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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Emoticon: Reflections on a Current Trend.


Braden Labonté

This essay examines a handful of exhibitions in Montréal and Toronto that included the works of several dozen artists. In many respects, it is a kind of sequel to the earlier articles, Softcore Modernism In Toronto and Primitve Glamour. Like those articles, it's a tad sketchy, but that happens when attempting to make a point, however simple, about something rather broad. And like those articles, it examines a current which is running through the work of many young artists in two of Canada's major cities. For the sake of simplicity, I've relegated myself to those who are involved in the least subtle of ways.