THE ESTATE OF GENERAL IDEA Life & Work | Page 82

General Idea Life & Work by Sarah E.K. Smith National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 613-990-1985 gallery.ca The National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives has three distinct archival holdings that contain a wealth of material related to General Idea. These are the Art Metropole Collection, the General Idea Collection, and the Fern Bayer fonds. In addition to these, the museum holds a group of major installations dating from the early 1970s to the 1990s. General Idea, The 1971 Miss General Idea Pageant, 1971 Poster, photo screen print on wove paper 101.6 x 66 cm General Idea, Double Mirror Video (A Borderline Case), 1971 Black and white videotape, 5 min., 50 sec. General Idea, Manipulating the Self (Manipulating the Scene), 1973 Colour offset photolithograph on wove paper 73.8 x 58.5 cm General Idea, Showcard Series, 1975–79 Serigraphed cards with photographs Each card 45.7 x 35.6 cm 82