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Jeanne Parkin

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The Three Graces, 1982

Painting of three silhouetted figures with furry human bodies and animal heads on a purple background.

General Idea, The Three Graces (Mural Fragment from the Villa Dei Misteri of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion), 1982, latex enamel on wood, 246 x 218 x 5 cm, Collection of Vancouver Art Gallery.

For the Canadian National Exhibition in 1983, Parkin curated the exhibition Attitude in the Automotive Building mezzanine at Exhibition Place in Toronto.


“Attitude was a show that featured outstanding contemporary Canadian artists. Among the pieces included in the exhibition were: Three Graces by General Idea, an entire installation by FASTWÜRMS, an incredible ten-foot drawing by John Scott of an airplane in flight, and a huge ‘Dinosaur’ sculpture by Sandra Meigs. Attitude was a riff on the Midway outside, with all of its razzle-dazzle and excitement. Over sixty thousand people attended the show.”

Gallery

Tobacco Patch by George Pepper, 1937

Painting of a woman looking down and wearing a veil

Portrait of a Lady by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460

Circular bullseye painting made of thin, contrasting stripes of colour

Chromatic Accelerator by Claude Tousignant, 1968

Painting of black clouds in a yellow sky over a dark field covered in white speckles

Hailstorm in Alberta by William Kurelek, 1961

Cubist painting of a seated woman, mostly in black and white with small strips of red

Femme assise by Pablo Picasso, 1927

Silkscreen print of Elvis Presley facing forward and holding a gun. On the left, he appears twice in colour and on the right he appears twice in black and white

Elvis I and II by Andy Warhol, 1963–64

Dark wooden cabinet with a red painted back and shelves. On the shelves are eight ceramic high-top sneakers glazed in blue and white.

Blue Running Shoes by Gathie Falk, 1973

Painting of dots and lines in the sky over an iceberg in a dark ocean.

Iceberg by Paterson Ewen, 1974

Quilt depicting a herd of caribou displayed on a wall, behind glass, in a subway station

Barren Ground Caribou by Joyce Wieland, 1977–78

Photograph of an abstract steel sculpture, painted orange, displayed on a university campus

Sticky Wicket by Mark di Suvero, 1978

Painting of three silhouetted figures with furry human bodies and animal heads on a purple background.

The Three Graces by General Idea, 1982

Painting of six men, some holding instruments, in front of a city block. The sky is covered in rows of vertical strokes of paint and also featurings a black card floating above the scene.

The London Six by John Boyle, 1984

Upside-down photograph of a large tree. People sit on a bench in the upper right of the frame.

Tree with Bench, Vancouver, B.C. by Rodney Graham, 1998

Abstract painting of horizontal peach stripes on top of an off-white background

Happy Holiday by Agnes Martin, 1999

Painting of a grid of rectangles separated with thick black lines. In the top-right corner is a bright red square

Infe©ted Mondrian #9 by General Idea, 1994

Black and white film still showing a crowd of women wearing black burquas on a beach and walking towards the water.

Rapture by Shirin Neshat, 1999

Painting of three rectangles with feathered edges, in white, red, and brown, on a dark background

No. 1, White and Red by Mark Rothko, 1962

Photograph of a city street with an LED display of walking figures placed outside of a store.

People Walking by Julian Opie, 2006

Photograph of an art gallery with bright geometric paintings displayed on the walls

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective at Mass MoCA

Photograph of an installation by David Altmejd

The Index by David Altmejd, 2007

Tobacco Patch by George Pepper, 1937

Painting of a woman looking down and wearing a veil

Portrait of a Lady by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460

Circular bullseye painting made of thin, contrasting stripes of colour

Chromatic Accelerator by Claude Tousignant, 1968

Painting of black clouds in a yellow sky over a dark field covered in white speckles

Hailstorm in Alberta by William Kurelek, 1961

Cubist painting of a seated woman, mostly in black and white with small strips of red

Femme assise by Pablo Picasso, 1927

Silkscreen print of Elvis Presley facing forward and holding a gun. On the left, he appears twice in colour and on the right he appears twice in black and white

Elvis I and II by Andy Warhol, 1963–64

Dark wooden cabinet with a red painted back and shelves. On the shelves are eight ceramic high-top sneakers glazed in blue and white.

Blue Running Shoes by Gathie Falk, 1973

Painting of dots and lines in the sky over an iceberg in a dark ocean.

Iceberg by Paterson Ewen, 1974

Quilt depicting a herd of caribou displayed on a wall, behind glass, in a subway station

Barren Ground Caribou by Joyce Wieland, 1977–78

Photograph of an abstract steel sculpture, painted orange, displayed on a university campus

Sticky Wicket by Mark di Suvero, 1978

Painting of three silhouetted figures with furry human bodies and animal heads on a purple background.

The Three Graces by General Idea, 1982

Painting of six men, some holding instruments, in front of a city block. The sky is covered in rows of vertical strokes of paint and also featurings a black card floating above the scene.

The London Six by John Boyle, 1984

Upside-down photograph of a large tree. People sit on a bench in the upper right of the frame.

Tree with Bench, Vancouver, B.C. by Rodney Graham, 1998

Abstract painting of horizontal peach stripes on top of an off-white background

Happy Holiday by Agnes Martin, 1999

Painting of a grid of rectangles separated with thick black lines. In the top-right corner is a bright red square

Infe©ted Mondrian #9 by General Idea, 1994

Black and white film still showing a crowd of women wearing black burquas on a beach and walking towards the water.

Rapture by Shirin Neshat, 1999

Painting of three rectangles with feathered edges, in white, red, and brown, on a dark background

No. 1, White and Red by Mark Rothko, 1962

Photograph of a city street with an LED display of walking figures placed outside of a store.

People Walking by Julian Opie, 2006

Photograph of an art gallery with bright geometric paintings displayed on the walls

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective at Mass MoCA

Photograph of an installation by David Altmejd

The Index by David Altmejd, 2007

The Three Graces, 1982 - Art Canada