CCCA Canadian Art Database

Playing Outside the box

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71546

Measurements: 365.76 x 243.84 cm

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Red, Beside Her Bed

Red, Beside Her Bed

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71541

Description:

Measurements: 213.36 x 152.4 cm

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Date Made: 1965

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Big Red Sky

Big Red Sky

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71543

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 213.36 cm

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Date Made: 1965

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Green Leap Left

Green Leap Left

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71542

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 1965

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Playing Outside the box

Playing Outside the box

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71546

Description:

Measurements: 365.76 x 243.84 cm

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Date Made: 1967

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End Run for Allah

End Run for Allah

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71545

Description:

Measurements: 198.12 x 548.64 cm

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Date Made: 1967

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Wax Warmley

Wax Warmley

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71547

Description:

Measurements: 210.82 x 139.7 cm

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Date Made: 1967

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The Twin Factor

The Twin Factor

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71544

Description:

Measurements: 210.82 x 210.82 cm

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Date Made: 1967

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Song of the Carp

Song of the Carp

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71548

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 487.68 cm

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Date Made: 1968

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Long Run

Long Run

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71555

Description:

Measurements: 60.96 x 304.8 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Her Six Pinkies

Her Six Pinkies

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71549

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 213.36 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Time Frame

Time Frame

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71556

Description:

Measurements: 121.92 x 243.84 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Throat Song

Throat Song

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71560

Description:

Measurements: 396.24 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Brother / Sister

Brother / Sister

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71553

Description:

Measurements: 304.8 x 304.8 cm & 152.4 x 152.4 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Left of Centre

Left of Centre

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71554

Description:

Measurements: 121.92 x 243.84 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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I went to see her everything

I went to see her everything

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71552

Description:

Measurements: 71.12 x 200.66 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Quarterback Sneak

Quarterback Sneak

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71558

Description:

Measurements: 24.13 x 228.6 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Slow Message

Slow Message

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71551

Description:

Measurements: 53.34 x 640.08 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Singing Together

Singing Together

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71550

Description:

Measurements: 91.44 x 274.32 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Twilight Raga

Twilight Raga

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71557

Description:

Measurements: 121.92 x 243.84 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Wide

Wide

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71559

Description:

Measurements: 30.48 x 304.8 cm

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Date Made: 1969

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Star Chart for Seagulls

Star Chart for Seagulls

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70267

Description: Exhibited at NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Date Made: 1970

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Window Series

Window Series

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70271

Description: Exhibited at le Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal.

Measurements: 0.1392 x 0.2784 m

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Date Made: 1975

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Butterfly Lectures

Butterfly Lectures

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70268

Description: One of five sets.

Measurements: 0.3132 x 0.4176 m

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Date Made: 1975

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Butterfly Lectures

Butterfly Lectures

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70269

Description: One of five sets.

Measurements: 0.3132 x 0.4176 m

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Date Made: 1975

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Dashur

Dashur

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70270

Description:

Measurements: 0.1392 x 0.2088 m

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Date Made: 1975

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Color Auras

Color Auras

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70272

Description:

Measurements: each: 101.6 x 76.2 cm

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Date Made: 1975

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26 Kites

26 Kites

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70274

Description: Installation at le Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal.

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Date Made: 1976

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Unconscious Amongst the Animals

Unconscious Amongst the Animals

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70275

Description: Installed at York University, Toronto.

Measurements: mural: 1.044 x 0.348 m. (2 sided)

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Date Made: 1976

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Dier-El-Medina

Dier-El-Medina

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70273

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Measurements: each: 121.92 x 76.2 cm

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Date Made: 1976

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Bride and Bachelors [Tableau Vivant: ‘Sand Box’]

Bride and Bachelors [Tableau Vivant: ‘Sand Box’]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70278

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1977

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Bride and Bachelors, [Guinea pig installation]

Bride and Bachelors, [Guinea pig installation]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70276

Description: Presented at NSCAD, McMaster and York Universities.

