Background
Buchan was born in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from York University in Toronto in 1972.
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David Buchan
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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. 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.
Buchan died in Toronto in 1993. 1993, "David Buchan: Inside the Image," The Power Plant, Toronto,
1988, "On the Rocks," Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1989, Galerie Surface Acoustic Wave, Ottawa, Ontario
1988, "David Buchan".
Canadian Youth, Western Front Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
1987, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1984, A Space, Toronto, Ontario
1981, Roots, Lamonte Delegate Monte"s Family Tree, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario
1981, Modern Fashions, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
1981, Modern Fashions, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
1981, Modern Fashions, I.D.A. Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
1981, Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario
1980, Art Gallery, Student Union Building, Edmonton, Alberta
1980, Modern Fashions, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1980, Modern Fashions, Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, North.S.
1979, Modern Fashions, Glenbow Museum of Art, Calgary, Alberta.
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Canadian