JENNY HOLZER "TRUISMS (TORONTO)" 1982 Salvador Dali autumn While Pachter’s work shares some

While Pachter’s work shares some characteristics with Jim Dine and David Hockney

singular and uniquely Canadian

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Kosso Eloul (1920-1995) is one of our favorite sculptors and an important contributor to public art in Ontario

"John & Yoko"

JENNY HOLZER "TRUISMS (TORONTO)" 1982 Salvador Dali autumn While Pachter’s work shares someIn 1982 Jenny Holzer, who was at the beginning of her career, was invited to Toronto by A Space to do one of her ground breaking public "interventions". The artist hired a few OCAD students, first in November 1982 and again in July 1983, to plaster these "Truism" sheets and her "Inflammatory Essays", around the city. While her Truisms would gradually appear on an assortment of various consumers products (T shirts, baseball caps etc.) and grander