Evergon

Evergon (born Albert Jay Lunt, 1946), also known as Celluloso Evergoni, Egon Brut, and Eve R. Gonzales, is a Canadian artist.

Evergon

He was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, studied at Mount Allison University and graduated with a master's degree in fine arts from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1974.[1][2] Throughout his career his work has used the medium of photography and photo-collage.

Major themes in his work include personal sexuality, gender construction, aging, and body image. His work frequently includes art historical references and questions accepted interpretation of certain canonical art. He was among the artists of the 1960s and 1970s who reacted against of the conventions of studio photography established through the post-World War II period. He has had over a thousand shows in Canada and internationally.[3][4][5]

Evergon's work has been recognized with awards from the Canada Council and Petro-Canada.[6] He currently lives and works in Montreal and teaches at Concordia University.

References

  1. Russell, Bruce. "Evergon". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  2. Lunt, Albert (1974). ""Photocollographic Iron Prints" (1974). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology". RIT Scholar Works. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  3. Pusztai, Bill (2005-01-01). "Evergon". Lesbian & Gay Archivist (21): 8–13. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  4. "Galerie Trois Points | Evergon". www.galerietroispoints.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  5. "Evergon". Oeno Gallery. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  6. "Evergon - BIOGRAPHY". www.scotiabank.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.

Further reading

  • Love, Karen. The Bigger Picture: Portraits from Ottawa/Les mile et un visages d’Ottawa. Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery, 2004. ISBN 1-894906-17-9
  • Renaud, Jean-François, Bruce Hugh Russell, Alain Laframbroise, and Louis Cummins. Ramboys: A Bookless Novel and Other Fictions. Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery, 1995. ISBN 1-895108-20-9
  • Stapp, William F., and Lawrence Hill. Evergon, 1987-1997. Bradford, EN: National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television, 1997. ISBN 0948489170
  • Hanna, Martha. Evergon 1971-1987. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1988. ISBN 0888845537
  • Dazibao. Porcelaine: carte grise à Evergon. Montréal: Centre de photographies actuelles, 2003. ISBN 2922135209
  • Pageot, Edith-Anne. "Iconographie homoerotique et enjeux politiques dans l’oeuvre récente d’Evergon: Laval: Evergon, jeux de la passion/Passion Plays. Galerie Verticale Art contemporain." Etc Montréal. June–August 2010. Issue 90, pg 60. ISSN 0835-7641
  • Grino, Claire, ed. "Interview with: Evergon, Céline Cadaureille, David Bernagout, André Marceau, Jean-Pierre Ostende, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Carolee Schneemann, Esther Ferrer, Charles Dreyfus, Joël Hubaut, Amélie Laurence Fortin, La congelada de uva, Ron Athey, Anka Leśniak, Nadia Granados, BGL, Vasan Sitthiket, Cyril Lepetit." Inter. 2012. Issue 112. Pg 2-81. ISSN 0825-8708
  • Dalton, Derek. "Arresting images/fugitive testimony: the resistant photography of Evergon." Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Fall 2004. Vol. 34. Pg 73-107. ISSN 1059-4337
  • Laframboise, Alain. "Le miroir d’Evergon." CV Photo. Ed: Jacques Doyon. 2002. Issue 58. Pg 9-11. ISSN 1196-9261
  • Blanche, Pierre, and Louis Jacob. Du fait d’appartenier: Moira Egan, Evergon, Kiku Hawkes, Judith Lermer Crawley, Ross Muirhead, David Rasmus, Greg Staats, George Webber, Kelly Wood, Kiki Yee. Montréal: Galerie VOX, Vox Populi, 1993. ISBN 2980160849
  • Howes, Jennifer. "The tragedy of being: Geneviève Cadieux, Donigan Cumming, Evergon and representation of other bodies." Advisor: Carol Payne. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0612834336
  • Cousineau-Levine, Penny. Faking death: Canadian art photography and the Canadian imagination. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. ISBN 9780773570955


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