BARBARA ASTMAN "MIRABELLE" POLAROID, 1978Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and photocopiers to mention a few. Astman is acclaimed for her pioneering multi media approach, blending analog and digital techniques with materials or technology not typically used in the creation of fine art. In her work she addresses the intersection of identity, feminism,

Here a traditional typewriter both embosses and prints self-descriptive text enlivening the portraits it surrounds

This work has a fascinating provenance

art collecting and AIDS

back-and-forth strokes

Ranging from voluminous hamburgers (famously on display at the AGO) to ballistic badminton shuttlecocks

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amorphous forms executed in violet

75" (work)

This piece is included in the collection at MoMA (NYC)

Ford's work is celebrated in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art (New York)

an imposing black form resembling a thick brushstroke

Joy Charbonneau is a well-known and vital contributor to the Canadian design community