To celebrate the occasion of our first annual virtual benefit “As Good As Rocks” on February 10, 2024, The Capilano Review is pleased to release a new series of prints by artist and TCR founder Pierre Coupey. Originally featured in our 50th anniversary issue set, OR is comprised of a series of mixed-media archival cover interventions which reflect the unique visual history of the magazine.
As Coupey writes, “With these five appropriated and altered TCR covers, I wanted to pay homage not only to The Capilano Review’s tradition of selecting beautiful and elegant covers, but also to the editors who faced the inherent problem of making this selection for each and every issue published over the last fifty years. Each editor had to make a choice: it was either this image or this one or this one or this one. Sometimes the choice comes as a coup de foudre, but not always: very often the or is agonizing. I chose these five covers to engage with, one for each decade of The Capilano Review’s remarkable existence, for their innate potential to highlight the editors’ critical decisions, the or of image selection. In the process, I have made them very slightly o(the)r.”
Only one of each print is available for sale. Each edition is inkjet-printed on archival-quality Arches watercolour paper. Framing can be arranged for an additional cost.
All proceeds from the sale of the prints will go towards supporting The Capilano Review’s triannual print magazine and year-round public programs.
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Custom framing can be arranged for an additional cost. Please inquire at contact@thecapilanoreview.com.
