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Yes, but is it art?. Ever since he set up shop at Toronto's International Sculpture Symposium in High Park sculptor Armand Vaillancourt has had more t(...)
Yes, but is it art?. Ever since he set up shop at Toronto's International Sculpture Symposium in High Park sculptor Armand Vaillancourt has had more t(...)

Yes, but is it art?. Ever since he set up shop at Toronto's International Sculpture Symposium in High Park sculptor Armand Vaillancourt has had more t(...)

Date7/18/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Yes, but is it art?. Ever since he set up shop at Toronto's International Sculpture Symposium in High Park sculptor Armand Vaillancourt has had more than his share of attention. Visitors keep wandering around this towering structure making comments and guessing at what it represents.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0087277F
    $100,000 Junk pile: Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt created a controversial $100,000 masterpiece for the city's Sculpture Symposium-then left before putting it together
    $100,000 Junk pile: Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt created a controversial $100,000 masterpiece for the city's Sculpture Symposium-then left before putting it together
    Darrell, Dick
    5/20/1968
    Armand Vaillancourt, the bushy-faced Montreal artist, is up to his knees in mud and unfinished sculpture in High Park
    Armand Vaillancourt, the bushy-faced Montreal artist, is up to his knees in mud and unfinished sculpture in High Park
    Bezant, Graham
    12/13/1967
    Sculptors Armand Vaillancourt, Bernard Schottlander, Wessel Couzyn, Frank Gallo, William Koochin, Hubert Dalwood, Menashe Kadishman in high park
    Sculptors Armand Vaillancourt, Bernard Schottlander, Wessel Couzyn, Frank Gallo, William Koochin, Hubert Dalwood, Menashe Kadishman in high park
    James, Norman
    7/6/1967
    High up in high park. Artistic heights of the first completed work in Toronto International Sculpture Symposium provide a 15-foot jump for Norman Jurc(...)
    High up in high park. Artistic heights of the first completed work in Toronto International Sculpture Symposium provide a 15-foot jump for Norman Jurc(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    8/10/1967
    All stacked up in a neat-if not particularly artistic-pile, Montreal sculptor Armand Vaillancourt's $100,000 cast iron masterpiece rests beside chain (...)
    All stacked up in a neat-if not particularly artistic-pile, Montreal sculptor Armand Vaillancourt's $100,000 cast iron masterpiece rests beside chain (...)
    Bezant, Graham
    8/14/1968
    His rusting masterpiece will be entitled Je me souviens - meaning I remember - sculptor Armand Vaillancourt said yesterday as he stood among the piece(...)
    His rusting masterpiece will be entitled Je me souviens - meaning I remember - sculptor Armand Vaillancourt said yesterday as he stood among the piece(...)
    Darrell, Dick
    5/20/1968
    Armand Vaillancourt Vaillancourt, sculptor with a passion
    Armand Vaillancourt Vaillancourt, sculptor with a passion
    Philp, Barry
    4/21/1967
    Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
    Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
    Griffin, Doug
    8/31/1967
    Unfinished sculpture by Montreal's Armand Vaillancourt sits beside the blast furnace used for melting down metal for the work. Toronto Board of Contro(...)
    Unfinished sculpture by Montreal's Armand Vaillancourt sits beside the blast furnace used for melting down metal for the work. Toronto Board of Contro(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    11/16/1967
    Armand Vaillancourt. Born in Montreal, 1932. Exhibited in the United States at Expo, Montreal and Toronto International airports
    Armand Vaillancourt. Born in Montreal, 1932. Exhibited in the United States at Expo, Montreal and Toronto International airports
    James, Norman
    7/7/1967
    Novelist Max Ehrlich says that ever since he was a child he has dreamed he was on a street with all the shop signs in oriental characters. He walked t(...)
    Novelist Max Ehrlich says that ever since he was a child he has dreamed he was on a street with all the shop signs in oriental characters. He walked t(...)
    Bull, Ron
    3/24/1975
    Yes! Guitarist Steve Howe and lead singer Jon Anderson of British art rock group Yes had the crowd with them at SkyDome last night
    Yes! Guitarist Steve Howe and lead singer Jon Anderson of British art rock group Yes had the crowd with them at SkyDome last night
    Anderson, Jon
    4/23/1991