Press
Section 3a
Canadian
artists who’ve made it big in New York are few and far between but the number
of artists who travel to the mecca of the modern world is astronomical. Chances
are that anyone who’s been in the Toronto art scene for a while has made the
pilgrimage to New York, even distinctly Canadian artists like Joyce Wieland.
And the artists that do make a name for themselves in New York often make
huge contributions to the city’s art scene (like Leonard Cohen when he wrote
“Chelsea Hotel”. I just found out that that song’s about Janis Joplin—where’ve
I been?!?) and Allan Belcher, who had his “Nature Mort” 
gallery
in the East Village in the eighties.
In
1997, Canadian artist Audrey Regan made it big in the Big Apple with her cyber-art
show @Audart. The show featured Toronto artist Barbara McGivern painting over
another Toronto artist’s (Alice Burton) figurative works as well as real dancers
performing with virtual dancers.
by Elizabeth Pagliacolo
WORK - TANK
As the journalism component, Tank is also work. 's raison d'etre. Tank affords the show dynamic dialogue via informed intelligence. And there's the hook, Tank actually does the exhaustive research that it juxtaposes with the glamourizing work. No cursory infotainment B.S.--regardless work.'s slant, Tank raises the bar on what's savvy.
