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Matthew Teitelbaum

Matthew Teitelbaum, Director of the Art Gallery of Ontario and formerly curator at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MS, has organized a range of Canadian and international exhibitions including Paterson Ewen: Early Weathers/Heavenly Skies (AGO) in 1996.

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Art of Betty Goodwin, The

Art of Betty Goodwin, The

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Betty Goodwin is one of Canada's most accomplished and influential artists, and her powerful works about death, loss and the traces of life have influenced a generation of Canadian artists. "Her work is not a catalogue of distress," Anne Michaels writes, but "a record of hope in its most distilled form, potent and fiercely earned." To celebrate a c …

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Greg Curnoe

Greg Curnoe

Life & Stuff
edited by Dennis Reid & Matthew Teitelbaum
contributions by Sarah Milroy
edition:Hardcover
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This beautifully designed and comprehensive book is published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario. It is a splendid record of the work and life of a singularly significant Canadian artist who left a resonant legacy of the value of attachment to place. Greg Curnoe was known as a Canadian nationalist -- more specifically …

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Paterson Ewen

Paterson Ewen

introduction by Michael Ondaatje
contributions by Ron Graham & Eric Fischl
edited by Matthew Teitelbaum
edition:Hardcover
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Paterson Ewen is one of Canada's most accomplished and admired painters. He is famous for his monumental paintings of phenomena, powerful works that capture the grandeur of nature and extend the tradition of landscape painting in Canada. According to Michael Ondaatje, "Perhaps there is a balance and security in these precarious works because of the …

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Ron Benner

Ron Benner

Gardens of a Colonial Present / Jardins d'un présent colonial
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Part historical document, part interpretive examination, this publication contains photographic documentation, previously published material and newly commissioned essays that explore individual works produced over the course of London artist Ron Benner's lengthy career. While many texts have been written on his work, this publication is the first …

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The AGO Collection

The AGO Collection

Highlights
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Works from 1976 to 1994

Works from 1976 to 1994

Rodney Graham
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Catalogue published in conjunction with Parsifal (1882-39, 969, 364, 735 AD) and The School of Velocity, two time-based music installations. Cooperatively produced by the AGYU, Yves Gevaert, and The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Contains essays by Marie-Ange Brayer, Boris Groys, Matthew Teitelbaum, and Jeff Wall. Includes biblio …

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