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In Our Masthead: Neil Rough

by Art Fag City on September 16, 2008

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Neil Rough, Black and white photograph

Artist Biography

The recipient multiple Canada Council and New Brunswick Arts grants, Neil Rough lives and works in Halifax Nova Scotia and Sackville New Brunswick. His photograhs are part of The Canada Council Art Bank collection, and he exhibits regularly throughout Canada. Neil Rough will show his work at FRED as part of the Photopolis festival this October.

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Emerging Artist Neil Rough

by Art Fag City on October 20, 2006

Earlier in the week we entertained some discussion about where to find new artists. As noted elsewhere, art fairs are certainly one way to do this, but today I propose that art blogs are yet another. So let me introduce you to the work of photographer Neil Rough. The artist does not yet have gallery […]

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You Want It Darker: Robyn O’Neil’s “The Good Herd” At Susan Inglett Gallery

by Emily Colucci on February 23, 2017
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Is any art that depicts a vivid sense of doom and gloom immediately relevant in 2017? Yes, if Robyn O’Neil’s current solo exhibition The Good Herd is any indication.

Previously, the Los Angeles-based artist’s dark surrealism felt like an anachronism. Her drawings in exhibitions like 2011’s Hell were, at once, a throwback to Odilon Redon’s trippy drawings and Edward Gorey’s Goth wit. This didn’t exactly click during the comparative calm of the Obama years. But now, with the daily hellish roller coaster of Trump’s administration, O’Neil’s anonymous figures and ominous symbolism have become strikingly timely, addressing the isolation many feel from their fellow Americans who voted an orange demagogue into office.

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We Went to the LES: Neil Goldberg at PARTICIPANT INC

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on April 30, 2015
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I don’t know how much thought about this is really warranted though. I mean, what is there to say about the relationship of dog-shit commerce to microphone butt-fucking?

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Posting Notice

by Art Fag City on March 13, 2009

Michael Rivinus Fuller, Untitled photograph I’m on a plane to Austin today for South by Southwest.  No posts today.   Follow me on twitter for updates about the conference and the Texas Biennial.

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Happy Holidays!

by Art Fag City on December 31, 2008

Happy Holidays everyone! Art Fag City will resume posting on the second.

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Jon Claytor Makes Videos

by Art Fag City on November 13, 2007

Julie Doiron, No More. Directed by Jon Claytor Maritime artists sure keep busy. Last night’s surfing activities brought back the music videos Canadian painter Jon Claytor recently directed for Julie Doiron. The two methods of working share a clear connection; his video casting characters and unspoken narratives in the same way that his paintings suggest […]

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Posting Notice

by Art Fag City on September 25, 2007

Neil Rough  I’m out of town today, so enjoy an old favorite: Photographer Neil Rough

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