Archive / Tony Emery at the Vancouver Art Gallery

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  1. Michael de Courcy, Tony Emery at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1969
Item Details

Title: Tony Emery at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Artist: Dennis Vance

Artist: Michael de Courcy

Date: August 31, 1969

Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]

Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive

Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm

More Information: Vancouver Art Gallery director Tony Emery sitting in on a electronic sound sculpture by Dennis Vance. The work entitled “Fat Emma” was featured in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s exhibition Direction 69. “Fat Emma” was a fiberglass module that picked up various radio stations through movement.  Collection of the artist.

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