GENERAL IDEA “THE 1971 MISS GENERAL IDEA PAGEANT”, 1971 Jim Dine Heart Lichtenstein's signature style mined images

Lichtenstein's signature style mined images from comic books and advertisements

and also this exhibition poster

painted and dyed Japanese Kozo paper

illuminated by a single and direct light source

C (with their blindstamp)

GENERAL IDEA “THE 1971 MISS GENERAL IDEA PAGEANT”, 1971 Jim Dine Heart Lichtenstein's signature style mined imagesIn 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945 1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944 1994). Over the course of four decades, they made a significant contribution to postmodern and conceptual art in Canada and beyond. The group was both prolific and multi disciplinary long before it became de rigueur. They worked with a wide range of media including photography, sculpture, painting, mail art, video, installations,