Fonds SC091 - Avis Lang - Jack Chambers collection

Zone d'identification

Cote

CA ON00012 SC091

Titre

Avis Lang - Jack Chambers collection

Date(s)

  • 1953-1974, predominant 1972-1974 (Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

13 cm of textual records 132 photographs

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1944 -)

Notice biographique

Avis Lang [Rosenberg] (1944-) is an art historian, teacher, curator, writer and editor who lived in Vancouver for many years. In 1972, as a member of the faculty of the Fine Art Department at the University of British Columbia, she wrote to Canadian artist Jack Chambers (1931-1978) beginning a correspondence that led Chambers to invite her contribution to a scholarly monograph on his work. In 1973, Peter Mellen took over the editorial direction for the book and differences of opinion prompted her to resign the project. Her essay, “The Hart of London: a film by Jack Chambers” was included in The Films of Jack Chambers, edited by Kathryn Elder (Cinematheque Ontario and Indiana State University Press, 2002).

Nom du producteur

(1931 - 1978)

Notice biographique

Jack (John Richard) Chambers, artist and experimental filmmaker, was born in London, Ontario in 1931. He studied at the Escuela Central de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid from 1957 to 1959. In Spain he met Olga Sanchez Bustos, whom he married in Canada in 1963. They made their home in London and had two children, John (b. 1964) and Diego (b.1965). Chambers’ style of painting and drawing in the 1960s was characterized by a dreamlike quality. Toward the end of that decade, his work became intensely focused on the depiction of reality, often relating closely to source photographs, most of which were taken by the artist himself. Between 1964 and 1970 Chambers also directed eight films. The subjects of his work were often domestic or regional, focusing on his experience in London. In 1967, Chambers founded Canadian Artists’ Representation to try to establish fee scales for reproduction rights and rental fees for works in public exhibitions, and served as president from 1967 to 1975. In 1969 Chambers published his essay “Perceptual Realism”, and that same year, was diagnosed with leukemia. From 1971 to 1977 he worked on “Red and Green,” a study of art and perception (unpublished). Chambers died in London in 1978. His work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and numerous other Canadian galleries.

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Collection was acquired from Avis Lang on February 14, 2003.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Collection consists of correspondence between Avis Lang Rosenberg and Jack Chambers over a three-year period, slides created for the proposed book, transcriptions of taped interviews, contents of a notebook, poetry and prose written by Chambers, research notes, Lang’s writings on Chambers, exhibition catalogues and a private press publication containing illustrations by Chambers. Much of the material is present in photocopied form. File titles were assigned by Avis Lang, except where square brackets are used. The collection is arranged in a single series.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d’accès

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright is held by the creators and their heirs. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the collection.

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    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

      Finding aids

      A detailed inventory is available for this collection.

      Zone des sources complémentaires

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related material can be found in the Jack Chambers fonds.

      Descriptions associées

      Zone des notes

      Note

      Unpublished material originally photocopied on coated paper stock that is fading has been re-photocopied and inserted at the end of the file.

      Note

      Two published catalogues, Jack Chambers, a retrospective and “London Collects” have been integrated into the AGO library collection.

      Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

      Mots-clés

      Mots-clés - Sujets

      Mots-clés - Lieux

      Mots-clés - Noms

      Mots-clés - Genre

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

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