Gabor Szilasi

Gabor Szilasi (1934) is a Canadian artist known for his documentary photography.[1]

Gabor Szilasi
Szilasi in 2012.
Born	February 3, 1928[1] Budapest, Hungary[1]
Known for	Photography

In 2017 Montreal's McCord Museum exhibited a 20-year selection of his unpublished photographs of Montreal.[2][3][4] In 2009 he received the Paul-Émile Borduas Prize.[5] In 2010 he was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.[6]

Szilasi is married to the photographer Doreen Lindsay.[7]

Collections

His work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[1] the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal[8] and the National Gallery of Canada[9]

References

1. "Szilasi, Gabor". Collections | MNBAQ.
2. "Gabor Szilasi: The Art World in Montreal, 1960–1980 – McCord Museum". Musee McCord.
3. "A new McCord Museum publication on photography: Gabor Szilasi". The Suburban Newspaper.
4. "Les vernissages selon Gabor Szilasi". La Presse. November 14, 2019.
5. "Gabor Szilasi photo exhibit in Montreal – RCI | English".
6. "Gabor Szilasi | the Canadian Encyclopedia".
7. Harris, David; Szilasi, Gabor; Arts, Montreal Museum of Fine; Montréal, Musée des beaux-arts de; Populi (Firm), Vox (May 18, 1997). Gabor Szilasi. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773517288 – via Google Books.
8. "Gabor Szilasi, Andor Pasztor, Montréal, 1977, printed of 1979". MAC Montréal.
9. "Gabor Szilasi". www.gallery.ca.