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Living Room, yellow armchair by Lisa Klapstock [graphic material]

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Item

Date:

2000.

Reference:

R11984-1-X-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3690166

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Lisa Klapstock collection

Living Room, yellow armchair by Lisa Klapstock
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Date(s):

2000.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,

Extent:

1 c-print: plexi glass, lacquerred wood frame; 87.6 x 87.6 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a portrait of Lisa Klapstock, 2000 titled "yellow armchair" from her series "Living Room".

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Photographer: Klapstock, Lisa, 1975-

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Since 1998, Lisa Klapstock has focused her photo-based production on the back alleys of downtown Toronto. These overlooked environments are a no man's land. Rarely known to strangers they are used for back garden access, parking, storage and stray dogs. These alleys are nevertheless imprinted with the traces of human presence and activities. By focussing on these places, Klapstock brings them to light. She documents the hidden life of the back lanes, offering a different view of urban Toronto and its inhabitants. Her laneway explorations led her to the project Living Room, a series of large-scale photographs, where Klapstock records her interventions in these clandestine environments. She photographs herself, clad in white coveralls sitting somewhat stiffly on abandoned pieces of furniture. The chairs and sofas which are often missing legs, become props in what could be described as a theatre-like setting consisting of garage doors, buildings in various states of disrepair, makeshift fences, overgrown weeds, signs and graffiti.

Custodial history:

Acquired directly from the artist.

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Portraits

Source:

Private

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2006-00690-8
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be consulted with the assistance of the Portait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R11984]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R11984] e006608836

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Credit: Lisa Klapstock, Library and Archives Canada, archival reference number R11984-1, e006608836
Copyright: Lisa Klapstock
Restrictions on use: none

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