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1004764
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b759134
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| Main Entry
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Nowell, Iris.
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| Title & Author
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Joyce Wieland : : a life in art /\ Iris Nowell.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto [Ont.] :: ECW Press,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (519 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color), portraits
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1554904765
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: 9781554904761
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155022476X :
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9781550224764
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-503) and index.
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| Abstract
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Joyce Wieland triumphed over what she called "obscene poverty" to achieve international celebrity as a painter, collagist, quiltmaker, and filmmaker, celebrated as Canada's most important woman artist next to Emily Carr. Her art portrays strikingly Canadian themes of environmental issues, historical passages, and aboriginal rights in buoyant, satirical images. To make her distinctive, highly personal art, Wieland uses toys, paper cut-outs, wood, glass, and pieces of her panties and dresses just as boldly and felicitously as she uses oils, watercolors, and pencils. Some of her most fa.
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Wieland, Joyce,1931-1998.
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Wieland, Joyce,1931-1998.
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Wieland, Joyce,1931-1998.
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Artists-- Canada, Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors-- Canada, Biography.
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Artistes-- Canada, Biographies.
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Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma-- Canada, Biographies.
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ART-- Individual Artists-- Artists' Books.
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ART-- Individual Artists-- Essays.
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ART-- Individual Artists-- Monographs.
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Artists.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.
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Motion picture producers and directors.
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Canada.
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| Dewey Classification
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709/.2
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N6549.W53N69 2001eb
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