Nobuyoshi Araki

Sliced Diptych

Circa 2000

Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is unquestionably one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. She began her career in the 1970s taking candid shots of her friends and lovers...

Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is one of Canada's most successful photographers. A noted filmmaker, entrepreneur, and environmental advocate, Burtynsky is known internationally for his ...

Ernst Haas (1921-1986) is a prolific Austrian-American photographer and photojournalist. Haas made significant contributions to the advancement of photography over the course of his career spanning 40 years. Haas is best known for his early innovation with color photography, making his name synonymous with the medium. His dynamic 1953 story on New York, "Images of a Magic City...

Attila Richard Lukacs (b. 1962) is one of Canada's most distinctive if not revolutionary Canadian figurative painters. Lukacs established his reputation in the 1980s by creating astonishing large-scale paintings that depicted skinheads, construction workers, and other masculine archetypes in elaborate and erotic scenes. The physical presence of the Lukacs' male subjects stands out as one of the artist's most distinctive aesthetic elements. With meticulous attention to form and proportions, Lukacs skillfully renders his young men with expressive brushwork and an intense, moody palette reminiscent of the old masters. Despite the monumental scale of his canvases, Lukacs begins his creative process with a much more intimate and modern day tool: the Polaroid. Because of its immediacy and simplicity it became an essential part of his process in the 80's and 90's. As a result the artist amassed a trove of over 1,200 Polaroids that depict lovers, friends, and anonymous models in a various poses that serve as a starting point for his paintings. In this grid of Polaroids, "Alex" is a young man posing nude on top of a tarp. The exceptional warmth and rich hues infuse this series of 12 Polaroids with a sensual and painterly quality, a characteristic that is undoubtably present throughout the artist's oeuvre. From 2009-2012 a large touring exhibition devoted to Lukacs' Polaroids was shown at several museums across Canada including Museum London and the Art Gallery of Alberta. Working with Michael Morris...

Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940) is a renowned Japanese photographer acclaimed for his provocative style that blurs the line between fine art and pornography. With an oeuvre of over 450 ph...

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Buenos Aires - Still Life Photographic Print Framed by Pia Clodi The blue tones within her work should not be interpreted as coldness, as her works are full of fleeting moments with...

Blue Ribbon - Still Life Black and White Photographic Print Framed Not one to shy away from human representation, Pia Clodi’s more portraiture-like works continually offer the sitte...

Blue Ribbon - Still Life Black and White Photographic Print Framed Not one to shy away from human representation, Pia Clodi’s more portraiture-like works continually offer the sitte...

A bloomy view - Polaroid Photographic Print Framed by Pia Clodi The blue tones within her work should not be interpreted as coldness, as her works are full of fleeting moments withi...

Artist: William Wegman Title: Untitled (Spaniels) Year: 2005 Medium: Unique color polaroid, hand signed and dated in ink Sheet: 30 × 22 in (76.2 × 55.9 cm) Frame: 36 x 27 1/2 in (91....

Artist: William Wegman Title: Untitled (Spaniels) Year: 2005 Medium: Unique color polaroid, hand signed and dated in ink Sheet: 30 × 22 in (76.2 × 55.9 cm) Frame: 36 x 27 1/2 in (91....