VIDEO PORTRAITS
Joe Fafard
Video clips © CCCA &
Linda Corbett_Eyeris Inc. 2007
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Foundry
After the success of his famous public commission of life-sized cows titled, “The
Pasture” for the Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto in 1984, Joe Fafard opened his own bronze foundry, “Julienne
Atelier” in Pense, Saskatchewan the following year. In this video clip, Joe gives us a tour of
the foundry, showing the entire bronze casting process - from clay model to the one-of-a-kind patina
process he uses to hand finish each of his bronze sculptures.
foundry.flv / running time: 12:10 / English - Anglais
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Realism
When Joe left the University of Manitoba to attend
Pennsylvania State University in 1966, he had been working in
a figurative style using plaster. His weekend visits to the New
York galleries and museums exposed him to the vocabulary of
modernism. Instructor’s critiques accused him of being living
in the 19th Century, not the modern world. For awhile he
made small machine sculptures with drole, humourous
movements, but by the time he returned to Regina in 1968 he
was ready to return to his roots, turning away from such
“cerebral” work that “never touched him emotionally”.
realism.flv / running time: 4:50 / French - Français
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Portraits
The portrait of Michael Haynee, a 107 year old resident of
Pense, Saskatchewan marked a turning point in Joe’s
approach to his portraits. When his father died soon after,
Joe wanted to “recreate that life” through his work. The result
was a thoughtful, solidly-based portrait quite different from the
“jocular” pieces that had preceded it.
portraits.flv / running time: 3:43 / English - Anglais
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Histoire
Joe talks about his family history and early childhood years
growing up in Saskatchewan. Related to the famous French
Canadian sculptor Louis Jobin (1845-1928), he was not the
only artist in the family.
histoire: / running time: 4:58 / French - Français
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