Ydessa Hendeles

Ydessa Hendeles

Birth : 1948-12-27,

History

Ydessa Hendeles was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on October 29, 2004 for her services to the Visual Arts in Canada. She was the first Canadian member of the Tate Gallery International Panel in London, England and also the founder of the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Profile

Ydessa Hendeles
Ydessa Hendeles

Movies

Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
Ydessa, the Bears and etc.
Self
Ydessa Hendeles' exhibition entitled "The living and the Artificial" (consisting of works of art all comprising a photograph of living persons in the company of one or several teddy bears) had puzzled Agnès Varda so much that she decided to go to Toronto where the artist lives and interview her. In front of Agnes Varda's DV camera, Ydessa tells about the singularity of her artistic approach. She also expresses herself about the Holocaust, which both her parents survived.