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Canadian Art

Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins: Savvy Self-Directors

AN ONLINE SUPPLEMENT FOR THE FALL 2009 PRINT EDITION OF CANADIAN ART
Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins <i>Project for a New American Century</i> 2009 Installation view at the Art Gallery of York University Courtesy Georgia Scherman Projects / Photo Corey Goodyear Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins Project for a New American Century 2009 Installation view at the Art Gallery of York University Courtesy Georgia Scherman Projects / Photo Corey Goodyear

Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins <i>Project for a New American Century</i> 2009 Installation view at the Art Gallery of York University Courtesy Georgia Scherman Projects / Photo Corey Goodyear

Smart, skeptical and self-directed, Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins take on vernacular themes in a savvy way through various media. Critic and curator Ben Portis reviews the duo’s development in “Finders Keepers,” an essay in the fall 2009 edition of Canadian Art. This special online slideshow of Marman and Borins’ work provides 13 images that trace their distinctive approach up to the present day.

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This article was first published online on September 10, 2009.

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