Additional Images

Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto

Literature:

Curnoe, Greg. Michael Gibson Gallery. Accessed March 07, 2015. http://www.gibsongallery.com/exhibitions/greg-curnoe-text.

Note:

“I was brought up on comic books and on children’s books with captions. It was so natural for me to associate type and text with a picture.”

In the last body of work produced by Greg Curnoe, the multi-disciplinary artist focused primarily on self-portraits and stamped, lettered work. Known primarily for his colourful paintings, prints and drawings reminiscent of the Pop Art movement, the work of Curnoe always depended on subject and narrative. 54 (1990), created two years before the artist’s death in 1992, is an ink on paper composition within an artist-made aluminum frame. This direction taken by Curnoe in his later life helps document his commitment to the London, Ontario arts community where he celebrated contemporary art and initiated the creative movement known as “London Regionalism”.

Greg Curnoe attended the Doon School of Fine Arts in Kitchener (Ontario) before attending the Ontario College of Art from 1957-1960. In 1961 Curnoe returned to London, Ontario, where he co-founded Region Magazine and the Region Art Gallery. His career flourished in the late 1960s, as he was chosen to represent Canada at the Sao Paulo Bienal in 1969 and at the Venice Biennale in 1976.