Tom Bendtsen Toronto, ON

Book Hawk

Mixed media with thesaurus

Location: Southeast Stairwell

The Book Hawk is a protector, maintaining a claim, concerned with its place and its time. This predator patrols its territory; a location with a historical authority that is undeniable, a place where the maintaining of that history and its traditions, requires a degree of control. Considered largely docile, the Book Hawk, when challenged, can become uncompromising and aggressive. With its complex support structure and constant power supply it can overwhelm its newer, more virile challengers with little effort. Caution is recommended. Tom Bendtsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He received degrees from Camosun College in Victoria, BC, and the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and his MFA from State University of New York at Buffalo. He has shown his book works at the Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton and at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge, Alberta and the Albright Knox Gallery's Western New York Biennial.

Tom Bendtsen would like to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council's Chalmers Chalmers Arts Fellowship.