Excess, exuberance, cheap knockoffs, and kitsch have literally invaded pop culture. Symptomatic of the trend, the term bling-bling seems especially suited for dealing with these artistic productions. First connected with hip-hop, the term has been taken up either to describe some conspicuous behaviour on the art scene, or to qualify works that employ overstated, flashy materials. The approach to bling-bling taken in this issue then, while offering an analysis of its particular aesthetics, affords varied reflections on different so-called “bling-bling” attitudes in contemporary society. Including the portfolios of Miguel Luciano, Agus Suwage and Dominique Sirois.
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Articles à la pièce
EDITO
The Artistic Bling-Bling: From Flashy Accessory to Social Critique SYLVETTE BABIN
BLING-BLING
All Around Bling-bling: The Art of Humanity in Civilization’s Cultural Surplus THIBAULT CARLES
All that Glitters Isn’t Gold: Kitsch, Bling-bling and Bullshit EMILY FALVEY
Bling-bling, Everytime I Come Around FABIEN LOSZACH
African Ice: Avant Car Guard’s Bling-bling ANDREW HENNLICH
Cooke-Sasseville’s Golden Recipe MARIE-ÈVE CHARRON
PORTFOLIOS Miguel Luciano Agus Suwage Dominique Sirois
ARTICLES
Program, Prostheses and Other Extensions JOCELYN ROBERT
elles@centrepompidou : Une nouvelle histoire ? THÉRÈSE ST-GELAIS
Paysage composté de Maryse Goudreau ADRIENNE LUCE
Still Life with Easter Everywhere EMILY ROSAMOND
France-Algeria, Go-betweens FLORENCE JAILLET
Marie-Claire Blais, la couleur éblouie SERGE MURPHY
AFFAIRE DE ZOUAVE
Bling-bang MICHEL F. CÔTÉ
REVIEWS
Paris | Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Nathalie Desmet
Montréal | Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Vivian Ralickas
Montréal | Fonderie Darling, Vivian Ralickas
New York | MELA Foundation, Mathieu Beauséjour
Toronto | Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Gabrielle Moser
Québec | Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Yann Pocreau
Toronto | MKG127, Gabrielle Moser