General Idea
Life & Work by Sarah E.K. Smith
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
613-990-1985
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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
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