The Blackwood Gallery presented a retrospective of editions produced between 1968 and 1995 by the internationally renowned artists' trio 'General Idea'. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue presented the diverse and seminal edition-based works produced by the Toronto/New York-based collective, whose collaborations ended tragically in 1994 when Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal died of AIDS-related causes. The exhibition toured across Canada through 2004.
The Canadian partners and touring venues included:
• Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
• Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax
• Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal
• Art Gallery of Hamilton (partner), co-presented by the McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
• Museum London
• Plug In, Winnipeg
• Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver
• Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary
• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
The international tour included:
• The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, USA)
• Luckman Art Gallery (Los Angeles, USA)
• Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, USA)
• Kunstverein Munich (Germany)
• KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin, Germany)
• Kunsthalle Zurich (Switzerland)
• Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Sevilla, Spain)