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Winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

2010 winners

 (Photo: Martin Lipman, Canada Council for the Arts)
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 The winners with Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean‑Daniel Lafond (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada)
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 The winners with Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean‑Daniel Lafond; Simon Brault, Canada Council Vice-Chair (left); Nancy Rosenfeld, Executive Director, Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation (right); and Bob Sirman, Canada Council Director and CEO (left) (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada)
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Haida sculptor Robert Davidson

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 Ravenous, 2003, carved cedar sculpture, 61 x 61 x 10.2 cm. Private collection. Photo: Kenji Nagai.
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 Supernatural Eye, 2006, aluminum sculpture, 195.5 x 116.8 x 58.4 cm. Collection of the artist. Photo: Kenji Nagai.
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 Mr. Davidson and Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean‑Daniel Lafond (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada)
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Filmmaker André Forcier

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 Au clair de la lune, 1983, feature-length film, colour, 35 mm, 92 min, production: Les Productions Albinie and NFB. Collection: Cinémathèque québécoise. Photo: Pierre Beaudin - Jean Caron
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 Les États-Unis d’Albert, 2005, feature-length film, colour, 35 mm, 90 min, coproduction: Canada / France / Switzerland ; Productions Thalie, Link’s Productions and Bohemian film. Collection: Cinémathèque québécoise.
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 Mr. Forcier and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada)
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Painter Rita Letendre

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 Blues, 1972, acrylic on canvas, 150.3 x 125 cm, collection of the artist
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 Sunrise (Toronto), 1971, 18 x 18 m
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 Ms. Letendre and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
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 Ms. Letendre and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
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Video artist Tom Sherman

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 Before Letting Go, 2004, colour, stereo, 6 min 42 sec.
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 Envisioner, 1978, black and white, mono, 3 min.
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 Mr. Sherman and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
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Photographer Gabor Szilasi

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 Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montréal, 1967, gelatin silver print, 27.9 x 35.6 cm. Collection of the artist.
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 Jeanne Lessard, avenue du Palais, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Beauce, 1973, gelatin silver print, 46 x 36 cm (image). Collection of the artist and various collections.
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 Mr. Szilasi and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
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Painter Claude Tousignant

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 Double Céphéide mai-juin 1997, 1997, acrylic on canvas, 173 x 260 cm (each). Collection of the artist. Photo : Courtesy of Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; Guy L’Heureux
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 Modulateur luso-chromatique orange, 2008, acrylic on aluminum, 284 x 140 x 128 cm. Collection of the artist. Photo: Courtesy of Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; Guy L’Heureux
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 Mr. Tousignant and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
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Glass sculptor Ione Thorkelsson (Saidye Bronfman Award)

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 Rex, 2009, cast glass, 22 x 18.5 x 34.5 cm. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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 Three-footed bowl, 1993, cast glass, 11.5 x 16 cm. Photo courtesy of the artist
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 Nancy Rosenfeld, Executive Director of The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation; Ms. Thorkelsson; and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
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Terry Ryan - Outstanding Contribution

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 Terry Ryan with artists Parr, Kiakshuk, Pitseolak Ashoona, Kenojuak Ashevak, Eegyvadluk Ragee, Lucy Qinnuayuak, Napachie Pootoogook, Pudlo Pudlat. Cape Dorset, 1961. Photo : NFB
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 Pitseolak Niviaqsi, printmaker, with work entitled My New Accordion, 1989
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 Mr. Ryan and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (Photo: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall, © 2010 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
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