Collection SC121 - Will Munro collection

식별 영역

참조코드

CA ON00012 SC121

제목

Will Munro collection

일자(시기)

  • 2000-2009 (Creation)

기술 계층

Collection

규모 및 매체

165 posters

맥락 영역

생산자 이름

(1975-2010)

개인 이력

William Grant Munro (1975-2010) was a Toronto-based visual artist, community builder, event organizer and entrepreneur. Munro spent his childhood and teenage years in Mississauga. He graduated in 2000 from the Ontario College of Art and Design, where he studied sculpture and installation. In 1999, he founded Vazaleen, a now legendary series of dance parties. In 2006, he and Lynn MacNeil purchased the Beaver Café, a hub of artistic, musical and social activity at Queen Street West and Gladstone Avenue in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood. Munro worked as a DJ for events in the visual art community. He served on the Board of Directors of Art Metropole and York University. His artwork has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at numerous venues including Art in General, New York; and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Mercer Union, Art Gallery of York University, and Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto. His work is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art.

기록보존소

기록물 이력

The posters now constituting the Will Munro collection were willed to the AGO by the artist, and on his death were given to the gallery by his mother, Margaret Munro.

수집/이관의 직접적 출처

AGO Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Will Munro, 2011

내용과 구조 영역

범위와 내용

Collection consists of posters designed by Will Munro for events organized by him at various venues in downtown Toronto. Posters employ a variety of media and processes, including silkscreen and photocopies. Some of these posters were featured in Will Munro: Total Eclipse, July 31 – September 26, 2010, part of the Toronto Now series of exhibitions at the AGO. Silk-screening of many of the posters was carried out by Michael Comeau.
Contains series:

  1. Vaseline / Vazaleen / Vazoween posters
  2. Peroxide posters
  3. Moustache posters
  4. 7th Heaven posters
  5. Miserable Mondays posters
  6. NO T.O. posters
  7. Posters for various events at The Beaver Restaurant

평가 폐기 보존기간 책정

추가 이관

No further accruals are expected.

정리 시스템

Collection is organized according to event, as received from Margaret Munro. Events for which there are fewer than 10 posters have been grouped together in Series 7.

열람 및 이용 조건 영역

접근제어조건

Open. Access to Special Collections is by appointment only. Please contact the reference desk for more information.

복사조건

Copyright has been transferred to the Art Gallery of Ontario. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the collection.

기록물의 언어

    자료 규약

      기록물의 언어 및 규약

      물리적 특성과 기술적 요구사항

      검색도구

      연관자료 영역

      원본 존재와 소장위치

      복사본의 존재와 소장위치

      관련 기술 단위

      Art Metropole and the Art Gallery of York University each hold a similar set of posters by Will Munro. The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives holds a selection of Will Munro’s collection of music recordings.

      관련 기술

      주기사항

      대체 식별자

      접근점

      이름 접근점

      Genre access points

      기술통제영역

      기술 식별자

      전거레코드 책임기관 식별자

      Art Gallery of Ontario

      규칙 및 협약

      전거레코드 현지위

      Final

      전거레코드 상세정도

      Partial

      작성, 수정, 삭제일자

      August 15, 2013

      언어(들)

      • 영어

      규약(들)

        자료

        인수 영역