Hear Maxwell Bates speak about his scarecrow, crucifixion, puppet, marionette and beggar king iconography and more in Vancouver Art Gallery curator Terry Guernsey's interview of 1972.
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Hear Bates speak on his childhood and early art years in Calgary, his art influences, on being an architect, a landscape artist and more in P.K. Page's interview of 1973.
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Hear Bates speak on his beggar king iconography and art influences in Frank Nowosad's interview of 1977.
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