Mobilize by Caroline Monnet at Arsenal Contemporary Gallery
Gouvernement du Québec
Nov, 2017
Mobilize is part of Souvenir, a four-film series commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada to address Aboriginal identity and representation by reworking material in the NFB’s archives.
Kathleen Ryan Enters New York with a Rock Solid New Show
Cultured Magazine
Sep 11, 2017
If August tends to be a sleepy time for New York City, the art world in particular can seemingly come to a standstill.
Beg, Borrow, Steal : With Several Exhibitions Involving Appropriation, New York Has a Second ‘Pictures ‘ Moment
ArtNews, by Alex Greenberger
Aug 21, 2017
Hannah Perry’s densely layered photo-based works at Arsenal Contemporary also addressed this never-ending stream of images. Pictures of eyes, palm trees, and hands, all sourced from the Web, are superimposed on each other in these silkscreened pieces, along with text that hints at violence, both emotional and physical. “Get out of my life,” reads one.
Critics’ Pick
ArtForum, by Blair Cannon
Jul, 2017
This exhibition views the human body through its dehumanization. The show’s title alone, “Sticky Fingers,” evokes all manner of flesh, tainted and tantalizing. Caroline Mesquita’s carnival of sheet-metal monsters, displayed here as sculptures, also surrounds the artist in her video The Ballad, 2017, where they engage in standoffs and sexual acts.
Editor’s Picks : 14 Things to See in New York This Week
Artnet, by Sarah Cascone
Jul 10, 2017
Martha Kirszenbaum has curated this group show, featuring Meriem Bennani, Elizabeth Jaeger, Wanda Koop, Piotr Łakomy, An Te Liu, Elizabeth McIntosh, Caroline Mesquita, and Louise Sartor, by bringing together works that “evoke the fragile tangibility of the human body, intertwining materiality with theatrical playfulness” to “ultimately disclose the vast disconnectedness and loneliness of modern existence.”
Room Full of People: Mark Jenkins and the Perception of Presence
By Anna Kovler
Jun, 2017
As soon as the summer show was mounted at Arsenal Contemporary in Toronto, concerned neighbors began calling the police. They were worried about two people sitting on the roof of the building, a sheet thrown over their heads. Despite their perch atop an art gallery, and their obvious lack of movement, onlookers were convinced these were real people.
Emily Hall on Ed Fornieles
Artforum, by Emily Hall
Jun, 2017
The Finiliars are awfully cute. Genderless, possessed of pastel-hued Teletubby bodies and gumdrop heads, they live in a verdant valley where they adorably play soccer, blow bubbles, and roll about in the grass.
Hannah Perry at Arsenal Contemporary NYC
Art Viewer
Jun 1, 2017
Arsenal Contemporary is proud to present Viruses Worth Spreading, an exhibition of new work by Hannah Perry on view from May 3 through July 2. The exhibition also comprised of Erotic Discourse 4, a performance by the artist, in collaboration with composer and musician Adam Bainbridge, performance curator Richie Shazam Khan, and clothing designer HYDRA.
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Artist Hannah Perry
FAD Magazine, by Marcelle Joseph
May 26, 2017
British artist Hannah Perry took over Manhattan during Frieze New York this year, with a solo show that opened on 3rd May at Arsenal Contemporary entitled Viruses Worth Spreading (on until 2nd July 2017).
Hannah Perry’s "Viruses Worth Spreading”
Whitewall
May 25, 2017
Hannah Perry‘s “Viruses Worth Spreading” is currently on view at Arsenal Contemporary in New York. On view until July 2, the exhibition of new work is set up as an experiences for the senses.
Hannah Perry : Viruses Worth Spreading
ArtReview, by Jeppe Ugelvig
May, 2017
During the performance at her new solo show, British artist Hannah Perry is seen sitting on the floor, hunched over her laptop and typing while smoking a cigarette. In the dark room around her, a group of performers bounce off contorted white blobs in plastic and foam scattered on the ground, momentarily enacting postures of affect such as longing, despair, anger and desire.
Beyond the Fairs : Your Fo-to Guide to Openings and Events During Frieze Week 2017
Artnet, by Sarbani Ghosh & Sarah Cascone
Apr 30, 2017
“Hannah Perry: Viruses Worth Spreading” at Arsenal Contemporary Arsenal has transformed their main gallery into a multi-sensory installation for Hannah Perry’s work, which deals with the so-called working aesthetic and its ties to culture and ritual.
The 25 Shows You Need to See during Frieze Week
Artsy, by Casey Lesser
Apr 27, 2017
Perry makes multidisciplinary work that probes gender, the internet, and social class, often tapping into the working-class aesthetics of auto-body shops common to her hometown in North West England. For this exhibition, Perry conjures heartache and trauma through a multisensory installation of video, sculpture, and music.
The 25 Shows You Need to See during Frieze Week (Copy)
Artnet, by Sarah Cascone
Apr 17, 2017
Ed Fornieles’s latest art project could just as easily be the next hot craze among tweens. It’s called “Finiliar,” and it’s a new species of cute, Tamogotchi-like digital creatures who have invaded the Bowery’s newest art center, the first American outpost of Canada’s Arsenal Contemporary.
Ed Fornieles Finiliars At the Arsenal Contemporary New York
Purple Diary
Mar 23, 2017
The inaugural exhibition at The Arsenal Contemporary New York, “Finiliars”, presents adorable animated characters who react to complex data systems. In the case of this exhibition three cartoons are linked to the real-time value of different currencies:
Ed Fornieles Finiliars At the Arsenal Contemporary New York (Copy)
Artsy
Feb 24, 2017
Inaugurating the Canadian art space’s New York venue, British artist Fornieles presents an exhibition of sculpture and animated videos that envisions the circulation of global capital through endearing animated characters he’s created. Inspired by Japanese Tamagotchi creatures and kawaii culture, each is tied to a real currency.