy Wilson and chat about why Canadian history isn't lame subject matter for a comic, and how our national 'fathers of confederation' were like the 'legion of superheroes' of their day.
Her illustrations, prints, paintings and designs are seen from clothing to tattoos, to toys and albums covers. But exactly who is Tara McPherson? Well our own art nut Natasha Eloi got a chance to catch up with Tara while she was here T.O., to have a girly chat on Tara's world of art and toys.
Fancy fuzzy freak Natasha Eloi busts out the thigh-high boots and attends a charity fashion event that fans of Barbarella (maybe even Duran Duran) would find verrrry interesting.
Teddy Wilson uses Canadian Music Week as a thinly veiled excuse to catch up with one of his favorite Canadian artists, west coast laptop-rock queen, 'Christer'.
You've seen their wild colors and amazing on sidewalks, trains, alleyways, doorways and office buildings. But the gritty and sometime controversial art form known as street art is being taken from the streets and brought indoors in some of the most unlikeliest of places. Our own art nut Natasha Eloi got to the bottom of what's going on.
Shock rocker Corpusse has been scaring the hell out of some Torontonians for a few years now. With a show based on a minimalist goth/punk/glam mix and maximalist performance art, he's bent on pushing people's buttons, while he's in character that is. We talked to him about why he likes to get a rise out of folks.