The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion
Reopens on Tuesday, September 15, 6-9 pm
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Voice Over: “Without waiting for flames to diminish we throw off our fireman’s drag and rush into the ruins. Like archeologists collecting fetish objects we rebuild images for The Future from found fragments of our cultural environment. It’s always exciting when The Pavillion burns to the ground – It’s time for another re-write.” – General Idea, December 10, 1977
Hello, Out There. The Art Gallery of York University is ready for another re-write!
Thirty-two years after a disastrous fire destroyed The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion in 1977, the Art Gallery of York University has set itself the heroic task of reconstructing the Pavillion along the lines of its original plans. The AGYU has combined resources with archaeologists, archivists, and the museums and collections that house its remnants to bring together material for public view as the first stage of restoring the Pavillion to the shell of its past glory.
The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion reopens its doors on
Tuesday, September 15, 6-9 pm.
The construction and destruction of The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion is documented at the AGYU by the recreation of two key exhibitions of Canada’s legendary artistic trio, General Idea. General Idea’s Going Thru the Notions and Reconstructing Futures were first exhibited at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto in 1975 and 1977 respectively.
This exhibition is curated by Philip Monk. Twenty-six years after his article “Editorials: General Idea and the Myth of Inhabitation” appeared in Parachute #33, the critic recants!!
The AGYU exhibition continues until December 6, 2009
The Art Gallery of York University is a university-affiliated public non-profit contemporary art gallery supported by York University, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and our membership.
The AGYU is located in the Accolade East Building, 4700 Keele Street Toronto. Gallery hours are: Monday to Friday, 10 am–4 pm; Wednesday, 10am–8 pm; Sunday from noon–5 pm; and closed Saturday. Admission to everything is free.
AGYU, Out There, rebuilding The Future from found fragments of our Canadian cultural history, two exhibitions at a time.
http://www.theAGYUisOutThere.org
Do you have questions or require further information or images? Please contact Emelie Chhangur, Assistant Director/ Curator, AGYU, +1.416.736.5169 or emelie [at] yorku.ca
