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| BACKGROUND |
| 1985 |
Graduated (Honours) Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC |
| 1997 |
Elected Member of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS |
| 2008 |
Attila Richard Lukacs / Polaroids / Michael Morris, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC |
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Lily of the Vallery: Attila Richard Lukacs, Still Life Paintings Helen Lukacs, Garden, curated by Katherine Ylitalo, The Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff AB
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| 2007 |
Attila Richard Lukacs Exhibition, Hamilton Artists Inc. Headquarters, Hamilton, ON |
| 2006 |
Paint, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Museum Ludwig, Das achte Feld, Koln, Germany |
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Antisocial Gallery (solo), Vancouver, BC |
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L'Ecomusee du fier monde, Le Corps Gay, Montreal, QC |
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Vancouver School, Leo Marshall Center, North Vancouver, BC |
| 2005 |
Beyond Redemption, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, BC |
| 2004 |
Basement Show, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB |
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National Gallery Canada, works from the permanent collection, Ottawa, ON |
| 2003 |
Basement Show, Vancouver, BC |
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worx I and II, Lehmann Leskiw + Schedler Fine Arts, Toronto, ON (solo) |
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Of Monkeys and Men, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC (solo) |
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New Works, Belkin Sattelite, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (solo) |
| 2002 |
Le Corps Gay, Centre d'exposition du Vieux-Palais a Saint-Jerome, Saint-Jerome, QC |
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Xeno at Dadabase, Jake, Vancouver, BC |
| 2000 |
paperworx, Galerie Schedler, Zurich, Switzerland (solo) |
| 1999 |
Arbor Vitae, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo) |
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Fresh Flowers, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA (solo) |
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Heads, Galerie Schedler, Zurich, Switzerland (solo) |
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Myths about my Garden, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
| 1998 |
Galerie OZ, Paris, France (solo) |
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Galerie Schedler, Zurich, Switzerland (solo) |
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Attila Richard Lukacs, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, ON (solo) |
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Detention, 469 King, Toronto, ON (solo) |
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Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON (solo) |
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Telling Tales, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 1997 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York City, NY (solo) |
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E-werk, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB (solo) |
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Odd Bodies, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON |
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KUNST 97, Zurich, Switzerland, Galerie Schedler, Warth |
| 1996 |
E-werk, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (solo) |
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E-werk,London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, ON (solo) |
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E-werk, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (solo) |
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Naked Truths, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI |
| 1995 |
E-werk, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (solo) |
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E-werk, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (solo) |
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Portraits, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo) |
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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The Reconstructed Figure, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY |
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Ark, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Edmonton, AB (Solo) |
| 1994 |
E-werk, MusÈ d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, QC (solo) |
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E-werk, Institute of Theoretical Painting Kunstwerk, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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Murzzuschlag am Semmering, Kunsthaus Murzzuschlag, Jahresmuseum, Austria |
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Chromapark, E-werk, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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Informing Visions, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB |
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'64-'94 Contemporary Decade, Emily Carr Institute of Arts & Design, Vancouver, BC |
| 1993 |
Different Strokes, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA |
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The Anxious Salon, MIT List Visual Art Centre, Cambridge, MA |
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The New Renaissance, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Aids Project, NGBK, Berlin, Germany |
| 1992 |
Die Schonen Sohne der Wuste, Moderne Kunst Dietmar Werle, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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Boudoir, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany |
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Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 1991 |
Das Goldene Zeitalter, Wuerttembergischer Kunsteverein, Stuttgart, Germany |
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Sixty Years Sixty Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Riga, Latvia, Interferenzin-Kunst aus West Berlin 1960-90, St. Petersberg, USSR |
