MN:XLVIII-27A-78

MN:XLVIII-27A-78Artwork Info About the Artist 1978 Gelatin silver print Signed by photographer, titled, and dated, in pencil, artist stamp, in ink, au verso Printed in 1979 Edition of 7 (#2 7) Charles Gagnon (born Montral, May 23, 1934; died April 16, 2003) is a major figure in Canadian contemporary art who, along with Michael Snow, is one of the few multidisciplinary artists of his generation. A common theme in his many artistic experiments, whether painting,

then a journalist and the Austrian editor for Heute

His photographs have been exhibited in institutions such as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

wit and philosopher

Following his experiences with the FSA in Puerto Rico

He creates a world filled with disfigured bodies in elaborate allegorical tableaus that never cease to engage and repulse

University of Victoria

Russia was in great turmoil in 1917

From the series "Tram Portraits"

Although these video and photo-based works are computer-rendered and manipulated

[B] LP 723

August 2016

photography provided an important link between the artistic forefront and an emerging technological culture