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Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2009

GGAVMA 2009 News Release

GGAVMA Winners

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John Greer

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		Origins, 1995, bronze, 384 x 272 x 104 cm, Galerie d'art de la Nouvelle-Écosse. (Photo: Gracieuseté de l'artiste) View full size image

		Prehistory, 1995, marble, steel, 360 x 80 x 60 cm, collection of the artist. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist) View full size image

Nobuo Kubota

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		Artists Jazz Band, circa 1962. View full size image

		Sound Cage, 1982, aluminum piping, various instruments and sound-making devices, 1,5 x 1,5 x 2,3 m. View full size image

Kevin Lockau

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		Venus Unties Her Vulcan Dogs, 2008, sand cast glass, cast aluminum, wood, paint, 99,1 x 78,7 x 35,6 cm. (Photo : Tracy Wall/studio105photography.com) View full size image

		Behavioral Studies of Tolerance, 2009, sand cast glass, enamel paint, concrete; forged steel / acier forgé (metalwork), coyotes life-sized, positions variable. (Photo: Tracy Wall/studio105photography.com) View full size image

Rita McKeough

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		Destruck, 1983, performance, installation, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery. (Photo : Courtesy of the artist) View full size image

		The Long Haul, 2008, performance, installation, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg. (Photo : Bill Eakin) View full size image

Robert Morin

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		Yes Sir! Madame..., 1994, feature-length drama, colour, 16mm + video, production: Coop Vidéo de Montréal. (Photo: Robert Morin. View full size image

		Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting, 2008, feature-length drama colour, HD, 91 min, production: Coop Vidéo de Montréal. (Photo: Olivier Léger) View full size image

Raymond Moriyama

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		Bata Shoe Museum, 1995, Toronto. (Photo: Courtesy Moriyama & Teshima Architects) View full size image

		Canadian War Museum, 2005, Ottawa. (Photo : Tom Arban) View full size image

Gordon Smith

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		Wet Night, 1953, oil on canvas, 70 x 84 cm. Vancouver Art Gallery (T. Eaton Co. Picture Purchase Fund). (Photo: VAG / Trevor Mills) View full size image

		Creek Tangle #2, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 152,4 x 165,1 cm. Equinox Gallery. (Photo: Equinox Gallery) View full size image

Tony Urquhart + Kim Ondaatje

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		Kim Ondaatje, Jack Chambers, Tony Urquhart, Second National Conference, Canadian Artists Representation, 1973. View full size image

		A demonstration promoting copyright on the steps of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1998. (Photo: Garry Conway. Courtesy of CARFAC Ontario) View full size image

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