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Contemporary, Toronto-based artist Shary Boyle discusses how Christiane Pflug’s Cottingham School with Black Flag, 1971 was a seminal inspiration for her as a student. Boyle reveals her fascination with Pflug’s unique, intense, graphic artworks and how they made her feel that becoming an artist was possible.

  • The Cave Painter

    The Cave Painter by Shary Boyle, 2013

  • Kitchen door with Ursula

    Kitchen door with Ursula by Christiane Pflug, 1966

  • Toronto from Wards Island

    Toronto from Wards Island by Christiane Pflug, 1968

  • Bird Cage with Pears

    Bird Cage with Pears by Christiane Pflug, 1958

  • Toronto from Centre Island II

    Toronto from Centre Island II by Christiane Pflug, 1968

  • Cottingham Playground

    Cottingham Playground by Christiane Pflug, 1969

  • Kitchen Door with Esther

    Kitchen Door with Esther by Christiane Pflug, 1965

  • Cottingham School with Black Flag

    Cottingham School with Black Flag by Christiane Pflug, 1971

  • Snowball

    Snowball by Shary Boyle, 2006

  • Detroit is Burning

    Detroit is Burning by Shary Boyle, 2014

  • Self Portrait in a Window Pane

    Self Portrait in a Window Pane by Christinae Pflug, 1965

  • Destruction

    Destruction by Shary Boyle, 2007

  • Self Portrait

    Self Portrait by Shuvinai Ashoona and Shary Boyle, 2015

  • Shadow Songs

    Shadow Songs by Shary Boyle, 2010

  • Shadow Songs

    Shadow Songs by Shary Boyle, 2010

  • Pigeon

    Pigeon 1972

  • White Light

    White Light by Shary Boyle, 2010

  • Thin Red Line

    Thin Red Line by Shary Boyle, 2016

  • Self Portrait as an Artist

    Self Portrait as an Artist by Shary Boyle, 2009

  • Kitchen Door at Night II

    Kitchen Door at Night II by Christiane Pflug, 1963

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