Rodney Graham was one of Canada’s most internationally recognized artists, exhibiting throughout North America and Europe.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail Rodney Graham was a brilliant artist known for his singular ability to combine an encyclopedic knowledge of art, literature and popular culture with humour. Mr. Graham, who died of cancer in Vancouver on Oct. 22 at age 73, was one of Canada’s most internationally recognized artists, exhibiting throughout North America and Europe while his work was avidly collected by art museums and private collectors. He was part of a milieu that developed in Vancouver during the 1970s in which new,...