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Coup de GraceA companion memento to the exhibit of the same name which was on display in Vancouver (2014) and Toronto (2015). Coupland is better known for his angst driven internet age novels such as Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture and Microserfs but he's also an accomplished presentation artist and the exhibit was a retrospective of his work along with some new pieces, largely consisting of everyday objects arranged in large scale tableaus, though some such as Mountain Landscape,...
I went to see Coupland talk about this, and in his own words, it's a catalogue for an exhibition. It's nice to get down off the high shelf once in a while and become immersed in Doug.
Love the cover art, but I think that Douglas Coupland is a better writer than a visual artist. He relies heavily on “found art objects”. Where’s the work in that?
Inspiring and beautiful
"Bad taste is real taste, and good taste is the residue of someone else's privilege."
This is a good companion to the exhibition I just went to in Toronto at ROM and MOCCA.
Just marvellous!