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Date Made: 1977

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Bride and Bachelors [Floor of Installation]

Bride and Bachelors [Floor of Installation]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70279

Description: sandbox: drawing of final state

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Date Made: 1977

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Bride and Bachelors [Tableau Vivant: ‘Sand Box’]

Bride and Bachelors [Tableau Vivant: ‘Sand Box’]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70277

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1977

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House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [corner pole]

House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [corner pole]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70285

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1978

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House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [centre tent installation]

House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [centre tent installation]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70281

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1978

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House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [installation site]

House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [installation site]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70280

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1978

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House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [corner pole]

House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [corner pole]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70286

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1978

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House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [S.E. corner angle “rabbit”]

House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [S.E. corner angle “rabbit”]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70284

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1978

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House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [centre stone]

House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [centre stone]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70282

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1978

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House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [N.E. corner angle – “pheasant”]

House of Hapi ‘Virtual Pyramid’, [N.E. corner angle – “pheasant”]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70283

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1978

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Stair-wave / Whales

Stair-wave / Whales

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71561

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Measurements: 45.72 x 30.48 x 5.08 cm

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Date Made: 1979

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Obelisk / boat

Obelisk / boat

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71563

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Measurements: 45.72 x 25.4 x 7.62 cm

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Date Made: 1979

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Easy / Fish / Obelisk

Easy / Fish / Obelisk

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71564

Description:

Measurements: 40.64 x 20.32 x 7.62 cm

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Date Made: 1979

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Needle / Face

Needle / Face

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71562

Description:

Measurements: 38.1 x 17.78 x 15.24 cm

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Date Made: 1979

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Snake & Ladder

Snake & Ladder

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70287

Description:

Measurements: 60.96 x 40.64 cm

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Date Made: 1980

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Brass Hats / Bent Arrow

Brass Hats / Bent Arrow

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71567

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Measurements: 45.72 x 40.64 x 7.62 cm

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Date Made: 1980

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Bird / Snakes

Bird / Snakes

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71568

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Measurements: 68.58 x 81.28 x 12.7 cm

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Date Made: 1980

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Killer whale / Barns swallow

Killer whale / Barns swallow

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71565

Description:

Measurements: 58.42 x 58.42 x 15.24 cm

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Date Made: 1980

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Boat / Paddle

Boat / Paddle

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71569

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Measurements: 45.72 x 45.72 x 17.78 cm

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Date Made: 1980

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Bird / Woman / Whale

Bird / Woman / Whale

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71566

Description:

Measurements: 60.96 x 58.42 x 10.16 cm

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Date Made: 1980

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World / House / Turtles

World / House / Turtles

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71570

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Measurements: 76.2 x 76.2 x 22.86 cm

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Date Made: 1981

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Whales / Aircraft

Whales / Aircraft

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71571

Description:

Measurements: 76.2 x 76.2 x 15.24 cm

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Date Made: 1981

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House / Turtle / Woman

House / Turtle / Woman

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71572

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Measurements: 76.2 x 60.96 x 5.08 cm

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Date Made: 1981

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Needles

Needles

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71573

Description:

Measurements: 18 x 18 x 9 in

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Date Made: 1981

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Chance Swimmer Mask

Chance Swimmer Mask

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71574

Description:

Measurements: 76.2 x 60.96 x 7.62 cm

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Date Made: 1981

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Swimmer / Whale Mask

Swimmer / Whale Mask

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71575

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Measurements: 40.64 x 25.4 x 12.7 cm

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Date Made: 1981

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Yellow Horse & Aircraft

Yellow Horse & Aircraft

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70289

Description:

Measurements: 91.44 x 45.72 cm

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Date Made: 1982

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Horses & Helicopter

Horses & Helicopter

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70288

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Measurements: 91.44 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 1982

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Man on the Road to Solola [performance – native woman]

Man on the Road to Solola [performance – native woman]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70294

Description: Optica, Montreal

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Date Made: 1982

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Man on the Road to Solola [performance – native woman]

Man on the Road to Solola [performance – native woman]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70293

Description: Optica, Montreal

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Date Made: 1982

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Self Portrait [photo as dead Indian Shaman]

Self Portrait [photo as dead Indian Shaman]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70290

Description: York University, Toronto

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Date Made: 1982

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Running Rabbit

Running Rabbit

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70307

Description:

Measurements: 213.4 x 152.4 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Greek Goddess Mask

Greek Goddess Mask

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71577

Description:

Measurements: 101.6 x 63.5 x 38.1 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Dream Houses

Dream Houses

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70305

Description:

Measurements: 244 x 305 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Man on the Road to Solola [performance – native woman]

Man on the Road to Solola [performance – native woman]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70292

Description: P.S 1, New York City

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Date Made: 1983

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Man on the Road to Solola [with earthquake machine]

