Town regularly worked on several separate bodies of work at the same time, using a variety of media and styles, yet consistent themes and processes of composition run through them. The key works selected here reflect his use of a wide range of media and the succession of formats he developed for their exploration.
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Day Neon 1953
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Dixon Passing 1956
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Tree Zoo 1957
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Music Behind 1958–59
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Paper Monster 1958
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Bacchante Threatened 1959
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Inoutscape 1960
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Tyranny of the Corner 1962
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In Memory of Pearl McCarthy 1964
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Enigma No. 9 1964
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Festival 1965
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Silent Light No. 11 1968–69
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Snap No. 17 1972–73
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Toy Horse No. 184 1979
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Spengler Writing The Decline of the West 1980
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Stages No. 8 1986–87
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About the Author
Gerta Moray is a Professor Emerita of the University of Guelph, where she taught art history in the School of Fine Art and Music from 1989 to 2005.
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Acknowledgements
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