Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea
February 11—April 30, 2011
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris

Haute Culture: A Retrospective 1969-1994 General Idea

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Exhibition View Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011 © Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC

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The first retrospective devoted to the Canadian collective General Idea, High Culture: General Idea uses a selection of some three hundred works to provide a dynamically comprehensive overview of the oeuvre – an oeuvre still haunted by Miss General Idea, a fictive character who was at once muse and object, image and concept. Founded in Toronto in 1969 by Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal,– both dead in 1994 – and AA Bronson, the trio adopted a...
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<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>
<div class="image_caption_container"><div class="image_caption"><p>Exhibition View</p><p><strong>Haute Culture: General Idea - A Retrospective</strong>, 1969-1994, Musée d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris /ARC, Paris, 2011</p><p>© Pierre Antoine / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC</p><p> </p></div></div>

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General Idea was formed in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal. AA Bronson, born Michael Tims, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (born 1946). Felix Partz, born Ronald Gabe, Winnipeg, Manitoba,...
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