Man on the Road to Solola [with earthquake machine]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70291

Description: P.S 1, New York City

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Date Made: 1983

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Amalia on a Yellow Field

Amalia on a Yellow Field

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70304

Description: Petro Can College

Measurements: 213.4 x 274.3 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Man on the Road to Solola [performance – bell ringing]

Man on the Road to Solola [performance – bell ringing]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70298

Description: P.S 1, New York City

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Date Made: 1983

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Man on the Road to Solola [video - indian shaman]

Man on the Road to Solola [video - indian shaman]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70299

Description: P.S 1, New York City

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Date Made: 1983

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Dog / Sword Mask

Dog / Sword Mask

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71576

Description:

Measurements: 76.2 x 50.8 x 17.78 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Man on the Road to Solola [performance – bell ringing]

Man on the Road to Solola [performance – bell ringing]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70296

Description: P.S 1, New York City

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Date Made: 1983

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Amalia on a Green Field

Amalia on a Green Field

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70303

Description:

Measurements: 213.4 x 274.3 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Tango Dancer

Tango Dancer

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70306

Description:

Measurements: 244 x 254 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Jumper

Jumper

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70302

Description: York University, Toronto

Measurements: 173 x 264 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Man on the Road to Solola [performance – white man]

Man on the Road to Solola [performance – white man]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70295

Description: P.S 1, New York City

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Date Made: 1983

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Calf/Sleeping Woman

Calf/Sleeping Woman

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70301

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Measurements: 244 x 304.8 cm

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Date Made: 1983

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Man on the Road to Solola [performance – bell ringing]

Man on the Road to Solola [performance – bell ringing]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70297

Description: P.S 1, New York City

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Date Made: 1983

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Dead Man on the Road

Dead Man on the Road

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70300

Description: Installation at York University, Toronto.

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Date Made: 1984

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United Technologies

United Technologies

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70310

Description: Installation at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

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Date Made: 1984

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Deformation #3

Deformation #3

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70318

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 1984

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Deformation #2

Deformation #2

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70317

Description:

Measurements: 152 x 243.8 cm

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Date Made: 1984

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La Vague, [sound recording and church bell]

La Vague, [sound recording and church bell]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70309

Description: Installation at Quebec City

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Date Made: 1984

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Deformation #4

Deformation #4

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70319

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 1984

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Deformation #1

Deformation #1

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70316

Description:

Measurements: 152 x 243.8 cm

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Date Made: 1984

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The Paradise of My Memories

The Paradise of My Memories

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70320

Description: Toronto, Ontario

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Date Made: 1985

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A Green Space for Amalia

A Green Space for Amalia

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70308

Description: Ottawa Court House.

Measurements: 0.2784 x 0.9744 m

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Date Made: 1985

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Unconscious amongst the animals

Unconscious amongst the animals

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70312

Description: Ottawa School of Art

Measurements: 0.2784 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 1987

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United Technologies, [artist in York University studio]

United Technologies, [artist in York University studio]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70313

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Date Made: 1987

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United Technologies

United Technologies

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70311

Description: Installation at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal

Measurements: 0.522 x 2.088 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 1987

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United Technologies, with artist

United Technologies, with artist

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70315

Description: Installation at le Musée du Québec, Québec

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Date Made: 1988

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United Technologies

United Technologies

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70314

Description: Installation at le Musée du Québec, Québec

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Date Made: 1988

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Borromeans Knot

Borromeans Knot

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71579

Description: Theory, Observer, Practice diagram.

Measurements: 102 x 214 cm

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Date Made: 1990

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Force Eleven

Force Eleven

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71578

Description: mural detail: centre panel

Measurements: ink on chinese paper drawings

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Date Made: 1990

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Force Eleven

Force Eleven

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70321

Description: With the artist in his England Studio.

Measurements: mural: 0.2088 x 0.9744 m.

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Date Made: 1990

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Artist’s Studio, [ with Waterfall Paintings]

Artist’s Studio, [ with Waterfall Paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70324

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Date Made: 1990

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Force Eleven

Force Eleven

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70322

Description: Winters College, York University, Toronto

Measurements: mural: 0.2088 x 0.9744 m.

