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THE ABDUCTION OF SEVEN* FORGERS
*plus one falsely accused
Olive is used to being overlooked. When she receives a mysterious invitation to be feted in London, UK, she doesn't ask too many questions. Thinking that her time for acclaim has finally come, she buys her own plane ticket and makes her way to a house in a leafy suburb.
Her work, along with that of Amir Haghighi (miniatures), Sanam Haghighi (calligraphy), Angela Tranquilina Efran Quintero (installation in the Black Forest), and others, has been acquired by art collector Jackie Lin. Trying to recapture a moment from his past, Lin has been instinctively, inexplicably drawn, not to anything real, but to counterfeits. The worthless paintings have piled up and now he wants his revenge. After luring seven forgers to the home of another artist, he barricades them inside and sets them to an impossible project: to create a transformative artwork into which he can disappear.
But there is alchemy in this task. Because just like the bitter collector, these forgers have been seeking something as well. They want to respond to the beauty of the world but they don't know how to do it. Now, within this collective creation, they might finally find a way to mirror the multiplicity of the world. If only they can continue to hide young Ezra Coen, whom they had camouflaged in their studios until he caught the attention of Mr. Lin's daughter
Sean Dixon explores the power of art in its creation and acquisition, and creates a vivid world where it is plausible for artworks to come to life simply by being made. For fans of The Goldfinch and the work of Yann Martel and David Mitchell.
SEAN DIXON is a playwright, novelist, and banjoist. His plays include Orphan Song and the Governor General's Award nominated A God in Need of Help. His debut novel The Girls Who Saw Everything was published in Canada, US, UK, and Romania, and was one of Quill & Quire's best books of the year. He lives in Toronto with his wife, the multi-award-winning documentary maker Katerina Cizek, and a daughter whose brilliant, funny, stubborn character permeates his work.
Her work, along with that of Amir Haghighi (miniatures), Sanam Haghighi (calligraphy), Angela Tranquilina Efran Quintero (installation in the Black Forest), and others, has been acquired by art collector Jackie Lin. Trying to recapture a moment from his past, Lin has been instinctively, inexplicably drawn, not to anything real, but to counterfeits. The worthless paintings have piled up and now he wants his revenge. After luring seven forgers to the home of another artist, he barricades them inside and sets them to an impossible project: to create a transformative artwork into which he can disappear.
But there is alchemy in this task. Because just like the bitter collector, these forgers have been seeking something as well. They want to respond to the beauty of the world but they don't know how to do it. Now, within this collective creation, they might finally find a way to mirror the multiplicity of the world. If only they can continue to hide young Ezra Coen, whom they had camouflaged in their studios until he caught the attention of Mr. Lin's daughter
Sean Dixon explores the power of art in its creation and acquisition, and creates a vivid world where it is plausible for artworks to come to life simply by being made. For fans of The Goldfinch and the work of Yann Martel and David Mitchell.
SEAN DIXON is a playwright, novelist, and banjoist. His plays include Orphan Song and the Governor General's Award nominated A God in Need of Help. His debut novel The Girls Who Saw Everything was published in Canada, US, UK, and Romania, and was one of Quill & Quire's best books of the year. He lives in Toronto with his wife, the multi-award-winning documentary maker Katerina Cizek, and a daughter whose brilliant, funny, stubborn character permeates his work.
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