Arnaud Maggs

Arnaud Maggs
Born	May 5, 1926 Montreal, Quebec
Died	November 17, 2012 (aged 86) Toronto
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	photography, conceptual art
Awards	2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts 2012 Scotiabank Photography Award

Arnaud Maggs (1926 – November 17, 2012)^[1] was a Canadian artist and photographer. Born in Montreal, Maggs is best known for stark portraits arranged in grid-like arrangements.^[2]

After training and working as a graphic designer, Maggs turned to commercial photography in the 1960s. At the age of 47, he decided to become a visual artist concentrating on photography and conceptualism and focusing on such things as death notices and tags documenting child labour in French textile factories.^[2]

A documentary film about Maggs and his partner of 25 years, Spring Hurlbut, titled "Spring and Arnaud", premiered at 2013 Hot Docs Film Festival.

Works

Joseph Beuys: 100 Profile Views, Düsseldorf, 21.10.80 (detail), 1980

Characteristic of Maggs' early work are his black-and-white portraits taken from the front, side and back, and presented in grid formation^[3] exemplified in the internationally acclaimed portraits of Joseph Beuys, Joseph Beuys: 100 Frontal Views, Düsseldorf, 21.10.80 and Joseph Beuys: 100 Profile Views, Düsseldorf, 21.10.80.^[4] Created in Beuys' Düsseldorf home in 1980, the images appear to be identical, but are 200 different photographs of Beuys attempting to sit completely still.^[4] In 2006, Maggs was awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.^[5] In 2012 Maggs was awarded the Scotiabank Photography Award.^[6]

A postage stamp depicting Magg's photograph of Yousuf Karsh was issued on March 22, 2013 by Canada Post as part of their Canadian Photography series.^[7][8]

Bibliography

• Allen, Karyn. Arnaud Maggs Photographs 1975-84. Calgary: Nickle Arts Museum, 1984.
• Alleti, Vince. "Special Collections." The Village Voice (18 August 1992).
• Bedard, Catherine and Keziere, Russell. Arnaud Maggs: Notes Capitales. Paris: Canadian Cultural Centre, 2000.
• Blanchette, Manon. "A Work by Arnaud Maggs." Le Journal du Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, (November/December 1990).
• Campbell, James D. "Arnaud Maggs at Centre Saidye Bronfman and at Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal." C Magazine (Spring 1991).
• Craven, George M. Object & Image. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1982.
• Drouin-Brisebois, Josée, Stainback, Charles, and Vogl, Rhiannon. Arnaud Maggs: Identification. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2013.
• Franchette, Frédérique. "Double foyer pour Atget." Liberation (19 December 2000).
• Goldberg, Vicki. "Seven Thousand Pictures are Better than One." The New York Times (23 August 1992).
• Holubizky, Ihor. Numbering. Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1990.
• Jenkner, Ingrid. Arnaud Maggs Numberworks. Guelph: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1989.
• Keziere, Russell. "Arnaud Maggs: Convergence Without Coincidence." CV Photo #39 (Summer 1997).
• Lindberg, E. Theodore. Arnaud Maggs, An Exhibition of Selected Works 1981-83. Vancouver: The *Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, 1984.
• Maclear, Kyo. "Arnaud Maggs." Toronto Life (April 1999).
• Macwilliam, David. Arnaud Maggs. Paris: Centre Culturel Canadien, 1980.
• Monk, Philip and Sutnik, Maia-Mari. Arnaud Maggs: Works 1976-1999. Toronto: The Power Plant, 1999.
• Portis, Ben. "Evidence of Existence: A conversation with Toronto-based photographer Arnaud Maggs." Art on Paper (May/June 2008).
• Popescu, Doina; Hackett, Sophie, and Sutnik, Maia-Mari. Arnaud Maggs. Göttingen/Toronto: Steidl/ScotiaBank Photography Award, 2013;
• Roegiers, Patrick. double vie, double vue. Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, 1996.
• Stainback, Charles. Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to Now. New York: International Center of Photography, 1992.
• Sramek, Peter. "Seeing People/Seeing Space." British Journal of Photography (18 May 1984).
• Walsh, George. Contemporary Photographers. London, England: St. James Press, 1981.

References

1. "http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1289656--toronto-photographer-arnaud-maggs-dies-at-86". The Star. External link in |title= (help);
2. "Canada Council for the Arts Biography". Retrieved 2008-05-29.
3. Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal ::: Arnaud Maggs: Nomenclature Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
4. The Canada Council for the Arts - Maggs Essay Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
5. The Canada Council for the Arts - Maggs Bio Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
6. Scotiabank Photography Award
7. "New photography stamp series gives an appreciation of Canada's best". Canada Post. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
8. "Canadian Photography". Canada Post. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.