Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books
Goose Lane Editions Mary Pratt
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The light in Pratt's paintings seems sentient, a living thing, a pulsation or emission, imbuing the paintings with an erotic and almost mystical desire." -- Canadian Art
£26.34
Goose Lane Editions Sakkijâjuk
Book SynopsisWinner, 2018 Canadian Museums Association Award of Outstanding Achievement in EducationShortlisted, 2018 Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association Best Atlantic Published Book AwardNunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in 2005, produces art that is distinct within the world of Canadian and circumpolar Inuit art. The world''s most southerly population of Inuit, the coastal people of Nunatsiavut have always lived both above and below the tree line, and Inuit artists and craftspeople from Nunatsiavut have had access to a diverse range of Arctic and Subarctic flora and fauna, from which they have produced a stunningly diverse range of work. Artists from the territory have traditionally used stone and woods for carving; fur, hide, and sealskin for wearable art; and saltwater seagrass for basketry, as well as wool, metal, cloth, beads, and paper. In recent decades, they have produced work in a variety of contemporary art mTrade Review"SakKijâjuk marks a major historical moment in which we have the privilege of participating, should we have the ability to see and to recognize it." * Border Crossings *
£29.74
Goose Lane Editions SakKijjuk Art et artisanat du Nunatsiavut
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Goose Lane Editions Sakkijâjuk
Book SynopsisThis description is for the Inuktitut edition.Nunatsiavut, tânna Inuit nunakKatigengituk Canada-mit pitâlauttut namminik kavamamik 2005-imi, sanaKattajut sananguatausimajunik adjiKangitunik nunatsualimâmit Canadamiungutlutik ammalu ukkiuttatop KikKanganettuk Inuit sananguataumajut. Silatsualimâmi siKinganeluattuk inigijautluni Inutuinnanut, tamakkua satjugiamit inuit Nunatsiavummi iniKainnatut napattop killingani, ammalu Inuit allanguattingit ammalu sananguatingit Nunatsiavummit pitâsongunginnatut adjigengitunik ukiuttattumi ammalu ukiuttattoKattangimmijuk pigutsianginnik, taikkunangat atuKattasimajut takuminattunik sanagalagiamik suliagijanginnit.Allanguattet nunanganit piusituKanginnit atuKattasimavut ukkusitsajannik ammalu Kijunik sananguagiamut; amilinnik, tuttujannik, ammalu Kisinik atuttausonik sanaKattajut; ammalu tagiulinnit ivinik sanaKattamijut, ammalugiallak allasajannik, kikiatsajak, Kallunâttajak, sapangak, ammalu alakkasâjannik. MânnaKammik, sanagalasimav
£29.74
Goose Lane Editions Vers de nouveaux sommets Lawren Harris et ses
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Goose Lane Editions Marlene Creates Places Paths and Pauses
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is the sort of book that will repay repeat reading and most especially repeat viewing of the unique images that comprise its bulk." -- Ray Cronin * Atlantic Books Today *"As a whole the images, commentary and essays of Marlene Creates: Places, Paths, and Pauses create a richly woven tapestry that enable the reader to gain insight and understanding into Creates’ ‘discreet’ oeuvre; an oeuvre that I am pleased to have encountered and feel deserves greater recognition." -- Sarah Gittins * Eco Art Scotland *
£999.99
Goose Lane Editions Marlene Creates Lieux sentiers et pauses
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery Anthony Flower
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery Ekpahak
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery Nekt Wikuhpon Ehpit
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery Glitter and GloomÉclat Et Obscurité
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Otago University Press Undreamed Of ...
