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Canadian artist

Freda Claire Guttman Bain (born 1934) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and activist.

Biography

Guttman was born March 16, 1934, in Montreal, Quebec. She studied briefly at McGill University, where she met and dated Leonard Cohen. She would go on to illustrate Cohen's first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies. Guttman moved to Rhode Island, where she received a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1956. She also studied at Concordia University and the Saidye Bronfman Centre. From 1972 to 1983, she taught at Concordia University in Montreal.

Work

Guttman's work combines elements of politics, economics, sociology and ecology. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe, Mexico and Nicaragua.

Since the early 1980s, Guttman has been involved as an activist in a number of political causes.

Exhibitions

  • 1976 : Freda Guttman Bain, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal
  • 1986: Guatemala! Le chemin de la guerre (multimedia works), Chambre Blanche
  • 1989: The Global Menu / Le Menu Global, A Space Gallery, Toronto
  • 1989: Cris et chuchotements, DAZIBAO, Montreal
  • 1990: The Global Menu / Le Menu Global, OBORO, Montreal
  • 1995: Cassandra : un opéra en quatre actes, OBORO, Montreal
  • 1998: Cassandra : un opéra en quatre actes, Galerie Sequence, Chicoutimi

Collections

Guttman's work is included in the collections of:

References

  1. ^ "Freda Guttman Bain". www.gallery.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ^ "Guttman, Freda - Collections - MNBAQ". Collections - MNBAQ. Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  3. Ira B. Nadel (29 October 2010). Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen. Random House of Canada. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-0-307-36702-0.
  4. Brian Busby (5 November 2010). Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit. Knopf Canada. pp. 333–. ISBN 978-0-307-36858-4.
  5. Mike Evans (3 December 2018). Leonard Cohen: An Illustrated Record. Plexus Publishing Limited. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-85965-869-0.
  6. "Freda Guttman". Vithèque. 13 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. "Wallack showing Montreal artists". The Ottawa Journal. newspapers.com. 20 September 1976. p. 30. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  8. "Concordia University Calendar 1979-1980" (PDF). concordia.ca. Concordia University. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  9. Cahiers de la Femme. Centennial College. 1990.
  10. ^ "Freda Guttman : une histoire des femmes / Cassandra, an opera In four acts Installation OBORO 4001, rue Berri, local 301 Montréal Du mercredi au dimanche de midi à 17h". Vie des Arts. 39 (161): 58–59. 7 May 1995. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019 – via www.erudit.org.
  11. Guttman, Freda (7 May 1998). Cassandra: voix intérieures : une exposition et trois essais = Cassandra : voices from the inside : an exhibtion [sic] and three essays. OBORO. OCLC 51736531. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019 – via Open WorldCat.
  12. "Artist - Vtape". www.vtape.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  13. "CBC.ca | Daybreak Montreal | CSIS making housecalls to activists".
  14. Sabra Moore (25 October 2016). Openings: A Memoir from the Women's Art Movement, New York City 1970-1992. New Village Press. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-1-61332-042-6.
  15. Delagrave, Marie (May 31, 1986). "Freda Guttman allie esthétique et politique". Le Soleil.
  16. Barbara Fischer (January 1999). Foodculture: tasting identities and geographies in art. YYZ Books. ISBN 978-0-920397-27-5.
  17. https://agnes.queensu.ca/search-our-collections/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=guttman&record=0
  18. "Collection". collections.artgalleryofguelph.ca. Art Gallery of Guelph. Retrieved 2021-07-11.


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