CCCA Canadian Art Database

Laura Baird

Laura was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1955. She currently lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Creator Id: 41
Web Site Link: Web Site Link
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Ontario
Year of Birth: 1955
City: Vancouver
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Female
Mediums: installation, photography
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Work by Laura Baird

Gray #4, [detail]

Work ID: 51321

Measurements: area aprox. 17.78 x 25.4 cm

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Gray #4

Work ID: 51320

Measurements: 50.8 x 76.2 cm

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Gray #1

Work ID: 51318

Measurements: 50.8 x 76.2 cm

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Gray #3

Work ID: 51319

Measurements: 50.8 x 76.2 cm

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Letters/Leaves

Work ID: 51326

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection.

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Letters/Lilies

Work ID: 51323

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection.

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Letters/Lilies

Work ID: 51324

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection.

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Letters/Leaves

Work ID: 51325

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection.

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Letters/Lilies

Work ID: 51322

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection.

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Letters/Leaves

Work ID: 51327

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection.

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The Letter (Robbe-Grillet) 2/2

Work ID: 51329

Measurements: 0.2088 x 0.1044 m

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Mars Disarmed by Venus (David)

Work ID: 51331

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection

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The Letter (Vermeer)

Work ID: 51330

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The Letter (Robbe-Grillet) 1/2

Work ID: 51328

Measurements: 0.2088 x 0.1044 m

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Mars Disarmed by Venus (David)

Work ID: 51332

Description: 35 mm chrome slide from a series for sequential dissolve projection

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Keith and Me

Work ID: 51333

Description: 8 x 10 in. photos and drawings pinned to wall. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Measurements: aprox. 0.4176 x 0.1392 m

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Lilies

Work ID: 51336

Description: 3/4 in. video of slide dissolve projection on floating curtain. Duration: aprox. 12 min.

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Lilies

Work ID: 51335

Description: 3/4 in. video of slide dissolve projection on floating curtain. Duration: aprox. 12 min.

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Keith and Me, [detail]

Work ID: 51334

Description: 8 x 10 in. photos and drawings pinned to wall. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Measurements: Area: aprox. 50.8 x 40.64 cm

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Cartoon, Jonestown Carpet

Work ID: 51337

Measurements: 50.8 x 71.12 cm

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Jonestown Carpet: Work in Progress

Work ID: 51340

Description: View of video on plinth inserted in floor hatch; installation/performance of work in progress, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Jonestown Carpet: Work in Progress

Work ID: 51339

Description: View of work station; installation/performance of work in progress, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Installation Plan, Jonestown Carpet

Work ID: 51338

Measurements: 55.88 x 76.2 cm

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51341

Description: Work in progress. Original border design, revised 1989.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51343

Description: Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51342

Description: Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51346

Description: Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Carpet — Jonestown Dead, [installation view]

Work ID: 51354

Description: Installation in two chambers; work station in under spot light, posterior chamber.

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Jonestown Dead

Work ID: 51350

Measurements: aprox. 22.86 x 30.48 x 10.16 cm, 2319.02 pages

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Jonestown Dead, [installation view]

Work ID: 51352

Description: View of Jonestown Dead (background: Jonestown Carpet, work station) installed at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

Measurements: aprox. 22.86 x 30.48 x 10.16 cm, 2319.02 pages

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Jonestown Carpet: Work in Progress

Work ID: 51348

Description: Work in progress in Brooklyn studio.

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Jonestown Carpet — Jonestown Dead, [installation view]

Work ID: 51355

Description: Installation in two chambers; work station in under spot light, posterior chamber.

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51345

Description: Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Pine Box for Jonestown Dead

Work ID: 51349

Description: Pine case for Jonestown Dead book.

Measurements: aprox. 30.48 x 33.02 x 15.24 cm

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Jonestown Dead, [installation view]

Work ID: 51353

Description: View of Jonestown Dead (backlit), installed at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Measurements: aprox. 22.86 x 30.48 x 10.16 cm, 2319.02 pages

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51347

Description: Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51344

Description: Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Dead, [installation view]

Work ID: 51351

Description: View of Jonestown Dead, installed at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

Measurements: aprox. 22.86 x 30.48 x 10.16 cm, 2319.02 pages

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51356

Description: Revised boarder design. Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51357

Description: Work in progress.

