BARBARA ASTMAN "ELECTRA" POLAROID, 1978Barbara Astman (b. 1950) is a celebrated contemporary Canadian artist, best known for her innovative work using photography and its many utilitarian offshoots such as scanners and photocopiers to mention a few. Astman is acclaimed for her pioneering multi media approach, blending analog and digital techniques with materials or technology not typically used in the creation of fine art. In her work she addresses the intersection of identity, feminism,

uplifting and patriotic images have independently earned their place in museums across the country

The intensity of her gaze is contrasted by a soft pastel palette

or vanitas

"Prunella and Sylvie" features two women seated in luxurious surroundings

What remained from these deconstructed magazines were images designed to influence American shoppers

However it follows a female protagonist

The artist hired a few OCAD students

Caviar20 is excited to be debuting and offering this important work

Museum London and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)

its silky surface illuminated by a series of soft brushstrokes

Blue ballpoint pen on paper

Jones dedicated his precise representations on scenes from every-life