Book SynopsisIn 1966 Michael Illingworth, whose oil painting Adam and Eve appears on the front cover of this book, was awarded the inaugural Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. For the first time in New Zealand a practising artist was given a studio and paid a salary to make art for a whole year. Such support, as Frances Hodgkins herself wrote from her own experience, was capable of yielding up riches undreamed of . Poet and critic David Eggleton has described the fellowship as an emblem of cultural endeavour which ... holds a legendary status in the public imagination. The initiative and much of the early funding for the fellowship is thought to have come from poet, editor and arts patron Charles Brasch, and it was set up by the University of Otago Council. Fifty years later, the Frances Hodgkins is still going strong, one of five arts fellowships offered through the University of Otagos Humanities Division. This sumptuous book brings together the art and the stories of half a century of Frances Hodgkin
£28.76
Dundee Contemporary Arts The Associates
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£7.60
The Shelagh Cluett Trust Le Cabinet de Curiosites
Book SynopsisLe Cabinet de Curiosites de Mademoiselle Clouette is an exhibition of Shelagh Cluett''s collection and work. This publication guides the viewer through the artefacts and ephemera collected on her epic travels over 25 years in Asia. Taking an ethnographic turn, the aim is to illustrate, through ''things'' rather than ideas, how displacement and documentation influence art practice. Juxtaposed with a selection of Cluett''s own smaller sculptures to evoke both formal and conceptual affinities, these objects act as agents of partial connections within an ideal contact zone for transcultural exchange: a library.
£10.00
Museum of Fine Arts SoQ Contemporary Art in Southern New Mexico
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery Materiality and Perception in Contemporary
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Sadie Coles HQ TITTIPUSSIDAD
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ImmuneNations Collective Immune Nations
Book SynopsisThis catalogue documents a multi-year art-science project, Immune Nations, tackling complex issues related to the use and distribution of vaccines in the world today.
£27.89
Te Papa Press Ten x Ten
Book SynopsisIn an entirely fresh way to approach the collection, Te Papa's ten art curators have each chosen ten of their favourite works in the national art collection at Te Papa, and tell us why they love, admire, revere or are moved by their chosen works.Trade Review'Just ahead of the opening of the much-anticipated gallery revamp that will enhance the art experience at Te Papa, an exciting new book by the museum’s press offers a fresh approach to art appreciation.' – Graham Beattie; 'This is a beautiful book covering the broad and diverse range of art at Te Papa as they prepare to renew their gallery space...This book is great start for anyone even just a little curious about art or planning to visit Te Papa’s renewed gallery space.' – The Reader.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Curators' choices 6 Ten/01 Head of Art - Charlotte Davy 18 Ten/02 Historical International Art - Mark Stocker 44 Ten/03 Historical New Zealand Art - Rebecca Rice 68 Ten/04 Historical Photography - Lissa Mitchell 92 Ten/05 Modern Art - Chelsea Nichols 118 Ten/06 Decorative Art & Design - Justine Olsen 140 Ten/07 Modern & Contemporary Maori & Indigenous Art Megan Tamati-Quennell 164 Ten/08 Photography - Athol McCredie 186 Ten/09 Pacific Art - Nina Tonga 212 Ten/10 Contemporary Art - Sarah Farrar 234 The curators The artists Image credits Index
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Te Papa Press New Zealand Art at Te Papa
Book SynopsisA survey of Te Papa's treasure trove of Zew Zealand artTrade Review'This door-stopper-sized compilation from Te Papa’s collections marks the recent expansion of space for art within the museum … Solid and well-produced, (it) works as a giant picture book and handy work of reference.' – New Zealand Herald; 'With a demure design and simple cover, this publication showcases more than 270 works, chosen by the museum’s curatorial team and explained, we are assured by its editor, art historian Mark Stocker, in "intelligent, jargon-free writing" … The goal, he says, is to get people into a space of critical thinking.' – NZ Listener; '“The following list represents what I think are the cream of that crop, judged on their production values and lasting legacy to New Zealand art...a lavish publication to pore over with a great many highlights among the 270 artworks selected from the national collection’s 40,000 …' – Andrew Paul Wood; 'A resounding and triumphant clarion call that unashamedly heralds the artistic achievements of the past two centuries.' – Scoop; 'This is a book to pore over. More than 50 curators and art writers, including the likes of Mary Kisler, Robert Leonard, Gregory O’Brien and Rangihiroa Panoho, discuss 270 artworks in a sweep through New Zealand’s national art collection… Artist bios add to the usefulness and quality of this lavish volume.' – North & South; '… All (the featured artists) are written about by various experts in easy, accessible style and so, with biographies of the artists, a valuable resource that is also a highly enjoyable page-flipping browse has been produced.' – Art News New Zealand; 'The various artists and paintings have large full-colour illustrations along with clear, descriptive comments, providing insights into the art, the artists and the context and issues that drove them. The book is complemented by biographies of all the featured artists, making it a valuable resource.' – National Business ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 7 1 From Encounter to Dominion: 1777-1912 16 2 Towards a Modern New Zealand: 1914-1953 96 3 A Broader Outlook: 1946-1974 146 4 Critique and Challenge: 1977-1998 200 5 Art for a New Millennium: 1999-2018 258 Artist biographies 306 Contributor biographies 358 Acknowledgements 362 Index 363
