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Representations: YYZ in the 80s
YYZ Artists' Outlet
Toronto , Ontario

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in several galleries and
artist-run centres such as
Monumenta (1982), The New
City of Sculpture (1984), and
The Interpretation of
Architecture (1986). All
through the 80s, YYZ
supported controversial
exhibits like Paul Wong’s
Confused: Sexual Views

(1984), which shattered any
notion that YYZ was a service
organization and reaffirmed
it as an alternative
exhibition space.
   During the 1980s, YYZ
Artists’ Outlet also moved
into book publishing. From
printing exhibition
catalogues and brochures for

shows like Alternate
Photography (1983), Subjects
in Pictures (1984), and The
Interpretation of
Architecture (1986), YYZ
published Philip Monk’s
Struggles with the Image
(1988) as the first YYZBOOKS
publication in its Critical
Works series; a series that

would publish many subsequent
books on contemporary art and
criticism.
   The exhibit
Representations: YYZ in the
80s is a chronological record
of shows that took place at
YYZ from 1979 to 1989 and
dealt with issues of
representation. It compiles

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