General Idea
Life & Work by Sarah E.K. Smith
Showcard Series 1975–79
General Idea, Showcard Series, 1975–79
Serigraphed cards with photographs, each card 45.7 x 35.6 cm
Various collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto;
the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and Collection of the Carmen Lamanna
Estate, Toronto1
Showcard Series illuminates General Idea’s developing mythology during the pivotal first
decade of their work together. It documents the many conceptual structures that shaped
their work at the time and contains ideas the group advanced in subsequent projects.
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