Jeremy Hof
Jeremy Hof, Georgia Straight
Entangled is a big, energetic, and engaging exhibition. It trots us past an abundance of contemporary works, from John Heward’s hanging pieces of paint-stained fabric to Jessica Groome’s tabletop paper “flags”, and from Neil Campbell’s eye-popping black-on-white mural to Jeanie Riddle’s installation of neatly folded canvases set against a brilliant yellow ground. Composed of some …
Jeremy Hof, Two Coats of Paint
Contributed by Dion Kliner / A preamble: An elephant in a living room, as unlikely as it is to find one there, would never be mistaken for a couch. That is something of the situation that Jeremy Hof’s work puts one in; forcing the unfortunate necessity of bringing up the question of a particular piece …
Jeremy Hof, Vancouver Sun
They look like coloured blocks of concrete left over from a construction site or maybe rocks used in some industrial process. In fact, they’re leftovers from making traditional sculptures out of materials such as soapstone. They’re distinctive because of their unusual combination of rough and smooth surfaces. What’s particularly striking are the colours: they’re in …
Jeremy Hof, Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Art Gallery is about to open an exhibition about contemporary painting. Some people might be tempted to say, “It’s about time.” To art world insiders, the exhibition signals a big change in the ideology around painting. Not too long ago, painting was considered dead. Finished. Forever left in the dustbin of history. Its …