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It’s a gigantic plum to be chosen as the artist representing your country in the prestigious Venice Biennale

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Canadian mixed-media artist Shary Boyle will be the showcase artist later this spring at the Canadian pavilion at the Venice Bienalle, one of the most important, influential and longest-running international venues for art. Here’s a selection of her work.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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The Mute (2012)

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Virus, 2009

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Virus, 2009. Detail, projection viewDavid Jacques

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Shary Boyle, White Light, 2010. Detail. Foam, textile, string, porcelain, hair, black light, 305 x 305 x 183 cm. Courtesy the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.Ian Lefebvre

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Self-Immolation, 2011. Detail. Ink and gouache on paper, 72.4 x 51.4 cm.

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Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows, Everything Under the Moon, 2012, performance still. Presented at the Harbourfront Centre World Stage 2012, Toronto. .Christopher Wahl

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