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Date Made: 1990

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Five Persimmons & Waterfall

Five Persimmons & Waterfall

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70325

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Measurements: 182.88 x 213.36 cm

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Date Made: 1990

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Force Eleven (detail)

Force Eleven (detail)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70323

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Measurements: ink on chinese paper drawings

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Date Made: 1990

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Family Tree: Grandfather

Family Tree: Grandfather

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70328

Description:

Measurements: 213.36 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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Mother/Father

Mother/Father

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70330

Description:

Measurements: 213.36 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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Mysterious Desire

Mysterious Desire

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71584

Description: Part of installation, Chopsticks and Butterknives.

Measurements: 182.88 x 101.6 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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Passport

Passport

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71583

Description: Part of installation, Chopsticks and Butterknives.

Measurements: 182.88 x 101.6 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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Chopsticks and Butterknives

Chopsticks and Butterknives

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70327

Description: Toronto, Ontario

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Date Made: 1992

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The Ladder of Generations

The Ladder of Generations

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71580

Description: Part of installation, Chopsticks and Butterknives.

Measurements: 182.88 x 101.6 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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The Female Mountain Waters

The Female Mountain Waters

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71582

Description: Part of installation, Chopsticks and Butterknives.

Measurements: 182.88 x 101.6 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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The Length of Life is in the Heavens

The Length of Life is in the Heavens

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71581

Description: Part of installation, Chopsticks and Butterknives.

Measurements: 182.88 x 101.6 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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Chopsticks and Butterknives

Chopsticks and Butterknives

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70326

Description: Toronto, Ontario

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Family Tree, Nurse

Family Tree, Nurse

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70331

Description:

Measurements: 213.36 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 1992

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Grandfather (detail)

Grandfather (detail)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70329

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Date Made: 1992

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Family Tree (detail)

Family Tree (detail)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70332

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Date Made: 1992

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ATA

ATA

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71585

Description:

Measurements: 121.92 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 1996

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Underwater Buddhas

Underwater Buddhas

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71586

Description:

Measurements: 121.92 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 1996

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Chinese People

Chinese People

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71587

Description:

Measurements: chinese caligraphy on paper

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Date Made: 1996

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She is (detail)

She is (detail)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70336

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Date Made: 1997

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Interface-Freax-Guardian

Interface-Freax-Guardian

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71588

Description:

Measurements: ink jet prints

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Date Made: 1997

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She is

She is

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70335

Description:

Measurements: 213.36 x 152.4 cm

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Date Made: 1997

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E

E

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70337

Description:

Measurements: 213.36 x 152.4 cm

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Date Made: 1997

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E (detail)

E (detail)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70338

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Date Made: 1997

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HE

HE

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71593

Description:

Measurements: 222 x 115 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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A-Law-Oracle

A-Law-Oracle

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71591

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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Unity of Contradictions

Unity of Contradictions

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70333

Description:

Measurements: 148 x 147 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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Creative Blaster, detail (Systematic Advantage)

Creative Blaster, detail (Systematic Advantage)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71590

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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Express Buddha

Express Buddha

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70334

Description:

Measurements: 123 x 100 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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e NOW

e NOW

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71592

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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Fountain

Fountain

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71594

Description: From 1935 family portraits (Lil, Bill and Jenny Parsons).

Measurements: 121.92 x 76.2 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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Creative Blaster

Creative Blaster

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71589

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 1998

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Exotic Award

Exotic Award

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71595

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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City Awards

City Awards

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70339

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Mimetic Monument

Mimetic Monument

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70341

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 213.36 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Visionary Award

Visionary Award

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71604

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Mercenary Award

Mercenary Award

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71597

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Mentors Trophy

Mentors Trophy

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71598

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Remembering the Body Monument

Remembering the Body Monument

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71602

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Industrial Workers Award

Industrial Workers Award

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71601

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 121.92 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Life Brands Gold Award

Life Brands Gold Award

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71596

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Picturesque Award

Picturesque Award

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71605

Description:

Measurements: 50.8 x 91.44 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Office Totem

Office Totem

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71600

Description:

Measurements: 91.44 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Mimetic Monument

Mimetic Monument

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71603

Description:

Measurements: 152.4 x 182.88 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Re-visions

Re-visions

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70342

Description:

Measurements: 122 x 182 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Ludwig Wittgenstein Uncertainty Monument

Ludwig Wittgenstein Uncertainty Monument

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71599

Description:

Measurements: 182.88 x 152.4 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Master of Mythology

Master of Mythology

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70343

Description:

Measurements: 130 x 182 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Industrial Award

Industrial Award

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 70340

Description:

Measurements: 152 x 92 cm

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Date Made: 2001

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Electric Buddha

Electric Buddha

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 71606

Description: Installed at Winter's College, York University.

