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​THIS EXHIBIT HAS CLOSED.

2017 Canadian Biennial at the National Gallery of Canada,

from October 19, 2017 to March 18, 2018

This was a quick visit but there were some real stand-outs:  the very creative seal QR code which links to a YouTube story,  the artistic combination of a photograph with a sculptured outline and an art installation of a set with a video and a walk-through corner store with some interesting labels on the merchandise.

I thought that there was a recurring theme through much of this exhibit:  it was not all paintings or all photography as art installations.  For example, there was an definite mixing of photography and sculpture, sculptures/sets with videos, and even geometrics and letters went from the wall to the floor.  It was a welcome foray from the classic pure painting, or pure sculpture.  I noticed too that there was also a theme of social change and social angst throughout.

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