Jack Pollock

The next person of importance in this continuing series is Jack Henry Pollock (1930 – 1992). He was arguably the most influential figure in Toronto’s art scene during the 1960s and 1970s. With the Artist You Need To Know series we’re not limiting ourselves...

Hortense Gordon

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Hortense Gordon (1886 – 1961).  Hortense Mattice Gordon was a Canadian artist, arts advocate and educator : she was one of two female founding members (the other being previously featured Artist You Need To Know Alexandra...

Komar and Melamid

Our next Artists You Need To Know are Komar and Melamid. The Russian born conceptual artists Vitaly Komar (born 1943) and Alexander Melamid (born 1945) have – for over 35 years – created artworks where they function as a singular entity, as their process...

Lola Álvarez Bravo

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903 – 1993). Lola Álvarez Bravo is acclaimed as the first Mexican female photographer and an essential artist – both in terms of photography and history – in the post – revolution (1910 to...

Vincenzo Pietropaolo

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Vincenzo Pietropaolo. Pietropaolo is a documentary photographer who captures his subjects and the situations they exist within with a strong sense of empathy and the historical moment, straddling the ideas of the personal experience...