Measurements: 254 stitches per square cm/100 points par pouce carré

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Jonestown Carpet

Work ID: 51360

Description: finished canvas, (constructed over 1981-1991)

Measurements: aprox. 0.174 x 0.2436 m

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Documents, Jonestown Carpet

Work ID: 51372

Measurements: approx. 38.1 x 27.94 x 11.43 cm

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Kit (Jonestown Carpet)

Work ID: 51358

Measurements: aprox. 60.96 x 33.02 x 25.4 cm

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Desert Storm over Jonestown Carpet, [alternate view]

Work ID: 51369

Measurements: spread book/livre ouvert approx. 8 x 16 in, 24 pages

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Desert Storm over Jonestown Carpet, [alternate view]

Work ID: 51368

Measurements: spread book/livre ouvert approx. 8 x 16 in, 24 pages

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Jonestown Carpet (hairy), [detail]

Work ID: 51366

Measurements: aprox. 76.2 x 60.96 cm

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51364

Measurements: aprox. 76.2 x 60.96 cm

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51363

Measurements: aprox. 76.2 x 60.96 cm

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Jonestown Carpet, [installed, 1991]

Work ID: 51361

Description: Installation at Josh Baer Gallery, New York City, 1991.

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Kit (Jonestown Carpet), [detail]

Work ID: 51359

Measurements: aprox. 60.96 x 33.02 x 25.4 cm

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Jonestown Carpet, [detail]

Work ID: 51365

Measurements: aprox. 76.2 x 60.96 cm

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Desert Storm over Jonestown Carpet, [collage copy boards]

Work ID: 51371

Measurements: spreads/livre ouvert approx. 22.86 x 45.72 cm, 60.96 pages

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Desert Storm over Jonestown Carpet

Work ID: 51367

Description: Installed at Franklin Furnace, New York City.

Measurements: spread book/livre ouvert approx. 8 x 16 in, 24 pages

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Jonestown Carpet, [installed, 1993]

Work ID: 51362

Description: Installation at La Centrale, Montréal, Québec, 1993.

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Desert Storm over Jonestown Carpet, [alternate view]

Work ID: 51370

Measurements: spreads/livre ouvert approx. 22.86 x 45.72 cm, 60.96 pages

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L: Jonestown Carpet (Hairy) [detail]; R: Current Events

Work ID: 57465

Measurements: Jonestown Carpet (Hairy): Polaroid SX70, embroidered with human hair, in glass case; Current Events: acquired medical cabinet displaying archive of project documents and materials

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The Studio

Work ID: 51376

Description: (views of Jonestown Carpet crew at work, 1991.)

Measurements: 20.32 x 25.4 cm

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MCJC II

Work ID: 51374

Description: Work in progress.

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MCJC II

Work ID: 51373

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MCJC II, [alternate view]

Work ID: 51375

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Operation Welcome Home

Work ID: 51377

Description: (views of military victory parade, NYC, 1992.)

Measurements: 22.86 x 22.86 cm

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Home Sweet Home

Work ID: 51417

Measurements: aprox. 20.32 x 25.4 cm

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Free at Last

Work ID: 51418

Measurements: 71.12 x 45.72 cm

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Waco Bridge, [detail view of posterior chamber]

Work ID: 51424

Description: Installation in two chambers at Fotobase Gallery.

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Waco Bridge, [view of posterior chamber]

Work ID: 51421

Description: Installation in two chambers at Fotobase Gallery.

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Home Sweet Home

Work ID: 51426

Measurements: 40.64 x 50.8 cm

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Waco Bridge, [view of anterior chamber]

Work ID: 51419

Description: Installation in two chambers at Fotobase Gallery.

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Smoke, PM

Work ID: 51428

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Waco Bridge, [detail view of posterior chamber]

Work ID: 51422

Description: Installation in two chambers at Fotobase Gallery.

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Waco Bridge, [detail view of x-ray viewer and dental castings]

Work ID: 51425

Description: Installation in two chambers at Fotobase Gallery.

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Waco Bridge, [detail view of broadcast news video]

Work ID: 51423

Description: Installation in two chambers at Fotobase Gallery.