Measurements: gold and lacquer

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Date Made: 2002

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The Big Art History Labyrinth

The Big Art History Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74846

Description: For The Labyrinth Exhibitioná at Portage La Prairie Art Centre, Manitoba.
[For a walking meditation on Art History, Theory, Dance, Theatre, Music, Film, and Visual Art].


Measurements: floor mural: 1.044 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 2007

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The Big Art History Labyrinth

The Big Art History Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74844

Description: For The Labyrinth Exhibitioná at Portage La Prairie Art Centre, Manitoba.
[For a walking meditation on Art History, Theory, Dance, Theatre, Music, Film, and Visual Art].


Measurements: floor mural: 1.044 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 2007

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The Big Art History Labyrinth

The Big Art History Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74848

Description: For The Labyrinth Exhibition¿ at Portage La Prairie Art Centre, Manitoba.
[For a walking meditation on Art History, Theory, Dance, Theatre, Music, Film, and Visual Art].


Measurements: floor mural: 1.044 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 2007

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The Big Art History Labyrinth

The Big Art History Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74845

Description: For The Labyrinth Exhibitioná at Portage La Prairie Art Centre, Manitoba.
[For a walking meditation on Art History, Theory, Dance, Theatre, Music, Film, and Visual Art].


Measurements: floor mural: 1.044 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 2007

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The Big Art History Labyrinth

The Big Art History Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74843

Description: For The Labyrinth Exhibitioná at Portage La Prairie Art Centre, Manitoba.
[For a walking meditation on Art History, Theory, Dance, Theatre, Music, Film, and Visual Art].


Measurements: floor mural: 1.044 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 2007

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The Big Art History Labyrinth

The Big Art History Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74847

Description: For The Labyrinth Exhibition¿ at Portage La Prairie Art Centre, Manitoba.
[For a walking meditation on Art History, Theory, Dance, Theatre, Music, Film, and Visual Art].


Measurements: floor mural: 1.044 x 1.044 m

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Date Made: 2007

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Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74877

Description: Paradise Homes
My new shield paintings 2009-10 are part of a Panoptic landscape series. They are based on surveillance technology used by Google Earth to reveal giant new fingerprint shapes on the earth. They are suburban developments centred on a community with the Church, or a Synagogue, Mosque, Hindu Temple or Buddhist Shrine. They are instant designs that go from concept to completion in 3 or 4 years. Freeways provide access to infrastructures such as a Shopping Mall, Cineplex and Golf Course designed by the same architectural firms. The new towns are carved into the land with bulldozers. They occupy waste industrial sites, fertile farmland or high ridges with views of the ravine below. When complete they are enclosed with walls for security purposes, and the streets inside end in quiet looping cul-de-sacs. Entrances have grand gates announcing the exclusive nature of the development, such as Paradise Homes, or Fragrant Hills.

The source of my landscapes is inspired by the city of Vaughan, north of Toronto beside Canada's Wonderland, as seen on Google Earth. Vaughan according to Jane Jacobs, expert on urbanism, is one of Canada's fast growing and prosperous communities. I have also followed the city planning of Moshe Safdie who designed Habitat for the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. In 1989 he designed one of Israel's largest cities Modi'in planned for 250 thousand people; by 2007 it had reached 75 thousand.

In order to create a deep surface of the paintings they are built up on spherical bamboo structures, covered by canvas and gesso and embellished by various materials such as beeswax, brass fixtures and gold paint. The shield like appearance suggests a promise of security.


Measurements: 71.12 works of variable sizes á approx. 76.2 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm deep

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Date Made: 2010

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Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74873

Description: Paradise Homes
My new shield paintings 2009-10 are part of a Panoptic landscape series. They are based on surveillance technology used by Google Earth to reveal giant new fingerprint shapes on the earth. They are suburban developments centred on a community with the Church, or a Synagogue, Mosque, Hindu Temple or Buddhist Shrine. They are instant designs that go from concept to completion in 3 or 4 years. Freeways provide access to infrastructures such as a Shopping Mall, Cineplex and Golf Course designed by the same architectural firms. The new towns are carved into the land with bulldozers. They occupy waste industrial sites, fertile farmland or high ridges with views of the ravine below. When complete they are enclosed with walls for security purposes, and the streets inside end in quiet looping cul-de-sacs. Entrances have grand gates announcing the exclusive nature of the development, such as Paradise Homes, or Fragrant Hills.