£46.39
Te Papa Press 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa 100
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating book, Te Papa’s science team showcases 100 objects that demonstrate the breadth and depth of Te Papa’s enormous collection. The objects housed by the museum range from fossilised bones of the extinct Haast’s eagle and specimens collected on Cook’s first voyage to deep-sea-dwelling fishes and a plethora of insects.Trade Review'... an entertaining selection ... The items are wonderful in their rarity and diversity, and the descriptions are lucid and informative' - North & South; '100 Natural History Treasures is effortlessly informative ... the book offers proof of the research value of collections put together over long periods of time ...' - New Zealand Geographic; photo feature in New Zealand review of Books.Table of ContentsIntroduction 6 100 Natural History Treasures A-B Objects 001-013 12 C-E Objects 014-026 44 F-G Objects 027-040 74 H-M Objects 041-058 106 N-P Objects 059-073 146 R-S Objects 074-087 180 T-Z Objects 088-100 212 The collectors 242 The collection and the field 248 Authors 262 Index 267
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Te Papa Press Whatu Kakahu
Book SynopsisA celebration of the science and art of Maori weaving, focused on the largest collection of Maori cloaks in the world.Trade Review'… a definitive work on the subject, showcases 40 distinctive kākahu from Te Papa’s large collection … Beautifully illustrated and richly informative …' – New Zealand Geographic; 'Ranging from the primitive and precious, through the unique and prestigious, to their contemporary reincarnation, Whatu Kākahu is the definitive description of Māori cloaks in Te Papa’s collections. Illustrated throughout with stunning photographs that document the subtle beauty of these cultural treasures …'– Scoop.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Te Mana o te Kakahu: The Prestige of Cloaks Nga Aho: Threads that Join Ko te Putaiao, te Ao o nga Tupuna: Ancestral Maori Scientific Practice Te Ao Tawhito/Te Ao Hou: Entwined Threads of Tradition and Innovation Whatu: The Enclosing Threads Nga Kakahu o Te Papa: The Cloaks of Te Papa Te Kaitiakitanga o Te Whare Pora: The Custodianship of Weaving Types of Cloaks known from Museum Collections Acknowledgements Notes Glossary Select Bibliography Contributors Image Credits Index
£46.39
Te Papa Press Nga Tai Whakarongorua Encounters
Book SynopsisA handy and accessibly priced take-home guide to the portrait wall in Toi Art, the best-loved and most-visited section of the Te Papa art galleries. Beautifully designed, published in te reo Māori and English, and with artist biographies and insights into conservation.Table of ContentsHe Tūtakinga, He Tūtukinga | Encounters and Collisions page 7 Mō ngā ringatoa | About the artists page 106 Kuputaka | Glossary page 110 Hei pānui anō | Further reading page 111
£15.29
Cambridge University Press Public Painting and Visual Culture in Early Republican Florence
Book SynopsisStreet corners, guild halls, government offices, and confraternity centers contained paintings that made the city of Florence a visual jewel at precisely the time of its emergence as an international cultural leader. This book considers the paintings that were made specifically for consideration by lay viewers, as well as the way they could have been interpreted by audiences who approached them with specific perspectives. Their belief in the power of images, their understanding of the persuasiveness of pictures, and their acceptance of the utterly vital role that art could play as a propagator of civic, corporate, and individual identity made lay viewers keenly aware of the paintings in their midst. Those pictures affirmed the piety of the people for whom they were made in an age of social and political upheaval, as the city experimented with an imperfect form of republicanism that often failed to adhere to its declared aspirations.Trade Review'We learn, here, not only of works of art, but of the people of the Florentine Republic - of condemned criminals, prostitutes, merchants, government officials, guild members from the Arte della Lana and the Arte dei Giudici e Notai, laudesi, plague victims, the bishop and his entourage, the families of the newly baptized, and the would-be tyrant - and of how these and others lived lives shaped by images in an urban environment before the era of art.' Jonathan Kline, Renaissance QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: public painting for common people in early republican Florence, 1282–1434; 1. Paintings in the streets: tabernacles, public devotion, and control; 2. Images of charity: confraternities, hospitals, and pictures for the destitute; 3. Art and the commune: politics, propaganda, and the bureaucratic state; 4. Pictures for merchants: the guilds, their paintings, and the struggle for power; 5. Public painting in sacred spaces: piers and pilasters in Florentine churches; 6. Murals for the masses: paintings on nave walls; 7. Masaccio's Trinity and the triumph of public painting for common people in early republican Florence.