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Seoul International Art Festival, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea |
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Myth and Magic in America: The Eighties, Museo de Contemporeno de Monterrey, Monterrey, MX |
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Kutturzentrum, Vollbild, Tableaux du Sida, Bern, Switzerland, La Fondation Deutsch, Belmont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1990 |
Bilder, Moderne Kunst Dietmar Werle, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC (solo) |
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Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB (solo) |
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London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, ON (solo) |
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Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo) |
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Artropolis '90, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC |
| 1989 |
The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (toured to Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB) |
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49th Parallel (Diane Farris Gallery), New York City, NY |
| 1988 |
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany |
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Plug-In Gallery, Winnepeg, MB |
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Vollbild, NGBK, Berlin, Germany |
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Galerie Dietmar Werle, Cologne, Germany |
| 1987 |
Art Cologne 87, Diane Farris Gallery, Cologne, Germany |
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Morality Tales: History Painting in the 1980s, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY (toured) |
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Toyama Now '87: New Art Around the Pacific, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan |
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London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON |
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West Coast Painting: New Directions, Canada House, London, England |
| 1986 |
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Attila Richard Lukacs / Charles Rea, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON |
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4 Vancouver Young Romantic Painters, Centre Canadien Culturel, Paris, France |
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Convertible Showroom, 25 Young Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC |
| 1985 |
Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Five Young Artists, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Contemporary Canadian Painting, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN |
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Futura Bold Installation, Convertible Showroom, Vancouver, BC |
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Futura Bold, Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, BC |
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Marginal Practice: Drawings by Attila Richard Lukacs, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, |
| 1984 |
Warehouse Show, Vancouver, BC |
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Four Painters,Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| PERFORMANCES AND LECTURES |
| 1997 |
Harvard Graduate School of Architecture, Lecture Series |
| 2002 |
Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB (performance) |
| 2000 |
'Berlin,Ich hole meinen Koffer ab' Club Spyder Galaxy, 6.10.2000 (performance) |
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National Ballet of Canada, 'Glen Gould' - 3 short works, Costumes and design |
| FILM |
| 2004 |
Drawing Out the Demons: A Film About the Artist Attila Richard Lukacs, 78 min, documentary |
| GRANTS AND AWARDS |
| 1997 |
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
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95/97/98/
03/05
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Canada Council, Arts Grant "A" |
| 86/87/89/91 |
Canada Council, Arts Grant "B" |
| 1986-88 |
Studio Residency Program, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany |
| RESIDENCIES |
| 2004 |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
| 2002 |
Alberta College of Art and Design, Visiting artists program & lecture series |
| 1989 |
Banff Centre, Banff, AB |
| 1986-88 |
Studio Residency Program, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany |
| SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Canada Council Art Bank,Ottawa
Canadian Embassy, Saudi Arabia
London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Musee d'Arts Contemporain, Montreal, QC
Froahlich Collection, Germany
Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Phyllis Kind, NY
John Stewart Collection, NY
Salah Bachir, Toronto, ON
Dietmar Werle, Cologne, Germany |
| CATALOGUES |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne. Attila Richard Lukacs: Between Tradition and Desire. Winnepeg, Plug-In Gallery, 1988. |
| Bourdon, David. Seoul International Art Festival: Works on Mulberry Paper. Seoul, Korea: The National Museum of Contemporary Art,1991. |
| Cervantes, Miguel. Myth and Magic in America; The Eighties. Monterrey, Mexico: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, 1991. |
| Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie. Toyama Now. Toyama, Japan: The Museum of Modern Art, 1987 |
| Dompierre, Louise. Attila Richard Lukacs. Toronto: The Power Plant, 1989 |
| Gagnon, Paulette. Attila Richard Lukacs. Montreal: Le Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal, 1994. |
| Kroker, Arthur. Attila Richard Lukacs: Painting the Hysterical Male. Vancouver: Diane Farris Gallery, 1990. |
| Mayor, Robin. Attila Richard Lukacs:Recent Works 1990. Calgary, Alberta: Illingworth Kerr Gallery 1990. |
| Osterwold, Tilman. Das Goldene Zeitalter. Stuttgart, Germany: Wurttenbergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Edition Cantz, 1991. |
| Sololowski, Thomas. Attila Richard Lukacs. Vancouver: Diane Farris Gallery, 1990 |
| Sokolowski, Thomas. Attila Richard Lukacs. New York:49th Parallel, 1989. |
