, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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Forty-Part Motet, 2001
Janet Cardiff
Canadian, 1957
40-track audio installation
installation dimensions variable
Purchased 2001
National Gallery of Canada (no. 40634.1-40)
A reworking of "Spem in Alium" (1575) by Thomas Tallis. The forty voices are grouped into eight choirs of five voices. Each voice was recorded separately and is played back through a single loudspeaker. The piece was recorded by the Salisbury Cathedral Choir, and was originally commissioned by the Salisbury Festival.
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Forty-Part Motet (1 min 11 sec)
A sculptural experience (0 min 45 sec)
Spatial articulation of sounds and voices (1 min 42 sec)
The Paradise Institute: Controlling the mood (1 min 3 sec)
Influences (2 min 33 sec)
Pop Culture (1 min 16 sec)
The viewer completes the work (1 min 55 sec)
A long line of discussion about three dimensional space (1 min 27 sec)
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