£105.45
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Passion over Reason la passion avant la raison
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Workman Publishing Art PageADay Gallery Calendar 2026
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University of Alberta Press Mappae Mundi: Representing the World and its
Book SynopsisThis catalogue showcases some of the treasures of the University of Alberta's Map and Special Collections, as well as other U of A Libraries, particularly in terms of resources to aid in the study of the cultures of Medieval and Early Modern Europe. The curators have focused on "facsimiles," and one of the ways to view the exhibit is in terms of the art of the facsimile, from early twentieth-century black-and-white photographs to twenty-first-century colour, digital photographs on CD-ROM. A second theme is ancient book production, from the papyrus roll through the medieval parchment codex, down to the modern printed book. The curators have also considered representations of the world and its inhabitants: humans in their many activities and occupations, animals wild and tame, and monsters that dwelled in those parts of the world just beyond the boundary of the known.Trade ReviewPublished to accompany an exhibition at the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the U. of Alberta in 2008, this catalogue features entries that describe 62 medieval manuscripts or maps, with color plates included for many of them. The exhibition featured the best known examples of medieval world maps (mappa mundi) through the display of various high-quality facsimiles in the Bruce Peel Library Collection. Reference and Research Book News
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University of Alberta Press Legacy of Empire: Treasures of the University of
Book SynopsisThe University of Alberta Libraries houses one of the most outstanding collections of Austrian, Habsburg and Central European materials in North America. This unique strength has at its heart the acquisition of two major Austrian collections: the famous "Priesterseminar" library of the Archbishop of Salzburg, purchased in 1965, and the library of Viennese Juridisch-Politische Leseverin, purchased in 1969. The Salzburg Collection, one of the most important collections in Canada for Central European law studies, consists of the original law collection of the Seminary library of the Archbishop of Salzburg. The Priesterseminar Library has its origins in the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council of Trent (1545-1563), at which the Catholic Church affirmed and clearly defined its dogmas in the face of the Protestant challenge. This catalogue, published to accompany a 2008 exhibit at the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, provides a glimpse into the riches of these two collections.Trade ReviewThis brief but handsomely produced catalog, published to accompany an exhibition held at the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library of the U. of Alberta in 2008, contains descriptions of 58 books from the university's Central European Library collection. The volume, which is not indexed, was written by Franz A.J. Szabo, professor of history and the director of the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the U. of Alberta. Reference and Research Book News
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University of Alberta Press The John H. Meier, Jr. Governor General’s
Book Synopsis"This catalogue presents examples of first editions of all the English-language titles that have won Canada's prestigious Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (GGs) from its inception to the present. If we look at the list as a whole, it soon becomes apparent that it represents most of the great Canadian authors of the twentieth century. This collection thus gives a fascinating perspective on the history of publishing and printing in Canada in the twentieth century. It is my hope and desire that exhibiting highlights from my collection will educate and excite the public about our outstanding literary history." John H. Meier, Jr. Produced to accompany a 2010 exhibit at the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, this illustrated catalogue showcases first editions of all titles to have won the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, along with a selection of binding variants, presentation copies, association copies, proofs, galleys, and associated miscellany. Collected here are the seminal works of twentieth-century Canadian fiction as they first appeared on the domestic market, making this volume a fascinating contribution to the study of writing and publishing in Canada.
