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General Idea Biographie
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1969 |
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Formed by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal in Toronto, Canada
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1988 |
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The Gershon Iskowitz Prize, Toronto, Canada
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1989 |
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Visual Arts Award, City of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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1993 |
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The Banff Centre for the Arts National Award, Banff, Canada
Lifetime Achievement Award, City of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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1994 |
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Jean A. Chalmers Award for Visual Arts, Toronto, Canada
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1995 |
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Ovation! Namesake Awards, the General Idea Award, PWA Foundation, Toronto, Canada
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2001 |
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Bell Canada Award in Video Art, Canada Coucnil for the Arts, Ottawa, Canada
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2002 |
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Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Award (awarded to AA Bronson), Toronto, Canada
Governor General's Visual and Media Arts Award (awarded to AA Bronson), Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Canada
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2006 |
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The Skowhegan Medal for Multimedia, New York, NY
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2010
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Aids Sculpture Gasträume, Temporary Art Projects in Zurich, Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland
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2006
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General Idea, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
General Idea: Magic Bullet / Early Works, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2005
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General Idea: Computer Paintings, Galerie Frédéric Giroux, Paris, France (solo)
General Idea, Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2003
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General Idea Editions: A Selection, Printed Matter, New York, NY (solo)
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2002
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Multiformity: Multiples from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Public Affairs, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mirror Image, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Art & Economy, Deichterhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Thinking in Painting, Stampa Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
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2001
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Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Extra Art, Logan Galleries, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
Shopping, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Blondies + Brownies, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich, Germany
Tele(visions), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Vancouver Collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Video Time, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Negative Thoughts (with AA Bronson), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
General Idea, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Boutique Coeurs Volants, Florence Loewy, Paris, France (solo)
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2000
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Fin de Siecle, Plug In, Winnipeg, Canada (solo)
Versiones del Sur: cinco propuestas en torno al arte en América, el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Loose Ends, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
From the Collection: Personalities, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Canada
Re-Play, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
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1999
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Museum as Muse, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Word, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Persuasion: Tales of Commerce and the Avant-Garde, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Recollect, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Internal Logic, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
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1998
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Fragile Electrons: Celebrating Twenty Years of Collecting Video Art - Videotapes from the Art Metropole Collection, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa, Canada
General Idea, Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom (solo)
General Idea, Robert Prime, London, United Kingdom (solo)
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1997
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Search for the Spirit: General Idea 1968-1975, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (solo)
General Idea, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Documenta 10, Kassel, Germany (solo)
Video Plaza, Monte Video, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1996
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INFE©TIONS, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
One Day of AZT / One Year of AZT, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1995
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General Idea: Showcards, Presentation House, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
General Idea, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal, Canada (solo)
General Idea, S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
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Musee d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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