Jorge Zontal

Birthday unknown (Age unknown) in Parma, Italy

Slobodan Saia-Levy (born 1944 in Parma, Italy – February 3, 1994), publicly known as Jorge Zontal, was a Canadian artist.

Zontal was born in Parma, Italy, in 1944, the son of Yugoslav refugees. He grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, and in 1968 he earned a degree in architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he also studied film making and acting. Zontal died on February 3, 1994 of AIDS-related causes. Soon after graduation, he met Felix Partz and AA Bronson while working on a film in Toronto and their group, General Idea, soon became an active part of the Canadian and then the international art scene.

Known For

Test Tube

Himself

General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle

Himself

Pilot

Himself

Shut the Fuck Up

Himself

God is My Gigolo

Blocking

Himself

Credits

General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle 2008

Himself

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Shut the Fuck Up 1984

Himself

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Test Tube 1979

Himself

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Pilot 1977

Himself

★ NR
Blocking 1974

Himself

★ NR
God is My Gigolo 1969

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