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NEXUS:
Histories and Communities
From Sculpture to
Installation
In the thirty-year period being celebrated by this anniversary exhibition,
tremendous changes in attitude and method toward sculpture in the Western
world occurred. Following from notions of the earlier twentieth century,
such as the movement off the pedestal, penetration of solid form, as well
as the assemblage method of working, the 1970s ushered in Minimalism in
art. From there, sculpture metamorphosed in the hands of many artists to
conceptually-based installation work. Some of these sea changes are
embodied in the holdings of sculpture within the collection, as
exemplified in this section of the exhibition.
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Collection photography: Stacie
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From Sculpture to Installation
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Joyce Casorso McDonald (Canadian, b.
1931), Destiny, 1984, bronze with marble base, ed. 4/10, 25
x 17 x 17 cm.
Gift of Neil McDonald, 1985.
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Robert Dow Reid (Canadian, b.
Scotland, 1933), Cocktail Party, 1976, whale ivory and
soapstone on wood base, 32 x 33 x 32 cm.
Gift of the Okanagan Mainline Regional Arts Council, 1995.
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Barbara Astman (Canadian, b. USA,
1950), Places series, the florida room, 1982, linoleum and
wood construction, c. 23 x 94 x 7.5 cm.
Gift of the artist, 2001.
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Barbara Astman (Canadian, b. USA,
1950), Places series, cottage country, 1982, linoleum and
wood construction, c. 30.5 x 68.5 x 13 cm.
Gift of the artist, 2001.
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Barbara Astman (Canadian, b. USA,
1950), Places series, teaneck, recroom, neckroom, 1982,
linoleum and wood construction, c. 23 x 102 x 23 cm.
Gift of the artist, 2001.
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Margaret Priest (Canadian, b.
England, 1944), The Critic’s Armchair, untitled Table II, 1996,
marble, steel, wood, aluminum,
with graphite on paper drawing under glass, 57 x
101.5 x 55.5 cm.
Purchased 2001, support provided by the Canada Council Acquisition
Assistance Program.
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Richard Prince (Canadian, b. 1949), A
Breeze on the Southern Isle, 1976, mixed-media kinetic sculpture,
33 x 74 x 30.5 cm.
Gift of Kathryn and Richard Prince, 2003.
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