Curious Lifeforms of Janet Van Fleet

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The materials Janet Van Fleet uses to make "Curious Lifeforms" (a series of sculptures of humans and animals) are sticks, rusty nails, buttons, and old clothespins. "As I gather (and subsequently manipulate and assemble) these materials, I become an archivist, preserving and bringing into new relationships oddities from material culture and natural history that would otherwise disappear into the planetary dumpster."

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The Pocket Shrines of Nina Gaby

Pocket Shrine: Lucky by Nina Gaby

Nina Gaby’s Pocket Shrines are intimate sacred vessels that incorporate the fragments of those old religions: Virgin Mary, Maneki Neko, dice, glitter, etc. Each Shrine is an ornamented box that contains a tassel of sacred objects reflecting its theme or purpose.

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One Man Corporation: An Interview with Ben Depelteau

PX C self-portrait

By presenting himself as the corporate entity, Px(c), Depelteau makes a cultural statement about the dominance of commercial culture in everyday life. ARTSHOP sat down with him and asked him what all that was about.

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Big Winner by Carl David Ruttan

Big Winner Folio by Carl David Ruttan

Details: folio of 10 prints, each 10"x8" | digital prints with signed and numbered cover sheet in 10.5"x8.5" folder in plastic sleeve | Edition of 50 | 2011 | $40.00

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Pig with Two Ears by Catherine Hall

Pig with Two Ears by Catherine Hall

Details: 4” x 5” x 3" | plaster, encaustic wax, latex mold | 2009 | $90.00

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How To Price Your Artwork by Ric Kasini Kadour

How To Price Your Artwork by Ric Kasini Kadour

Details: 7"x4.25" | saddle-stitched bound | 20 pages, illustrated cover | September 2005 | Edition of 100 | $15.00

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Yellow T-shirt by Hasemeister

Yellow T-shirt by Hasemeister

Details: Color Yellow | 100% cotton | Made in Canada | $30.00

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La commedia é Finita by Misanthrope Specialty Company

La commedia é Finita by Misanthrope Specialty Co.

Details: 7"x5" | xerography | unframed | 2010 | $10.00

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About Ashley Roark and “The Montreal Project”

Ashley Roark: The Montreal Project

Maison Kasini invited Ashley Roark to Montreal. She spent much of her time sourcing materials from around the Belgo Building, downtown Montreal, the Village, and Mile End. The results of her work were on view at Galerie Maison Kasini, October 19-November 19, 2011. These prints are the manifestation of that project.

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“Thanks For Nothing” Communication Card by Misanthrope Specialty Company

"Thanks For Nothing" Communication Card by Misanthrope Specialty Co.

“Thanks For Nothing” Communication Card by Misanthrope Specialty Company Details: 2″x3.5″ | label on balsa wood with envelope | 2010 | $4.00 $4

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Found Textured Tumbler (2 of 6) by Sophie Eisner

Found Textured Tumbler (2 of 6) by Sophie Eisner

Details: 3.25"x2.625"x1.75" | Thrown stoneware, textured from found pebbles/stones, celadon glaze, stained with red iron oxide | 2010 | $20.00

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Printoptik by Carl David Ruttan

Printoptik by Carl David Ruttan

How do we read the collage work of Carl David Ruttan? Printoptik acts as a lens presenting several points of view on this question. Details: 9"x7" | 66 pages | full colour images | ISBN: 978-0-9878094-1-4 | 2011 | $24.95

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The Montreal Project: Comma X by Ashley Roark

commaX by Ashley Roark

Details: 16"x12" | unframed | digital print | Edition of 3 | 2011 | $100.00

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The Montreal Project: 63 by Ashley Roark

63 by Ashley Roark

Details: 16"x12" | unframed | digital print | Edition of 3 | 2011 | $100.00

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Seth Rogen Talks about Seth on Conan

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"I'm a muse in the creative community of the bear-loving world, like the Venus de Milo perhaps," said Rogen during the interview. Rogen and host Conan O'Brien go on to show images from the book while Rogen comments on the images. "I call that one Come and Get Me," said Rogen.

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