Troy Brooks
knows a thing or two about bad girls.
The Toronto artist paints ethereal ruby lipped ladies (imagine a
glamorous Joan Crawford with the angst of Sylvia Plath) who are
beautiful but dangerous. I was bewitched by a hammer-wielding dame in
red velvet, an icy blonde clutching a shark and a Katharine Hepburn-type
leaning next to a chair engulfed in flames.
Brooks original femmes fatales sell like hot cakes but his new book. The
Women of Troy includes illustrations from the entire collection.
Bring all of them home (if you dare). Marianne Wisenthal
Troy Brooks at the Pentimento Gallery until July 15, 1164 Queen St. E.,
Toronto, 416-406-6772, www.pentimento.ca
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