WEEGEE "DISTORTION: PAINTER" c. 1950s repurposed material Costume and makeup characteristically obliterate

Costume and makeup characteristically obliterate the artist’s own identity

squishy sculptures of an ice cream cone

Albers and his wife Anni (a noted textile designer) emigrated to the United States

Pachter holds the prestigious position of Officer of the Order of Canada

WEEGEE "DISTORTION: PAINTER" c. 1950s repurposed material Costume and makeup characteristically obliterateArthur Felling, better known as Weegee (1899 1968) was a highly successful (and notorious) photojournalist artist. In addition to contributing an enormous number of images to various American newspapers, he would become famous, beyond New York and news circles, after the publication of Naked City (1945) and Weegee's People (1946). Weegee began shooting scenes of crime, drama, tragedy and depravity throughout New York City in the 1930s for Acme