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www.trepanierbaer.comDouglas Coupland:Twelve Slogans for the Early Twenty-first CenturyTRÉPANIERBAER GALLERY, CALGARY AB – Dec 8-Jan 14, 2012 Twelve Slogans for the Early Twenty-firstCentury (2011) is a limited edition of six prints plus two artist proofs. Each edition includes 12 differentslogans on coloured panels measuring 22 ¥ 17 ¥0.5 inches. The McLuhanesque slogans areappropriate for the times: “Our only hope is toinvent something smarter than ourselves” and“It’s okay to want to stop being an individual”.The exhibit also includes samples fromCoupland’s new Momento Mori series of 28paintings shown at the Toronto Art Fair(2011). The QR paintings and accompanyingcone sculptures are vividly coloured and opticallyappealing. Scanned with a QR code reader,the paintings reveal such phrases as“Everything Beautiful is True”. As Couplanddescribes them, they are “imprecations toyoung people to take the preciousness of lifeand move forward with it”. Mixing phrases like“God is Great” beside “Whoever Dies WithThe Most Toys Wins” creates some startlingeffects. Installed alongside are beautiful, solidmaple cones with steel tips and bases.Douglas Coupland, the recipient of manyawards and honours, is a world-famousdesigner, lecturer and author with more thantwo dozen works of fiction to his credit. Hisrecent biography of Marshall McLuhan (partof the Penguin Canada series, ExtraordinaryCanadians) has much of his recent practice.Coupland graduated from the Emily CarrDouglas Coupland, L: Everything Beautiful is True (2011), acrylic andlatex on canvas, R: A Deep Meditation About Plastic No. 2 (2011),steel, alder, lacquer [TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary AB, Dec 8-Jan 14]College of Art and Design (1984) with a focus on sculpture, and continued his studies at the EuropeanDesign Institute in Milan, Italy and the Hokkaido College of Art and Design in Sapporo,Japan. He currently lives and works in West Vancouver. Mia JohnsonPHOTO: TRÉPANIERBAER GALLERY30 artworks with a global perspectiveon the artist’s career.Inglewood Fine Arts1223B 9th Ave SE✆403-262-5011 587-226-1415www.inglewoodfinearts.comwed-sat 10:30am-5pm sun 12-4pm,mon-tues by appt. Permanent exhibitionCharles Carson, HumbertoPinochet, paintings.Jarvis Hall Fine Art617 11th Ave SW, Lower Level✆403-206-9942www.jarvishallfineart.comtues-sat 10am-5pm. Nov 5-Dec17 Elena Evanoff, new paintings;Jan 14-Feb 24 Dean Turner, newphotographs.★ Museum of ContemporaryArt – Calgary104-800 Macleod Trail SE✆403-262-1737www.mocacalgary.comtues-fri 11am-5pm sat 12-4pm.Admission: adults $4, seniors/students$2, family $5. gallery membersfree, thurs free. Thru Nov 19 UPPERGALLERY “The Triangle Gallery PrintFolio Fundraiser”, in support of thenew Museum of Contemporary Art –Calgary, offers art collectors and aficionadosa unique opportunity toacquire a portfolio of 12 original limitededition prints (edition of 12) bynationally and internationally recognizedAlberta-based print and multimediaartists William Laing, LizIngram, Jeffrey Spalding, JohnWill, Helena Hadala, Chris Cran,Eric Cameron, Peter Deacon, SetsukoMoulton, Marjan Eggermont,Catherine Huang-Tam and GaryOlson; LOWER GALLERY “Calgary Modern:Contemporary Art from CalgaryCollections”, outstanding works ofpost-World War II art by renownedEuropean, American and Canadianartists drawn from private and cor-14 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS