Arnaud Maggs

Arnaud Maggs
Born May 5, 1926
Montreal, Quebec
Died November 17, 2012(2012-11-17) (aged 86)
Toronto
Nationality Canadian
Known for photography, conceptual art
Awards

2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

2012 Scotiabank Photography Award

Arnaud Maggs (1926 - November 17, 2012)[1] was a Canadian artist and photographer. Born in Montreal, Maggs is best known for stark portraits arranged in grid-like arrangements.[2]

After training and working as a graphic designer, Maggs turned to commercial photography in the 1960s. At the age of 47, he decided to become a visual artist concentrating on photography and conceptualism and focusing on such things as death notices and tags documenting child labour in French textile factories.[2]

Works

Joseph Beuys: 100 Profile Views, Düsseldorf, 21.10.80 (detail), 1980

Characteristic of Maggs' early work are his black-and-white portraits taken from the front, side and back, and presented in grid formation[3] exemplified in the internationally acclaimed portraits of Joseph Beuys, Joseph Beuys: 100 Frontal Views, Düsseldorf, 21.10.80 and Joseph Beuys: 100 Profile Views, Düsseldorf, 21.10.80.[4] Created in Beuys' Düsseldorf home in 1980, the images appear to be identical, but are 200 different photographs of Beuys attempting to sit completely still.[4] In 2006, Maggs was awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.[5] In 2012 Maggs was awarded the Scotiabank Photography Award.[6]

A postage stamp depicting Magg's photograph of Yousuf Karsh was issued on March 22, 2013 by Canada Post as part of their Canadian Photography series.[7] [8]

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