ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
We're all familiar with the profane, commercial Top Ten lists that permeate the media: the Top Ten pop songs of the week, the Top Ten box-office hits, the Top Ten sexiest actors,... But what happens to a Top Ten list in the hands of an artist? It can transform itself into an exercise of reflection, a vehicle for political commentary, or simply irreverent fun.

The group exhibition My Top Ten Favourite Things at the Visual Voice Art Gallery gathers ten artists, each taking a stab at compiling their very own, personal Top Ten list on a subject of their choice. The resulting artworks are lyrical, unique, quirky, charming, and humourous. For example, Emily Pelstring presents a series of quietly haunting drawings titled "My Top Ten Favourite Child Actresses with My Top Ten Favourite Wild Animals", Sigrún Jenny Bardadottir's work "Under Water, Top Ten Sinking Homes" echoes the current financial crisis, and Mike Patten's "My Top Ten Favourite Cereals" are a series of abstract panels created with colourful breakfast cereals.

For those inspired by the artists' take on the Top Ten, they can add their own voice to the exhibition: visitors will have a chance to create their own Top Ten lists on a wall-sized pin board in the gallery.

Exhibition Dates:
September 17 - October 8, 2009
Vernissage
Saturday, September 19, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

PARTICIPATING ARTIST

Sigrún Jenny Bardadottir
Under Water, Top Ten Sinking Homes
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Éric Bolduc
Mes dix trucs préférés
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Mariana Escribano
My Top Ten Moments of Domingo
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Bettina Forget
My Top Ten Favourite Deep Sky Objects
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Myriam Gaumond
Mes 10 petits plairirs préférés
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Jennifer Hamilton
My Top Ten Guitar Chords In Alphabetical Order
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Allan Mandrake
Mind Breaths: Top Ten Favorite Places To Wake Up in Late Summer in North America, or, why Allen Ginsberg is Still Alive and Well
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Marco Royal Nicodemo
My Top Ten Baseball Heroes
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Mike Patten
My Favourite Breakfast Cereals
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Emily Pelstring
My Top Ten Favourite Child Actresses With My Top Ten Favourite Wild Animals
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