A February ends I have two significant updates to report. First, my request to two of Jack’s close friends to post my request for photographs of missing works has borne some fruit. I now have pictures posted on the Catalogue of three Ping drawings. This addition is a significant step forward, as they are the first photographs of the Ping series I have tracked down. Thank you to Rebecca Garrett and Caroline Azar for posting my request and to James Gunn and Richard Gorman for sending me pictures of the work.
Second, I will be returning to Toronto in mid-March (as soon as the lockdown restrictions are lifted there) to complete the closure of Jack’s studio. I know that there are dozens of small drawings still there as well as a filing cabinet full of papers and a hard drive. I will photograph and post the drawings on the Ephemera page. I am hopeful that the material in the filing cabinet and on the hard drive will contain records of the works for which I yet have no visual record.
I am also in the early stages of work on an essay on the influence of the industrial landscape of 1960’s and 70’s Sudbury on the drawings of the 1980’s that first brought critical and curatorial attention to Jack’s work. It is the first in a series of essays that I have planned.
March should see significant additions to the archives. While I am not looking forward to closing his studio door for the final time, I do look forward to filling in the remaining blank spaces in the archival record of his work.
Thank you for visiting, and, as always, if you have content to contribute, you can email it to me at: jnoonan@uwindsor.ca