Joyce Wieland Prints and Multiples

Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists of the 20th century. Emerging on the Toronto art scene in the early 1960s, throughout her career Wieland explored the politicized role of women, the body, nationalism, and intimacy using a variety of mediums. Throughout her career, Wieland established new benchmarks for what was possible for a female artist to achieve. Among her accomplishments, Wieland was the first female artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery (Ottawa) in 1971. Her artistic practice was arguably most fruitful during the late 1960s / early 1970s during her last days in New York City, with then-husband Michael Snow, and return to Toronto. This piece, "The Arctic Belongs to...

Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was a versatile and highly influential filmmaker and gallery artist. Over the course of her long career, Wieland made strives for all women working in bot...

Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) is one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists. She achieved a level of commercial and critical success that was exceptional for a woman working in a male-dominated field. During her dynamic and influential career, Wieland established new benchmarks for what was possible for a female artist to achieve. Notably, she was the first woman to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery (Ottawa) in 1971. Wieland has an important connection to pop art. As a commercial illustrator and animator, she was heavily influenced by comics, advertising and the depiction of everyday objects. While Wieland did explore abstraction, representational and narrative elements, as well as text, regularly appear in her work. This print, from the illustrious "Toronto Twenty Portfolio" possesses many of Wieland's signature motifs and themes: stylized sailboats, references to environmentalism, elements of text and the contrast between Canada and the United States. Furthermore, when this work is viewed in context with the other prints in the portfolio, by celebrated artists such as Michael Snow, Sorel Etrog and William Ronald...