The source of my landscapes is inspired by the city of Vaughan, north of Toronto beside Canada's Wonderland, as seen on Google Earth. Vaughan according to Jane Jacobs, expert on urbanism, is one of Canada's fast growing and prosperous communities. I have also followed the city planning of Moshe Safdie who designed Habitat for the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. In 1989 he designed one of Israel's largest cities Modi'in planned for 250 thousand people; by 2007 it had reached 75 thousand.

In order to create a deep surface of the paintings they are built up on spherical bamboo structures, covered by canvas and gesso and embellished by various materials such as beeswax, brass fixtures and gold paint. The shield like appearance suggests a promise of security.


Measurements: 71.12 works of variable sizes á approx. 76.2 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm deep

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Date Made: 2010

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Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74878

Description: Paradise Homes
My new shield paintings 2009-10 are part of a Panoptic landscape series. They are based on surveillance technology used by Google Earth to reveal giant new fingerprint shapes on the earth. They are suburban developments centred on a community with the Church, or a Synagogue, Mosque, Hindu Temple or Buddhist Shrine. They are instant designs that go from concept to completion in 3 or 4 years. Freeways provide access to infrastructures such as a Shopping Mall, Cineplex and Golf Course designed by the same architectural firms. The new towns are carved into the land with bulldozers. They occupy waste industrial sites, fertile farmland or high ridges with views of the ravine below. When complete they are enclosed with walls for security purposes, and the streets inside end in quiet looping cul-de-sacs. Entrances have grand gates announcing the exclusive nature of the development, such as Paradise Homes, or Fragrant Hills.

The source of my landscapes is inspired by the city of Vaughan, north of Toronto beside Canada's Wonderland, as seen on Google Earth. Vaughan according to Jane Jacobs, expert on urbanism, is one of Canada's fast growing and prosperous communities. I have also followed the city planning of Moshe Safdie who designed Habitat for the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. In 1989 he designed one of Israel's largest cities Modi'in planned for 250 thousand people; by 2007 it had reached 75 thousand.

In order to create a deep surface of the paintings they are built up on spherical bamboo structures, covered by canvas and gesso and embellished by various materials such as beeswax, brass fixtures and gold paint. The shield like appearance suggests a promise of security.


Measurements: 71.12 works of variable sizes á approx. 76.2 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm deep

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74852

Description: For the 25th Uxbridge Art Festival, Outdoor Street Event.

Measurements: floor mural: 0.87 x 0.87 m

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74857

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74874

Description: Paradise Homes
My new shield paintings 2009-10 are part of a Panoptic landscape series. They are based on surveillance technology used by Google Earth to reveal giant new fingerprint shapes on the earth. They are suburban developments centred on a community with the Church, or a Synagogue, Mosque, Hindu Temple or Buddhist Shrine. They are instant designs that go from concept to completion in 3 or 4 years. Freeways provide access to infrastructures such as a Shopping Mall, Cineplex and Golf Course designed by the same architectural firms. The new towns are carved into the land with bulldozers. They occupy waste industrial sites, fertile farmland or high ridges with views of the ravine below. When complete they are enclosed with walls for security purposes, and the streets inside end in quiet looping cul-de-sacs. Entrances have grand gates announcing the exclusive nature of the development, such as Paradise Homes, or Fragrant Hills.

The source of my landscapes is inspired by the city of Vaughan, north of Toronto beside Canada's Wonderland, as seen on Google Earth. Vaughan according to Jane Jacobs, expert on urbanism, is one of Canada's fast growing and prosperous communities. I have also followed the city planning of Moshe Safdie who designed Habitat for the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. In 1989 he designed one of Israel's largest cities Modi'in planned for 250 thousand people; by 2007 it had reached 75 thousand.

In order to create a deep surface of the paintings they are built up on spherical bamboo structures, covered by canvas and gesso and embellished by various materials such as beeswax, brass fixtures and gold paint. The shield like appearance suggests a promise of security.


