Robert Labossiere
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To be honest, my regular job is taking up most of my time, as it should of course. When I can, I am spending most of my other time writing about art, art policy, the economics of the art world, etc. on my blog Reading Art.

There are a few art projects on the go as well, some involving painting of all things!

Past exhibitions

2009
"Jobless Men Keep Going" - pamphlet, 16 pages, curated for the series Create the Situation by Jennifer Delos Reyes (unpublished)

2008
"Payday" - Convenience Gallery, Toronto March 8 - April 5, 2008 review in the Toronto Star

"N" - Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative (ERI), an exhibition of artist books, zines, printed works and multiples, March 13 - April 20, 2008

"DIY Souvenir Mountie Hat" - artist project in Paper Wait, published by Ace Art, Winnipeg

"Free Sign Project" - Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Toronto and other locations (ongoing)

2007
"Blogumenta" - the first international art fair to be held within the Facebook online social networking space

"Sloganeer - the University" -– installation and reading, Ryerson University, Toronto

"Sloganeer - Precarity Canada"” -– installation and reading, Smiling Buddha, Toronto

"ArcBox" - the artist-run centre in a box software system, online at arcbox/arcfranchise.html

2006
"Sloganeer"” -– installation and reading, The Banff Centre

"Executive Suite"” -– performance, The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre

"Piano Drop" online, for Art's Birthday pianodrop.html

2005
"26 artist-run centres for art'’s birthday”"– www.samplesize.ca, Western Front and others, also online here: 26artistruncentres_2005.html.

untitled carbon paper drawings - Kiss Machine, Vol. 10, The Disposable Issue

2004
"“unrelenting sunshine"” -– YYZine magazine, 4 page artistÂ's project, curated by Michael Klein

"monster"” -– www.samplesize.ca, QuickTime digital movie, curated by Kelly Mark