General Idea: P Is for Poodle (Hardcover)

General Idea

ISBN 10: 0998631299 / ISBN 13: 9780998631295

Published by Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2020

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Hardcover. The poodle as emblem in the subversive multimedia works of the influential Canadian collectiveFounded in Toronto in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal, General Idea implemented media critique and queer theory in paintings, posters, photographs, installations, videos, magazines and other multiples.Known for its wit, pampered presence and ornamental physique, the poodle arrived into the visual lexicon of General Idea in the early 1980s and quickly became a vehicle by which the group addressed issues ranging from sexual stereotypes to the commodification of contemporary art. However, beyond its use as an agent of subtle yet substantive political and social critique, the poodle also served as a kind of heraldic devicean emblem for the mythology of General Idea and its processes of mythmaking. Through its various incarnations of the poodle, General Idea strived for a metanarrative that skirted the boundaries between artifact and artifice; history and fantasy; truth and fiction. The poodle as emblem in the subversive multimedia works of the influential Canadian collective Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: General Idea: P Is for Poodle (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Mitchell-Innes & Nash
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0998631299
• ISBN 13: 9780998631295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The poodle as emblem in the subversive multimedia works of the influential Canadian collective

Founded in Toronto in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal, General Idea implemented media critique and queer theory in paintings, posters, photographs, installations, videos, magazines and other multiples.

Known for “its wit, pampered presence and ornamental physique,” the poodle arrived into the visual lexicon of General Idea in the early 1980s and quickly became a vehicle by which the group addressed issues ranging from sexual stereotypes to the commodification of contemporary art. However, beyond its use as an agent of subtle yet substantive political and social critique, the poodle also served as a kind of heraldic device―an emblem for the mythology of General Idea and its processes of mythmaking. Through its various incarnations of the poodle, General Idea strived for a metanarrative that skirted the boundaries between artifact and artifice; history and fantasy; truth and fiction.