Sorel Cohen Photography

SOREL COHEN (Canadian b. 1936 - ) Speak Silence- 1978 Ektacolor photograph and vinyl letter typography Verso with gallery label for Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 41 inches x 53 inches edition of 3 The original receipt included with this item is only available in the digital form. I only have the copy of it, not the original. SOREL COHEN (Canadian b. 1936 - ) A graduate of Concordia University, Cohen has been a major figure on the Canadian photography scene for over thirty years. She has been invited as guest lecturer to many Canadian universities, and was awarded the Canada Council’s prestigious Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography (1988). Her master’s thesis examined feminist art in the 1970s, while her art practice, which is largely autobiographical, weaves original links conceptual art, photography, painting and film. Cohen creates works that directly reference the historical and social context of the artist, especially through depictions of gender and the body. She has participated in numerous group shows both in Canada and abroad (France, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom, etc.) and has had solo exhibitions in major Canadian cities from Halifax to Vancouver, as well as in New York, Marseilles, and Tempe, Arizona. ) She was included in the show She Photographs which presented thirty photographers, mostly Canadian, a few American, who explore the portrait or the self-portrait, nudes, still-life, landscape. Artists included Sarah Anne Johnson,Jacynthe Carrier, Sorel Cohen, Éliane Excoffier, Lorraine Gilbert, Nan Goldin, Maryse Goudreau, Katy Grannan, Angela Grauerholz, Clara Gutsche, Shari Hatt, Isabelle Hayeur, Spring Hurlbut, Holly King, Justine Kurland...