Jumbo Boogeyman in the Sky with Diamonds – (Douglas Coupland) Previous Next


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Size: 122 x 168 cm

Museum: Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, Canada)

Technique: Print

These works, comprised of circles of varying sizes and small plastic googly eyes, appear to the naked eye to be nothing more than an abstract composition. Looking at the work through the lens of a smartphone, however, reveals the face of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader who claimed responsibility for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Coupland offers the viewer the choice to ignore or actively see this contemporary figure. The twenty-first century has been shaped by many events but in Coupland

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