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University of Alberta Press The Spacious Margin: Eighteenth-Century Printed
Book SynopsisThe Spacious Margin: Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and the Traces of their Readers draws from the holdings of the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the University of Alberta, presenting an array of readerly interactions with books in the form of annotations, improvements, corrections, ornamentation, and suggestive wear-and-tear. In this scholarly catalogue, Brown and Considine describe and contextualize the notable physical traces of readership and circulation for each of the 62 items displayed in the accompanying exhibition (The Spacious Margin, Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, 5 October 2012 - 15 February 2013). The result is a snapshot of the life of books and readers in the eighteenth century: in the British Isles and beyond, from the modestly literate users of well-thumbed dictionaries to learned critics of canonical poets and contemporary philosophers.
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University of Alberta Press All under Heaven: The Chinese World in Maps,
Book SynopsisFloyd Sully, a Canadian collector fascinated by practical yet beautiful representations of China, laboured over 15 years to assemble this beautiful collection focused on maps, documentary paintings, and illustrated texts. It features works produced inside China and abroad that were created for both Chinese and Western viewers. This publication explores important dimensions of Chinese visual culture and offers a diverse and telling set of perspectives on the Chinese world as it underwent a process of profound transformation spanning five centuries of artistic production through to modern times.Trade Review“Dealing with a highly original topic, this catalog showcases original materials rarely seen in a library and museum setting: 16th to 18th century Chinese manuscripts, and hand-colored woodblock prints,” said Cherry Williams, chair of the RBMS Exhibition Awards committee and curator of manuscripts at Indiana University. “Its rich information content, with extensive, well-written notes composed by curator Walter Davis, has intellectual depth and constitutes a contribution to scholarship on the subject of early Chinese history and culture. In addition, the curators narrowed the choices well, resulting in a spectacular choice of items; each item is unusual, visually interesting and stunning in appearance.” -- Jury comments, 2014 Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab * “American Book Prices Current” Exhibition Awards *
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University of Alberta Press Collecting Culinaria: Cookbooks and domestic
Book SynopsisThe Linda Miron Distad Culinaria Collection, housed at the University of Alberta Libraries, currently consists of more than 3,000 food-related texts from around the world, spanning several centuries. Collecting Culinaria accompanies an exhibit at the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library featuring cookbooks and household guides from the collection, as well as other selected items from the Library's holdings. The catalogue highlights some of the collection's most intriguing texts and their themes, including manuscript cookbooks, dietetics and health, and celebrity chefs. Collecting Culinaria draws from and celebrates this vast and diverse trove of social, cultural, and gastronomic history.Trade Review"Collecting Culinaria is a tribute to an extraordinary trove of historic cookbooks collected by Linda Distad, a University of Alberta librarian who died in 2012. Distad had a mania for heritage recipes; her collection ran to more than 3,000 titles, including the first English-language cookbook published in Canada, The Cook Not Mad, circa 1830.... Recipes date from Roman times, but Culinaria credits an English homemaker, Isabella Beeton, as author of the 'culinary and household management touchstone' that started the whole ball rolling in 1859. Mrs. Beeton’s Book Of Household Management ran to 1,112 pages of recipes, cleaning tips and advice.... Collecting Culinaria is spectacularly illustrated with photos and artwork." [Full review at http://bit.ly/1Li7qFE] -- Holly Doan * Blacklock's Reporter *"Collecting Culinaria offers a wealth of images and history from the collection which ranges from manuscript images to cookbooks centered on food and health to early compilers such as Isabella Beeton whose tips and recipes became household standards, and The Cook Not Mad, which became the first English cookbook to be published in Canada in 1830. This magnificent cookbook history is a top pick for any culinary reference holding..." * California Bookwatch *"...the book functions as a tasting menu, offering readers tantalizing glimpses of the Collection's treasures, whetting appetites for a longer visit and closer scrutiny.... Pages reproduced from the manuscript cookbooks are particularly intriguing..." -- Nathalie Cooke * Canadian Literature, Summer 2015 *
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University of Alberta Press Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination:
Book SynopsisThis exhibition catalogue features over 100 highlights of a large and extraordinary collection of Canadian little magazines and Canadian small press and micro-press imprints assembled by David McKnight. As a determined collector/librarian imbued with remarkable passion and resolve, McKnight invested 30 years developing a private collection that has considerable potential for literary research in the areas of Canadian Modernist poetry, avant-garde literature, and the production of small magazines in Canada. McKnight generously donated the collection to the University of Alberta Libraries in 2012, and this publication unveils the collection publicly for the first time.
