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Important Moments in
the History of Canadian Visual Culture
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1968 TO PRESENT Compiled by Robert J. Belton 1993
For the October election, Preston Manning's Reform Party
capitalizes on popular sentiment by targeting recent,
controversial acquisitions by the National Gallery as
examples of government waste and deficit building. Canadian
Pacific adds the American flag to its logo. Air Canada's
planes get new tail decorations, designed by an American
firm.Vancouver artist Gideon Flitt shows paintings
describing the oppression of white males. Artist
Eli Langer is charged under new child pornography laws
for his show of explicit drawings at Mercer Union in
Toronto (Dec.). The Art Gallery of Windsor moves into
a local shopping mall and, counter to expectations,
attendance figures go up.
There is heated debate in Vancouver over the proposed
inscription for a public monument to "all the women
murdered by men," although Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
and Winnipeg already have similar commemorations (July).
In Edmonton, an inukchuk is erected as a memorial to
an Inuit hero of two decades before, David Kootook (Aug.).
London,Ontario's Forest City Gallery hosts a month-long
neighbourhood project called "A Cup for A Cup," in which
nearly sixty artists and small-business operators collaborate
as equal partners outside the gallery walls (Sept.-Oct.).
Readers of the Vancouver Sun are upset over an editorial
cartoon of Justice Minister Kim Campbell as a female
warrior à la Madonna (Mar. 3). Douglas Cardinal is awarded
the Molson Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canada
Council (Mar. 8). The Canada Council announces serious
funding cutbacks (Mar. 13). The Art Gallery of Hamilton
announces layoffs and a four-day work week due to deteriorating
funding (Apr.). The Art Gallery of Ontario sues the
Cultural Property Review Board over the valuation of
donated works of art. Newly created Jean A. Chalmers
Awards are given to Jeff Wall and Francois Houdé for
visual arts and crafts, respectively (May 19).
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