Douglas Coupland Revives a Lost Automotive Art with His Psychedelic Car Hoods
For fans of art, vintage muscle cars and MTV’s Pimp My Ride, there’s a new exhibition just for you. Douglas Coupland, one of Canada’s foremost visual artists, is back with Fordite: Neominerology in the Anthropocene, his new exhibition at Daniel Faria Gallery in Toronto. Fordite is a material derived from layers of old automotive paint that have been cut and polished. Through a painstaking painting process, Coupland mimics the look and feel of