(Toronto) Multidisciplinary artist Michael Snow, known in Canada and abroad for his abstract painting, public sculpture and experimental film wavelength 1967, died at the age of 94.
The Toronto-born artist died Thursday, said Tamsen Greene, senior director of New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery, which represented Snow.
The National Gallery of Canada said in a statement that Snow was “a giant of the art world, in Canada and internationally” and “a great ambassador.” It adds that “his legacy is that of an unprecedented transformation of the relationship between the artwork and the viewer”.
“His creative experiences have challenged perception and ultimately changed the way we understand art, the world and other people. »
In fact, Michael Snow has been experimenting with a variety of disciplines, including film, painting, sculpture, photography, and music, for many decades.
A biography on the Art Canada Institute website describes Snow as a self-taught musician who played piano in jazz bands. In 1974 he was part of the Canadian Creative Music Collective, an improv group that founded the Music Gallery in Toronto.
Snow lived in New York for many years, where he presented his experimental film wavelength in 1967. Known for his 45-minute camera zoom, his “structural cinema” is considered avant-garde.
Snow has also excelled in public art, with works such as installing geese flight stopin the atrium of the Eaton Center in Toronto, founded in 1979, and The audienceat the Rogers Center in Toronto, representing avid sports fans.
In 1970, Snow represented Canada at the Venice Biennale.
He received the Order of Canada in 1981 and was made a Companion in 2007.
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