401

"Described by the artist as "A highway interacts with the city", '401' does not illustrate the titular Ontarian highway populated and abuzz as one would expect, but rather strips it of all people, vehicles, and overtly identifying markers. Pared and streamlined down to thin white outlines against uniform green paper, the 401 comes to resemble vegetal venation patterns that seem to connect to each other across the turning pages. In its focus on de/re-contextualizing urban geography, this perfect-bound publication bears an affinity with two other works by the Italy-born, Toronto-based visual artist, 'Every Intersection on Yonge Street' and 'Los Angeles Shattered'."--Printed Matter [https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/38976].