POSTERS OF SEVEN
With the series entitled 'Posters of Seven' I continue to remix and sample from art history, this time by purchasing large reproductions from the National Gallery of Canada’s online shop. For Art Souterrain’s 2019 fund raiser, I deliverered a performance using posters of works form the Group of Seven which are part of the permanent collection of Canada's most important museum, in Ottawa. By crumpling the posters into balls of paper then framing these under clear boxes, I created new and original works from copies of some of the most recognised paintings in Canada.
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Avec la série intitulée "Affiches des Sept" je continue de remixer et d’échantillonner l’histoire de l’art, cette fois-ci en me procurant des reproductions de grand format de la boutique en ligne du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Pour la levée de fonds de 2019 d'Art Souterrain, j'ai livré une performance en utilisant des affiches d’œuvres du Groupe des Sept faisant partie de la collection permanente du plus important Musée au Canada, à Ottawa. En froissant ces affiches en boules de papier puis en plaçant ces boules sous des cloches transparentes, j'ai créé des nouvelles oeuvres originales à partir de copies de peintures parmi les plus reconnues au Canada.
Poster of Lawren S. Harris (Houses, St. Patrick Street), 61x71cm. Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
Poster of Franklin Carmichael (Autumn in Orilia), 76x69cm. Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
"Posters of Seven", general view before performance, 2019. Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
"Posters of Seven", performance still, 2019. Photo ©Thierry du Bois.
"Posters of Seven", performance still, 2019. Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
"Posters of Seven", performance still, 2019. Photo ©Thierry du Bois.
Photo ©Thierry du Bois
Photo ©Thierry du Bois
Photo ©Thierry du Bois
Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
Photo ©Thierry du Bois
Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
Photo ©Thierry du Bois
"Posters of Seven", partial view between moments of performance, 2019. Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
"Posters of Seven", general view after performance, 2019. Photo ©Tom Stockdale.
Poster of Tom Thomson (the Pool), 26x26x20cm. Photo ©Oli Sorenson.
Poster of Tom Thomson (the Pool), 26x26x20cm. Photo ©Oli Sorenson.
Poster of L. S. Harris (Houses, St. Patrick Street), 26x26x20cm. Photo ©Oli Sorenson.
Poster of Franklin Carmichael (Autumn in Orilia), 26x26x20cm. Photo ©Oli Sorenson.
Poster of Lauren S. Harris (Maligne Lake, Jasper Park), 26x26x20cm. Photo ©Oli Sorenson.
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