| Sololowski, Thomas. Morality Tales: History Painting in the 1980's. New York: Independent Curators Inc., 1987. |
| Wagner, Frank. Vollbild. West Berlin: Neue Gesellschaft fur bildene Kunst, 1988. |
| Watson, Scott. Adoration and Denial: Attila Richard Lukacs. Berlin:Kunstlerhaus Bethanien,1988 |
| Watson, Scott. Young Romantics. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1985. Inserted Vanguard 14 (Summer 1985). |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| 2008 |
Starke, Sean, ?Attila Richard Lukacs?, hobo magazine, Issue No. 9, Spring/ Summer 2008 |
| 1999 |
Frances Hill, Mary, ?From college to the world limelight, artists step forward in Futura Bold?, May 6-12 |
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Gustafson, Paula, ?Futura Bold Hits Its Stride After 15 Years?, The Georgia Straight, May |
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MacDonnell Eichhorn, Virginia, ?Created in Our Own Image?, Artfocus, Winter/ Spring 1999: 18-20
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Milroy, Sarah, ?Vancouver painters reach critical mass?, The Globe and Mail, May 15
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Thompson, Jane L., ?Mooning the mayor?, The National Post, January 23 |
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Tousley, Nancy, ?Fast Forward?, Canadian Art: Fall 1990 |
| 1998 |
Bowness, Gordon, ?Get the Ruler?,XTRA! October 8, 1998: 33
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Cronin, Ray, ?Beaverbrook Art Gallery in tune with the times?, The Daily Gleamer, May 23 |
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Gopnik, Blake, ?Safe Sex?,The Globe and Mail, October 17 |
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Kelly, Deirdre, ?An Eye for the provocative?, Globe and Mail, October 17 |
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Raphael, Mitchel, ?Oh, For a Man In Black Socks?, National Post, November 2 |
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Turner, Grady T, ?Attila Richard Lukacs at Phyllis Kind?, Art in America, September 1998 |
| 1997 |
?A Thing of Beauty?, Art & Design, No. 54
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Brown, Kelvin, ?Still naughty after all these years??, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, October 18
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Hannon, Gerald, ?At Home with Attila?, Canadian Art, Summer 1997, Volume 14 Number 2 |
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Mumford, Steve, ?Attila Richard Lukacs?, Review, November 1
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Sabat, Christina, ?Attila Richard Lukacs: Painting on the Razor?s Edge?, Weekend Columns, Sat., January 18 |
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Sabat, Christina, ?Paintings of Male Culture Challenge Gallery Patrons?, The Daily Gleaner, Mon., January 13
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Sanroman, Lucia, ?The Nude as Metaphor; West Coast Artists find New Uses for the Human Figure?, Monday Magazine, June 12, 1997 |
| 1996 |
Honolulu Weekly, ?Body Work?, March 6 |
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Bourdon, David, Attila Richard Lukacs at Phyllis Kind?, Art in America, February |
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Scott, Michael, ?Grace and Grit?, The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, June 8 |
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Scott, Michael, ?First He Took Berlin??, The Vancouver Sun, Thursday, June 6 |
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Brayshaw, Christopher, ?Lukacs Still Willing to Revise Himself?, The Vancouver Courier, Wednesday, June 19 |
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Gustafson, Paula, ?Sex and Sensuality on Display?, The Georgia Straight, June 27 - July 4 |
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Rose, Joan, ?The Naked Self: Body, Sex, Relationships, Community?, The Honolulu Advertiser, March 17 |
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Scott, Michael, ?Still Lifes Seethed with Erotica While Sincerity Ruled Pop Roster; 1996?s Top 10 Art?, The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, December 28 |
| 1995 |
Everett-Green, Robert, ?Imagining the Body?, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, March 25
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Faulder, Liane, ?You Needn't Fear Exhibit or Skinhead?, Edmonton Journal, Saturday, June 10
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Grace, Kevin Michael, ?From Dead Modernism, a Terrifying Traditionalism?, Alberta Report, July 10 |
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Gustafson, Paula, Portraits Steeped in ominous Power, The Georgia Straight, June 2-9 |
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Gustafson, Paula, ?Portraits of a Canadian Painter?, Reflex, July 1995 |
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Hess, Barbara, ?Attila Richard Lukacs: Dietmar Werle?, Flash Art, November-December 1995
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Mandel, Charles, ?In-Your-Face Art, Attila Richard Lukacs' Skinhead Images Court Controversy?, The Edmonton Journal, Friday, June 9 |
| 1994 |
Bogardi, Georges, ?Attila Richard Lukacs, Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal?, Canadian Art, Summer 1994 |
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Grande, John K, ?Attila Richard Lukacs, Musee d'art Contemporain?, Artforum, April 1994 |
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Hume, Christopher, ?Canadian art's bad boy?, The Toronto Star, January 22 |
| 1993 |
Headlam, Bruce, ?Attila Up Against the Wall?, Saturday Night Magazine, December/January 1993/4: 54-59, 84-88 |
| 1992 |
Enright, Robert, ?The Very Rich Painting of Attila Richard Lukacs?, Border Crossings, Summer 1992
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Kimmelman, Michael, ?At Documenta, It's Survival of the Loudest?, Art View, New York Times, July 5 |
| 1991 |
Beale, Nancy, ?Skinhead Painting may spark controversy?, The Ottawa Citizen |
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Beale, Nancy, ?Gallery itself gives meaning to installation?, The Ottawa Citizen, January 17 |
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Heartney, Eleanor, ?Report from Seoul: Korea Opens the Door?, Art in America, April |
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Mays, John Bentley, ?Past is Present in timely exhibit?, The Globe and Mail, January 19 |