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Waco Bridge, [view of anterior chamber, detail of fireplace]

Work ID: 51420

Description: Installation in two chambers at Fotobase Gallery.

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Smoke, AM

Work ID: 51427

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Smoker, [detail]

Work ID: 51431

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Smoker, [detail]

Work ID: 51432

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Deercat, [video still]

Work ID: 51434

Description: (In memory of Wm. S. Burroughs). Inception: 1998. Work in progress.

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Deercat, [video still]

Work ID: 51433

Description: (In memory of Wm. S. Burroughs). Inception: 1998. Work in progress.

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Smoker

Work ID: 51430

Measurements: durée aprox. 10 minutes en boucle

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Smoke

Work ID: 51429

Description: video still from a proposal for an installation

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Two Cats, (Catworks), [video still]

Work ID: 51435

Measurements: durée aprox. 2 minutes

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Billy, (Catworks), [video still]

Work ID: 51436

Measurements: duration aprox. 3.5 min./durée environ 3,5 minutes

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Sanibel 9/11, [video still of documentation]

Work ID: 51441

Description: Open studio installation 11/9-11/11/01. View of Sanibel Island 9/11/01.

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Cats Inside the Lee Building, [video still]

Work ID: 51439

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Sanibel 9/11, [video still of documentation]

Work ID: 51444

Description: Open studio installation 11/9-11/11-01. View of recovery.

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Sanibel 9/11, [ video still of documentation – detail]

Work ID: 51442

Description: Open studio installation 11/9-11/11/01.

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Cats Inside the Lee Building, [video still of documentation]

Work ID: 51438

Description: Video still from document of Cats Inside the Lee Building. Open studio installation in storefront space.

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Cats Inside the Lee Building, [video still of documentation]

Work ID: 51437

Description: Video still from document of Cats Inside the Lee Building; view from street. Open studio installation in storefront space.

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Sanibel 9/11, [video still of documentation]

Work ID: 51443

Description: Open studio installation 11/9-11/11/01. View of spectators with flashlights.

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Cats Inside the Lee Building, [video still]

Work ID: 51440

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Willy the Kit (Catworks), [video still]

Work ID: 51448

Description: Work in progress. Inception: 2002.

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Willy the Kit (Catworks), [video still]

Work ID: 51446

Description: Work in progress. Inception: 2002.

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Willy the Kit (Catworks), [video still]

Work ID: 51445

Description: Work in progress. Inception: 2002.

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Willy the Kit (Catworks), [video still]

Work ID: 51447

Description: Work in progress. Inception: 2002.

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Laura Baird & Eric Cameron: Exposed/Concealed, [video still from documentation]

Work ID: 51454

Description: Installation with performance of work in progress. View of Eric Cameron and Catworks video.

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Laura Baird & Eric Cameron: Exposed/Concealed, [video still from documentation]

Work ID: 51449

Description: Installation with performance of work in progress. View of Eric Cameron and Thick Painting.

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Laura Baird & Eric Cameron: Exposed/Concealed, [video still from documentation]

Work ID: 51458

Description: Installation with performance of work in progress. View of Eric Cameron and Thick Painting.

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Laura Baird & Eric Cameron: Exposed/Concealed, [video still from documentation]

Work ID: 51450

Description: Installation with performance of work in progress. View of Eric Cameron and Thick Painting.

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Laura Baird & Eric Cameron: Exposed/Concealed, [video still from documentation]

Work ID: 51451

Description: Installation with performance of work in progress. View of artists at work.

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Laura Baird & Eric Cameron: Exposed/Concealed, [video still from documentation]

Work ID: 51452

Description: Installation with performance of work in progress. View of Eric Cameron and Catworks video.

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Laura Baird & Eric Cameron: Exposed/Concealed, [video still from documentation]

Work ID: 51456

Description: Installation with performance of work in progress. View of Eric Cameron and Catworks video.

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Current Events

Work ID: 57466

Measurements: approx. 172.72 x 60.96 x 33.02 cm

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Shaheed, Before and After, [detail]

Work ID: 57467

Description: on glass shelves inside Current Events

Measurements: 172.72 x 60.96 x 33.02 cm

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