AA Bronson is an artist and healer. Bronson has written and published extensively, from his pornographic novel Lena (Grove Press, 1970), to his book on the AIDS crisis in Africa, Tick Tock (2006). From 1972 through 1989 he co-published FILE Magazine, General Idea's idiosyncratic simulacrum of LIFE Magazine. His memoir, Negative Thoughts, was published by the MCA Chicago in 2001.AA Bronson's many awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Toronto (1991), and the Governor-General's Award in the Visual and Media Arts (2002), Canada's highest award for cultural achievement. In 2008 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
He enjoys his role as a mentor for a younger generation of artists, and is currently the director of Printed Matter Inc., the artists' bookstore.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
12:30 pm Room B209
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