Felix Partz
Ronald Gabe (1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – 1994) publicly known as Felix Partz, was a Canadian artist and cofounder of the artistic collective General Idea with Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson.[1][2]
Partz tended toward the iconoclastic. While still at the University of Manitoba School of Art in Winnipeg he made photocopies of famous artworks for his print-making class. At the time of his death he had just finished work on a series of AIDS-related General Idea projects that incorporated mutated simulations of works by Piet Mondrian and Marcel Duchamp.[3]
He died on June 5, 1994 of AIDS-related causes.[4]
Canadian musician Peaches recorded a song entitled "Felix Partz" on her album The Teaches of Peaches.
References[]
- ^ General Idea biography ~ Electronic Arts Intermix Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ehrenstein, David (2005). "Canadian Art". glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. Archived 2007-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ 2002 Laureates ~ Canada Council for the Arts Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
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