Measurements: 71.12 works of variable sizes á approx. 76.2 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm deep

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Date Made: 2010

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Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74876

Description: Paradise Homes
My new shield paintings 2009-10 are part of a Panoptic landscape series. They are based on surveillance technology used by Google Earth to reveal giant new fingerprint shapes on the earth. They are suburban developments centred on a community with the Church, or a Synagogue, Mosque, Hindu Temple or Buddhist Shrine. They are instant designs that go from concept to completion in 3 or 4 years. Freeways provide access to infrastructures such as a Shopping Mall, Cineplex and Golf Course designed by the same architectural firms. The new towns are carved into the land with bulldozers. They occupy waste industrial sites, fertile farmland or high ridges with views of the ravine below. When complete they are enclosed with walls for security purposes, and the streets inside end in quiet looping cul-de-sacs. Entrances have grand gates announcing the exclusive nature of the development, such as Paradise Homes, or Fragrant Hills.

The source of my landscapes is inspired by the city of Vaughan, north of Toronto beside Canada's Wonderland, as seen on Google Earth. Vaughan according to Jane Jacobs, expert on urbanism, is one of Canada's fast growing and prosperous communities. I have also followed the city planning of Moshe Safdie who designed Habitat for the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. In 1989 he designed one of Israel's largest cities Modi'in planned for 250 thousand people; by 2007 it had reached 75 thousand.

In order to create a deep surface of the paintings they are built up on spherical bamboo structures, covered by canvas and gesso and embellished by various materials such as beeswax, brass fixtures and gold paint. The shield like appearance suggests a promise of security.


Measurements: 71.12 works of variable sizes á approx. 76.2 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm deep

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74851

Description: For the 25th Uxbridge Art Festival, Outdoor Street Event.

Measurements: floor mural: 0.87 x 0.87 m

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Date Made: 2010

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Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74872

Description: Paradise Homes
My new shield paintings 2009-10 are part of a Panoptic landscape series. They are based on surveillance technology used by Google Earth to reveal giant new fingerprint shapes on the earth. They are suburban developments centred on a community with the Church, or a Synagogue, Mosque, Hindu Temple or Buddhist Shrine. They are instant designs that go from concept to completion in 3 or 4 years. Freeways provide access to infrastructures such as a Shopping Mall, Cineplex and Golf Course designed by the same architectural firms. The new towns are carved into the land with bulldozers. They occupy waste industrial sites, fertile farmland or high ridges with views of the ravine below. When complete they are enclosed with walls for security purposes, and the streets inside end in quiet looping cul-de-sacs. Entrances have grand gates announcing the exclusive nature of the development, such as Paradise Homes, or Fragrant Hills.

The source of my landscapes is inspired by the city of Vaughan, north of Toronto beside Canada's Wonderland, as seen on Google Earth. Vaughan according to Jane Jacobs, expert on urbanism, is one of Canada's fast growing and prosperous communities. I have also followed the city planning of Moshe Safdie who designed Habitat for the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. In 1989 he designed one of Israel's largest cities Modi'in planned for 250 thousand people; by 2007 it had reached 75 thousand.

In order to create a deep surface of the paintings they are built up on spherical bamboo structures, covered by canvas and gesso and embellished by various materials such as beeswax, brass fixtures and gold paint. The shield like appearance suggests a promise of security.


Measurements: 71.12 works of variable sizes á approx. 76.2 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm deep

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74870

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74869

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74868

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74860

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74865

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Paradise Homes, [panoptic urban shield paintings]

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74875

Description: Paradise Homes
My new shield paintings 2009-10 are part of a Panoptic landscape series. They are based on surveillance technology used by Google Earth to reveal giant new fingerprint shapes on the earth. They are suburban developments centred on a community with the Church, or a Synagogue, Mosque, Hindu Temple or Buddhist Shrine. They are instant designs that go from concept to completion in 3 or 4 years. Freeways provide access to infrastructures such as a Shopping Mall, Cineplex and Golf Course designed by the same architectural firms. The new towns are carved into the land with bulldozers. They occupy waste industrial sites, fertile farmland or high ridges with views of the ravine below. When complete they are enclosed with walls for security purposes, and the streets inside end in quiet looping cul-de-sacs. Entrances have grand gates announcing the exclusive nature of the development, such as Paradise Homes, or Fragrant Hills.

The source of my landscapes is inspired by the city of Vaughan, north of Toronto beside Canada's Wonderland, as seen on Google Earth. Vaughan according to Jane Jacobs, expert on urbanism, is one of Canada's fast growing and prosperous communities. I have also followed the city planning of Moshe Safdie who designed Habitat for the 1967 Montreal World's Fair. In 1989 he designed one of Israel's largest cities Modi'in planned for 250 thousand people; by 2007 it had reached 75 thousand.

