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Canadian Art

Liz Magor Portfolio: Fugitive Pieces

An Online Supplement to the Summer 2009 Print Edition of Canadian Art
Liz Magor <i>Stack (Racoon)</i> 2009 Courtesy Susan Hobbs Gallery / photo Toni Hafkenscheid Liz Magor Stack (Racoon) 2009 Courtesy Susan Hobbs Gallery / photo Toni Hafkenscheid

Liz Magor <i>Stack (Racoon)</i> 2009 Courtesy Susan Hobbs Gallery / photo Toni Hafkenscheid

Vancouver artist Liz Magor has spent 35 years pushing the boundaries of perception and expectation with works that are as much about cultural disenfranchisement as they are critiques of modernist form and function. In a Summer 2009 print edition feature, “The Outlaw,” writer Deborah Campbell unpacks Magor’s award-winning practice on the heels of her touring exhibition “The Mouth and other storage facilities.” This special online supplement catches up with Magor’s newest work in a selection of eight photos from her recent exhibition at Susan Hobbs Gallery in Toronto.

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This article was first published online on June 11, 2009.

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