LowPolygon
Senior Member
Carmen Lamanna For Beginners:
http://ccca.finearts.yorku.ca/c/writing/g/garnet/gar002t.html
Av Issacs and the Toronto art scene - 1950s to the mid-1980s:
http://www.ccca.ca/c/writing/r/reid/reid001t.html
The man himself, at an opening in New York with ever-present cigarette (lung cancer would eventually kill him).
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The fabled block: Av Isaacs, with Carmen further to the north, and ground zero for the tiny queer art and fashion scene in the pre-punk days, the Fiesta Restaurant, sandwiched between the two.
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There aren't that many photos of the gallery floating around webwise, but these two shots from 1969 give a good sense of the space. The art is ‘of its time’, and long forgotten. You can see Carmen standing on left.
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An installation shot of General Idea’s “Going Thru the Motions” at Carmen Lamanna, 1975
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Also the original installation of the “Boutique from the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion”, 1980. Anya Varda manning the desk.
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General Idea "Reconstructing Futures" 1977
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