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David William Buchan (11 February 1950 - 5 January 1993) was a Canadian artist.
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Life
Buchan was born in 1950 in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. He graduated with a B.A. from York University in Toronto in 1972. Buchan died in Toronto in 1993.
Work
During the 1970s and 80s, Buchan's work was mostly performance and multimedia art. A 1978 performance piece, "Fruit Cocktails," featured a persona "Lamonte del Monte" which Buchan would continue to use into the future. Buchan also created photo-text pieces which parodied old advertising and commented on popular culture.
In the mid-1980s, Buchan started making cibachrome transparencies and prints, and duro-transparencies, often large ones. These also frequently referenced advertising and historical artwork.
Collections
His work is among the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, the Canada Council Art Bank, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.