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Sobey Finalists 2010: Brendan Fernandes
An Online Supplement to the Summer 2010 Print Edition of Canadian Art
Brendan Fernandes Neo-Primitivism I 2007 Installation view
Toronto- and New York–based artist Brendan Fernandes has made a mark on both sides of the border recently—first for making the shortlist for this year’s In the Public Realm sculptural commission organized by New York’s Public Art Fund and now for his 2010 Sobey Art Award nomination as the Ontario-region finalist. That attention is well founded as the Kenyan-born artist’s installations and sculptural works deftly tease out the contentious personal and political implications of a post-colonial worldview.
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