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Photo by Kyle Poirier
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NEXUS:
Histories and Communities
From the Figure to the
Body
Beginning with the academic traditions of the
eighteenth century, artists have honed their visual and drawing skills by
working with the nude model. In the twentieth century, the so-called
figure was reduced, even debased to a physical body in the practices of
artists who wanted to examine the body itself, for example, as a site for
cultural inscription, or as a host for disease.
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Collection photography: Stacie
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From the Figure to
the Body
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Stephen Leskard, untitled
[portrait of John Norris], undated [c. 1970s], charcoal on paper,
offered gift of Mary Leskard, 2007.
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Peter Greendale (Canadian), Ode
to C.P. [Christopher Pratt], 1986, charcoal and graphite on paper,
119 x 117 cm.
Gift of the Kelowna International Festival, 1986.
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Peter von Tiesenhausen (Canadian, b.
1959), Cut Line Figure, 1995, oil on canvas, 228 x 85 cm.
Gift of the artist, 1998.
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Nobuo Kubota (Canadian, b. 1932), Kelowna
Rhapsody, 1999, lithograph, 5/12, 54 x 41.5 cm.
Gift of the artist, 1999.
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Nobuo Kubota (Canadian, b. 1932), Okanagan
Muse, 1999, lithograph, ed. 5/14, 54 x 41.5 cm.
Gift of the artist, 1999.
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Eric Fischl (American. b. 1948),
untitled aquatint from untitled portfolio, 1989, ed. 92/100, sheet
size 90 x 137 cm. |
Gift of Diane and Ron Markey,
2001.
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Eric Fischl (American. b. 1948), untitled,
from Floating Islands portfolio, 1985, ed.
22/45, colour lithograph, sheet size 29 x 75 cm.
Gift of Diane and Ron Markey, 2001.
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Eric Fischl (American. b. 1948), untitled,
from Floating Islands portfolio, 1985, ed.
22/45, colour lithograph, sheet size 29 x 75 cm.
Gift of Diane and Ron Markey, 2001.
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Evan Penny (Canadian, b. South
Africa, 1953), Skin # 5, Series B, 1991, beeswax and
intaglio on panel, 92 x 92 cm.
Purchased 1997.
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