Dorota Kozinska: "130 Little Buddhas For What Ails You" Montreal Gazette. Friday October 20, 1998

130 little Buddhas for what ails you

Toronto artist Mitch Robertson creates souvenirs of a pop culture in doll portraits and identical plaster buddhas, and they can be yours at Dare-Dare, 460 Ste. Catherine St. W, Room 505. Focusing on our obsession with "fame, beauty, wealth, and collectibles," the 24-year-old artist has started a mass-produced collection, his own "precious art museum." The exhibition is composed of 10 framed works Famous™ doll portraits - and 130 Famous™ buddhas. The little garishly painted buddhas and the printouts taken from advertisements for porcelain dolls from Chatelaine and Good Housekeeping make for a wild combination, but humour is the glue. This is Robertson's 15 minutes of fame, and everyone is welcome to join in. Art with tongue in cheek, Famous™ continues until Nov 29.

- Dorota Kozinska