In order to create a deep surface of the paintings they are built up on spherical bamboo structures, covered by canvas and gesso and embellished by various materials such as beeswax, brass fixtures and gold paint. The shield like appearance suggests a promise of security.


Measurements: 71.12 works of variable sizes á approx. 76.2 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm deep

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74871

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74850

Description: For the 25th Uxbridge Art Festival, Outdoor Street Event.

Measurements: floor mural: 0.87 x 0.87 m

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74858

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74856

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74855

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74862

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74866

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74854

Description: For the 25th Uxbridge Art Festival, Outdoor Street Event.

Measurements: floor mural: 0.87 x 0.87 m

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74859

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74853

Description: For the 25th Uxbridge Art Festival, Outdoor Street Event.

Measurements: floor mural: 0.87 x 0.87 m

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74849

Description: For the 25th Uxbridge Art Festival, Outdoor Street Event.

Measurements: floor mural: 0.87 x 0.87 m

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Date Made: 2010

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74864

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74867

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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The Big Middle East Labyrinth

The Big Middle East Labyrinth

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74863

Description: At the Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre, Toronto.

Measurements: <br>8 minute Performance/Video with various props and found objects

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The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74879

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


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The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74881

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


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Map For Imagining Peace Plan B  (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Map For Imagining Peace Plan B (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74886

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


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Map For Imagining Peace Plan B  (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Map For Imagining Peace Plan B (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74887

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


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Map For Imagining Peace Plan B  (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Map For Imagining Peace Plan B (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74884

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


Measurements: 1.392 x 0.522 m

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The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74880

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


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The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

The Middle East Peace Rail Road, MEPR

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74882

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


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Map For Imagining Peace Plan B  (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Map For Imagining Peace Plan B (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74883

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


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Map For Imagining Peace Plan B  (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Map For Imagining Peace Plan B (Israel/ Palestine/Jordan)

Artist: Bruce Parsons

Work ID: 74885

Description: Middle East Map Project 2010-11: A Working Plan B for Israel/ Palestine
In 2005 the Rand Corporation proposed integrating a future Palestine state with a high speed rail and highway system that would connect the West Bank and Gaza. This was inspiration for Working Plan B, a work of the imagination based on current facts on the ground. It requires a land swap between Israelis and Palestinians, which was envisioned by President Jimmy Carter and Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Working Plan B is an artist's version of The Middle East centered along the line of the Jordan River Valley and defined by three parallel rail lines, Red/Blue/Orange connecting Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The rail routes look like 'The Metro' in London, Paris, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong, or Tehran. The lines pass through eight districts of civil authority, allowing for certain amount of independence, security, democracy and free passage. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the neighboring countries to the North East and South.

In a foreseeable future the security walls and settlement blocks are to remain in place in exchange for a land swap for returning Palestinian refugees. A strategy of agonism is useful because it does not count on understanding of others' social values but works with the idea that differences can continue if there is respect for others' rights.

The paralleled districts allow for a symbiotic stability of mutual benefit. There is enough international interest in having peace in the area that sponsors for developing the rail system would be willing to contribute to its different parts. Two thirds of the rail is currently operative in Israel and Jordan and the rest could be set up on decommissioned rail beds, with new tunnels and transit points.

Land swaps would open up a Palestine port in Mediterranean at Acre in the North and another in the South at Ashquelon in exchange for the large settlement blocks surrounding Jerusalem. The special district of Jerusalem/Bethlehem could be a UN security neutral zone for the three religions of Abraham. The history of the old city has its beginnings as a fortified village and has passed through conquest and occupations for three thousand years. It is a complicated archeological site of populations slaughtered or sold into slavery, later replaced by new waves of immigration. Its feuds and spirituality require special conditions from other territories, allowing for hardliners, secular and social idealists.

As an artist I have attempted to think outside the box because the conflict has not seen a solution in sixty years and seems to be deadlocked. Any map is considered premature and even taboo by both sides. My artistic daughter who is a standup comedian who majored in Political Science says my Plan B Map looks like a golf course with water hazards and sand traps. With that metaphor in mind, try to imagine this 'land in the middle' as a fair way leading forward to peace by connecting various regional cultures with plenty of hazards to be negotiated.


Measurements: 1.392 x 0.522 m

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