Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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Komar & Melamid: Canada’s Most Wanted and Most Unwanted Paintings
October 1, 1999 - March 5, 2000
AWE Gallery
The exhibition features two paintings by renowned Russian expatriate artist, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid. From their studio in New York, they have worked with polling firms from around the world to develop “scientifically accurate” profiles of popular taste in the visual arts, specifically painting. Called The People’s Choice project, the result from these polls were used to create a painting that best represented popular taste. In Canada, the Angus Reid Group polled one-thousand people from coast to coast, asking them about preference for style, subject, colours, and size. The resulting data, interpretations, and results from other countries, as well as paintings from the AGW Permanent Collection selected by Gallery staff, will also be included in the display