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University of Alberta Press A Contemplative Angler: Selections from the Bruce
Book SynopsisThis exhibition catalogue shows nearly 100 highlights of an extraordinary collection of rare books and print ephemera about angling. Featuring the books of a single collector, Bruce P. Dancik, who is an angler-collector in the mould of Roderick Haig-Brown, the catalogue includes titles that have contributed significantly to the development of angling as a sport and as a philosophy. Many books in the collection are titles of extreme rarity, often illustrated with woodcuts, copper or steel engravings, chromolithographs, and photoengravings. The curator, Justin Hanisch, has organized the publication into five sections: Manuals and Handbooks, Limited Editions, Angling as Adventure, Canadian Angling, and Scientific Angling. Foreword by Bruce P. Dancik.Trade Review"... you don’t so much read this book as engage with its lively illustrations, photographs, and paintings, its pages and pages of gilt-edged book spines, titles, bindings, and dust jackets, its myriad typographies, its brilliantly colored and nuanced fly patterns, and its full-page reproductions of rare books in various angles of repose." -- Robert DeMott, Anglers’ Club of New York Bulletin, 2020
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia ARENA: The Art of Hockey
Book SynopsisFrom creativity to imagination and the pursuit of excellence, ARENA: The Art of Hockey both illustrates the art of the game and examines larger ideas and issues in contemporary culture by using hockey as a framework.
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Graeme Patterson: Secret Citadel
Book SynopsisSecret Citadel showcases Graeme Patterson''s spectacular and intricate multimedia installation, exploring the trials and tribulations of male friendship through a four-part sculptural/video installation and an experimental stop-motion animated narrative. Here, guided by subtle gestures and intense interactions, an anthropomorphic bison and cougar create a bond that spans all stages of maturity, playful creativity bringing them together and violent awkwardness tearing them apart.Secret Citadel prÃsente l''installation multimÃdia spectaculaire bien connue de Graeme Patterson. L''oeuvre explore les vicissitudes d''une amitià masculine, en quatre tableaux vidÃosculpturaux appuyÃs par une narration expÃrimentale sous forme d''animation image par image. Alternant gestes subtils et interactions intenses, un bison et un cougar anthropomorphes, rapprochÃs par une espiÃglerie crÃative, se lient d''une amitià qui rÃsiste jusqu''à la maturitÃ, avant d''Ãtre sÃparÃs par une brusque maladresse.
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey
Book SynopsisFrom painters, weavers, sculptors, printmakers, makers of video and installation art, rug hookers, and beyond, Nova Scotia is home to some of the country''s finest artists. Terroir showcases that talent and unearths its roots by exploring how local histories and traditions, the landscape, and the human condition give rise to works of art specific to time and place.
