Items Similar to Group of Seven Awkward Moments (Beavers and Woo at Tanoo)
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5
Diana ThorneycroftGroup of Seven Awkward Moments (Beavers and Woo at Tanoo)2008
2008
About the Item
Canadians have a funny kind of national identity, meaning specifically we do not really have one. To say that there is a national identity is to enter into a discussion without end -because there are just too many different kinds of people in Canada- it would be impossible to pin identity to anything, let alone a top-down Multicultural Act, or a Group of Seven. Strangely though, in art, that is exactly where Canadian begins, with a Group of Seven. In Diana Thorneycroft’s new series Group of Seven Awkward Moments, the momentous humor Canada is famous for is contrasted with the nation’s dirty little secret: that it is not funny at all, and in fact, much too serious, bordering on menacing.
The new series of works falls into a line of art objects created by Canadian artists within the last few years that utilize parody and play to explode the hallowed imagery of nationalized corporatism. In the case of Thorneycroft, the use of backdrops that are reproduced works of the Group of Seven and Tom Thompson, combined with stereotypical iconic representations, produce strange entanglements of visual narratives that are at once laughable, and in the same engage preconceptions regarding what it is that defines a nation. The idealization of an empty and prosperous landscape, claimed authentically Canadian while in the same owing much to Scandinavian landscape painters, is rendered as a manufactured fabrication. The series is littered with black humor, addressing issues of colonization, sexual identity, corporatism, environmental destruction and celebrity. The image of Bobby Orr, for example, falling into the Don River to his death while his shimmy buddies concentrate on scoring, provides a dizzying moment of Canadian pastiche.
The works embody the manufactured, exportable, and fallacious concept of Canadian identity. The paintings become the backdrop for a performance of tourist economies, simulating instances, rumor, innuendo and destruction: the unsaid of national narrative. Group of Seven Awkward Moments follows the artist’s interrogation of popular representation and violence, but envelopes the series in the curtain of nationalism. An empty landscape is an easy way to detract from the reality of its occurrence, those unsaid memories that betray any kind of consensus. The work of Thorneycroft echoes the unsaid and the fabricated, leaving the viewer to judge any truth within the falsity of its construction.
- Creator:Diana Thorneycroft (1956, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2008
- Dimensions:Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Montreal, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4762042983
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 1996
1stDibs seller since 2014
95 sales on 1stDibs
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Montreal, Canada
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Group of Seven Awkward Moments (In Algonquin Park)By Diana ThorneycroftLocated in Montreal, QuebecCanadians have a funny kind of national identity, meaning specifically we do not really have one. To say that there is a national identity is to enter into a discussion without end -because there are just too many different kinds of people in Canada- it would be impossible to pin identity to anything, let alone a top-down Multicultural Act, or a Group of Seven. Strangely though, in art, that is exactly where Canadian begins, with a Group of Seven. In Diana Thorneycroft’s new series Group of Seven Awkward Moments, the momentous humor Canada is famous for is contrasted with the nation’s dirty little secret: that it is not funny at all, and in fact, much too serious, bordering on menacing. The new series of works falls into a line of art objects created by Canadian artists within the last few years that utilize parody and play to explode the hallowed imagery of nationalized corporatism. In the case of Thorneycroft, the use of backdrops that are reproduced works of the Group of Seven and Tom Thompson...Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsDigital
- Group of Seven Awkward Moments (Jack Pine)By Diana ThorneycroftLocated in Montreal, QuebecCanadians have a funny kind of national identity, meaning specifically we do not really have one. To say that there is a national identity is to enter into a discussion without end -because there are just too many different kinds of people in Canada- it would be impossible to pin identity to anything, let alone a top-down Multicultural Act, or a Group of Seven...Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsDigital
- Signs of disorientationBy Patrick BeaulieuLocated in Montreal, QuebecDuring the summer of 2017 and 2018, Patrick Beaulieu realized the performative excursion EL PERDIDO. Travelling with the geographer Alexis Pernet on board a 1977 Dodge camper van, th...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
MaterialsDigital
- Signs of disorientationBy Patrick BeaulieuLocated in Montreal, QuebecDuring the summer of 2017 and 2018, Patrick Beaulieu realized the performative excursion EL PERDIDO. Travelling with the geographer Alexis Pernet on board a 1977 Dodge camper van, th...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
MaterialsDigital
- Signs of disorientationBy Patrick BeaulieuLocated in Montreal, QuebecDuring the summer of 2017 and 2018, Patrick Beaulieu realized the performative excursion EL PERDIDO. Travelling with the geographer Alexis Pernet on board a 1977 Dodge camper van, th...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
MaterialsDigital
- Signs of disorientationBy Patrick BeaulieuLocated in Montreal, QuebecDuring the summer of 2017 and 2018, Patrick Beaulieu realized the performative excursion EL PERDIDO. Travelling with the geographer Alexis Pernet on board a 1977 Dodge camper van, th...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
MaterialsDigital
You May Also Like
- Gold Azzedine Alaia DressBy Peter SorelLocated in Chicago, ILTaken at the Galleria Borghese, Rome. Archival chromogenic print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag Paper. Edition of 12.Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
- Black Azzedine Alaia DressBy Peter SorelLocated in Chicago, ILTaken at the Galleria Borghese, Rome Archival chromogenic print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag Paper. Edition of 12.Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
- Lilies (Large), Digital Photography Print by Jonathan SingerBy Johnathan SingerLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Jonathan Singer, American Title: Lilies (Large) Year: circa 2010 Medium: Photograph, signed in ink Image Size: 40 x 34 inches Paper Size: 46 x 35 in. (116.84 x 88.9 cm)Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsDigital
- Two Lilies, Digital Print by Jonathan SingerBy Johnathan SingerLocated in Long Island City, NYArtist: Johnathan Singer (American, b. 1949) Title: Two Lilies Year: circa 2010 Medium: Digital Photograph on Aluminum Panel Image Size: 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsDigital
- For Scout A, Very Good Dog: Modern Baroque Style Floral Still Life Digital PrintBy Lisa A. FrankLocated in Hudson, NYArchival digital print, edition of 50 34 x 29.5 inches unframed Lisa Frank’s new body of work produces complex arrangements of flowers and dark vegetation reminiscent of Baroque still lifes and tapestry. Frank stages, duplicates and then layers photographic elements to create work that keeps the viewer fixated in her realm of digitally manipulated imagination. In this piece, the artist has digitally collaged twisted vines, dried leaves, pink, yellow, and purple flowers, and turtle shells in intricate patterns to resemble a Baroque tapestry. The contemporary vertical digital print is available in additional sizes. Artist's Statement: I make large scale photographs that depict complex patterns. These patterns are composed from elements of nature and are presented in the form of traditional wallpaper...Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsArchival Paper, Digital
- It is not the Moon (Modern, Horizontal Digital Print of White Peonies on Black)By Lisa A. FrankLocated in Hudson, NYArchival digital print 18 x 30 inches unframed, edition of 50 Additional sizes available This contemporary, archival digital print was made by fine art photographer, Lisa Frank, in ...Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsArchival Paper, Digital