Ronald Gabe (1945 in

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– 1994) publicly known as Felix Partz, was a

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artist and cofounder of the artistic collective

General Idea General Idea was a collective of three Canadian artists, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson, who were active from 1967 to 1994. As pioneers of early conceptual and media-based art, their collaboration became a model for artist-initiated ac ...

with

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and

AA Bronson AA Bronson (born Michael Tims in Vancouver in 1946) is an artist. He was a founding member of the artists' group General Idea, was president and director of Printed Matter, Inc., and started the NY Art Book Fair and the LA Art Book Fair. Earl ...

. Partz tended toward the iconoclastic. While still at the

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and

Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...

. He died on June 5, 1994, of

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-related causes.2002 Laureates ~ Canada Council for the Arts
Canadian musician

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recorded a song entitled "Felix Partz" on her album ''

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''.

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