Anodyne
Friday, August 05, 2005
 

Greg Curnoe (1936-1992) View of Victoria Hospital, Second Series
1969-1971

Oil, rubber stamp and ink, graphite, and wallpaper on plywood; in Plexiglas strip frame, with audiotape, tape player, loudspeakers, and eight-page text

"The work plays with several ideas. One is a reference to painting by numbers. 'The numbers relate to actual events in Curnoe’s life,' says Leclerc. The coloured figures correspond to every kind of phenomena that Curnoe viewed from his studio window: weather conditions, light effects, birds, traffic. Not all numbers represent actual events. Look in the upper right area of the canvas: you’ll see an American B-58 Hustler bomber being shot down by a Canadian. Curnoe, like many of his Canuck cohorts, was virulently anti-American. Ironically, when Curnoe was killed in a cycling accident, his body was taken to this hospital."

Misdescribed this afternoon to a visiting Gwynedd Elaine and posted here for completeness' sake.

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