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Mays, John Bentley, ?Surveying a corridor of artistic loyalties?, The Globe and Mail, June 15 |
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Mays, John Bentley, ?Nine Canadian Artists, Nine Remarkable Choices?, Documenta, The Globe and Mail, June 16 |
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Perry, Art, ?Strong and Free?, The Vancouver Province, August 19 |
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Rosenberg, Ann, ?Best of 1990: It Was a Year of Fine Work?, Saturday Review, The Vancouver Sun, January 5 |
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Stone, Jay, ?Gallery Tour Surprising, Enlightening?, The Ottawa Citizen, January 15 |
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Watson, Scott, ?The Generic City and Its Discontents: Vancouver Accounts For Itself?, Arts Magazine, February |
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Whitington, Luther G, ?ART/LA 90?, Review in Art & Auction, February |
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Whitington, Luther G, ?Skinheads and Jarheads?, The Advocate, January 15 |
| 1990 |
Barrett, Tom, ?An Artist with an understanding of our times?, Saturday Review, The Vancouver Sun, September 15 |
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Cockburn, Lyn, ?Money?, Well it Helps?, The Vancouver Province, October 23 |
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Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie, ?Another Seduction by Attila Richard Lukacs?? Vancouver, September |
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Doyle, Kevin, ?Letters?, Maclean's, November 5 |
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Gordon, Jean, ?The Eye of the Beholder?, West, October |
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Lacey, Liam, ?Images of Uncanny Timelessness?, The Arts, The Globe and Mail, September 12 |
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Lukacs, Attila Richard, The Massachusetts Review, Spring-Summer 1990: 117-124 |
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Mays, John Bentley, ?Male Body Supplants Feminist Concerns in Art of the 90s?, The Globe and Mail, September 12 |
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Mitchell, Marnie, ?The Art Scene?, The Essential Vancouver, 1990/91 |
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Muchnic, Suzanne, ?A Brave New Art World??, The Los Angeles Times, December 4 |
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Rees, Ann, ?Painter Receives Brush-off Apology?,The Vancouver Province, November 1 |
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Richardson, Bill, ?Lukacs Rides a Crest of Uniformity?, The Georgia Straight, September 1990: 14-21 |
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Rosenberg, Ann, ?Speaking Softly on Moral Ambivalence?, Saturday Review, The Vancouver Sun, September 8 |
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Vincent, Isabel, ?Airbrushing Sparks Censorship Charge?, The Globe and Mail, October 24 |
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Vincent, Isabel, ?Airbrushing called Error?,The Globe and Mail, October 31 |
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Young, Pamela, ?Attila the Painter?, Macleans, October 1 |
| 1989 |
Chua, Lawrence, ?Attila Richard Lukacs?, Flash Art, October 1989: 133
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Hanna, Deirdre, ?Lukacs' Visceral Vignettes?, Now, June 29-July 5, 1989: 47 |
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Hirsh, David, ?Of Trees and Men?, New York Native, April 24 |
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Hume, Christopher, ?Ugly Paintings of Skinheads Beautifully Tell Tale of our Time?, Toronto Star, June 30 |
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Johnson, Ken, ?Attila Richard Lukacs at 49th Parallel?, Art in America, September 1989: 204 |
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Lloyd, Ann Wilson, ?Canada Comes of Age?, Contemporanea, November: 60-7
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Mays, John Bentley, ?Skinhead Paintings Transcend the Erotic?, The Globe and Mail, July 8 |
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Miller, Earl, ?Attila Richard Lukacs?, C Magazine 23 Fall 1989: 68 |
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Smolik, Neomi, ?Attila Richard Lukacs?, Artforum February 27, 1989: 145 |
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Tousley, Nancy, ?Painter Displays His Power?, Calgary Herald, October 18 |
| 1988 |
Schulz, Bernhard, ?The Limits of Reflection? Der Tagesspiegel (West Berlin), April 15 |
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Watson, Scott, ?Attila Richard Lukacs?, Canadian Art 5 (Fall 1988): 82 |
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Wulffen, Thomas, ?Beispielhafte Konfrontation?, ZITTY, July |
| 1987 |
Day, Peter, ?Morality Tales: History Painting in the 1980's?, Canadian Art, Fall 1987; 40, 42 |
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Godley, Elizabeth, ?Lukacs: An Astonishing Talent?, Vancouver Sun, November 1 |
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Tousley, Nancy, ?Vancouver Painters?, Calgary Herald, January 29 |
| 1986 |
Hanna, Deirdre, ?Charles Rea/Attila Richard Lukacs?, C Magazine, 12 Winter 1986/87: 67-8
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Hume, Christopher, ?Hot Artists Put Painting Back on Top?, Toronto Star, September 9 |
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Mays, John Bentley, ?Attila Richard Lukacs and Charles Rea: New Paintings and Drawings?,The Globe and Mail, February 7 |
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Sage, Elspeth, ?Attila Richard Lukacs?, Vanguard, September 15, 1986: 36 |
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Thomas, Gilda, ?4 Romantic Painters in Vancouver?, Vie des Arts, December 31, 1986: 645 |
| 1984 |
Opferdach, ?Goldene Outlaws?, TAZ, December 14
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Perry, Art, ?Futura Bold?,The Vancouver Province, December 12 |
| 1983 |
Kangas, Matthew, ?Richard Lukacs?,Vanguard, September 12, 1983: 41-2
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Perry, Art, ?Young Vancouver Artists Getting Back to Basic Joy?, The Vancouver Province, June 23, 1983 |
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