JOYCE WIELAND "ISLE OF THE BLESSED" 1987 Jean Arp MASQUE OISEAU From an edition of 500

From an edition of 500

wearing a dark red patterned collared shirt under a speckled

At the top of the page is a clipping from Michelangelo's rendition of Adam's creation

The artist was widely exhibited in Europe and beyond: he was included in the 1953 exhibit “Young European Painters” at the Guggenheim in New York

JOYCE WIELAND "ISLE OF THE BLESSED" 1987 Jean Arp MASQUE OISEAU From an edition of 500Joyce Wieland (1931 1998) was one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists of the 20th century. Emerging on the Toronto art scene at the beginning of the 1960s, over the course of her career Wieland explored the role of women, the body, nationalism, and intimacy using a variety of mediums. While she experienced several professional "peaks and valleys", Wieland established new benchmarks for what was possible for a female artist to