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Strange study
Strange study

Strange study

Date11/15/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Strange study: Tony Scherman poses with his pigment and melted wax painting; Wealth of Nations. The work features a strange; cripped figure walking on all fours. Half man or half boy; his long spindly limbs seem too filmsy to support his body; says art critic Christopher Hume.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0104163F
Renowned as painter poet and scholar, Barker Fairley says proudly 'I never went in any direction that wasn't congenial to me. Very strange!'
Renowned as painter poet and scholar, Barker Fairley says proudly 'I never went in any direction that wasn't congenial to me. Very strange!'
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An Unusual Blend of personal, historical and regional references, often with strange scale and color effects, is the trademark of John Boyle, a powerf(...)
An Unusual Blend of personal, historical and regional references, often with strange scale and color effects, is the trademark of John Boyle, a powerf(...)
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Rae Johnson poses with her masterful study in loneliness, The Dawn
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Greg Curnoe's meticulously rendered study of the CN Tower is no more distinguished a work than any art student could manage, says Star art critic Gary(...)
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Rubber man: Sarah Evis, a fourth year general studies student at the Ontario College of Arts, is quite sure of this foam man sitting jauntily upon a bench
Rubber man: Sarah Evis, a fourth year general studies student at the Ontario College of Arts, is quite sure of this foam man sitting jauntily upon a bench
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Ardent student: Jack Elmes' neighbors often bring him birds they find dead and he keeps them in the freezer so he can study their plumage for his paintings
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Cat that swallowed mouse is studies by Hanni Rothschild
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Yonge St. Margaret Dragu, above, says no one profits from this Yonge St. purge'
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Performance artist Margaret Dragu and partner Jim Munro have left their B
Performance artist Margaret Dragu and partner Jim Munro have left their B
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I hate simplicity in all its forms, says Dali, the painter who has gone beyond surrealism and now does paranoiac pictures. To prove his distaste for c(...)
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Right, eccentric but brilliant surrealist Salvador Dali is waiting for inspiration at his drawing board
Right, eccentric but brilliant surrealist Salvador Dali is waiting for inspiration at his drawing board
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