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Centuries of Silence Des siècles de silence:
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Goose Lane Editions Itee Pootoogook: Hymns to the Silence
Book SynopsisWinner, 2021 Melva J. Dwyer AwardItee Pootoogook belonged to a new generation of Inuit artists who are transforming and reshaping the creative traditions that were successfully pioneered by their parents and grandparents in the second half of the 20th century.A meticulous draughtsman who worked with graphite and coloured pencil, Itee depicted buildings in Kinngait that incorporated a perspectival view, a relatively recent practice influenced by his training as a carpenter and his interest in photography. His portraits of acquaintances and family members similarly bear witness to the contemporary North. Whether he depicts them at work or resting, his subjects are engaged in a range of activities from preparing carcasses brought in from hunting to playing music or contemplating the landscape of the North.Itee was also an inventive landscapist. Many of his finest Arctic scenes emphasize the open horizon that separates land from sky and the ever-shifting colours of the Arctic. Rendering the variable light of the landscape with precision, he brought a level of attention that contributed, over time, to his style.Featuring more than 100 images and essays by curators, art historians, and contemporary artists, Itee Pootoogook: Hymns to Silence celebrates the creative spirit of an innovative artist. It is the first publication devoted exclusively to his art.
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Goose Lane Editions Autism Arts: A Partnership between Autism Nova
Book SynopsisWinner, Canadian Museums Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Audience OutreachHonourable Mention, Canadian Museums Association’s Outstanding Achievement in ResearchArt has the potential to bring us together and create lasting connections. As humans, we have a universal need to express ourselves, find meaning, and experience a sense of belonging in our communities.In 2006, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Autism Nova Scotia partnered to develop a recreational art program that provided a safe and supportive environment for participants to express themselves creatively. In these classes, artists work in collaboration with autism support specialists and volunteers to provide meaningful and positive art experiences for children and young adults on the autism spectrum.Autism Arts showcases the collaborative nature and profound impact of the program. Featuring interviews with participants and their families, facilitators, and therapists and autism support specialists, this unique resource gathers reflections, stories, and feedback; documents workshops, representative artworks, and visual stories of social interactions; and reflects on the role museums and galleries can play in inclusion.Richly illustrated and accompanied with real-life stories, curriculum choices, and lesson plans, Autism Arts invites the reader both to celebrate and to share in the optimism and promise inclusive programming holds for all of us.Trade Review“The book, laden with images of participants making art in the gallery’s studio as well as some of the work they have created, is a useful primer for other organizations considering such a program. It also highlights feel-good moments, describing how the program encouraged social interactions and friendships amidst creative exploration.” -- Portia Priegert * Galleries West *
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Goose Lane Editions Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom
Book SynopsisWalter Ostrom has been described as an "innovative traditionalist," a disruptive force shaking up ceramic conventions while simultaneously enriching them. Hired to teach studio and Asian art history at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1969, Ostrom was one of many American artists who moved north to Canada in the fallout from the Vietnam War.Ostrom’s work, from his embrace of conceptual art in the 1970s to his current exploration of the vast history, hybridization, and social foundation of ceramics, marks him as a major force in the development of contemporary ceramics. As Ray Cronin writes, Ostrom’s works "declare themselves to be art and craft at once, tradition and innovation merged, beauty and function reconciled, thought and action combined. What more could one ask from any work of art?"Accompanying a major retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia opening in May 2020, Good Earth features essays by leading scholars and curators along with full-colour reproductions of over fifty examples of Ostrom’s works.Trade Review“This mercurial and brilliant man is difficult to sum up, but Good Earth serves as a worthy introduction to his world.” -- Amy Gogarty * Galleries West magazine *
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Goose Lane Editions Wabanaki Modern Wabanaki Kiskukewey Wabanaki
Book SynopsisWinner, Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement (Research) and APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book AwardLonglisted, First Nation Communities READ AwardThe story of an overlooked group of cultural visionariesThe “Micmac Indian Craftsmen” of Elsipogtog (then known as Big Cove) rose to national prominence in the early 1960s. At their peak, they were featured in print media from coast to coast, their work was included in books and exhibitions — including at Expo 67 — and their designs were featured on prints, silkscreened notecards, jewelry, tapestries, and even English porcelain.Primarily self-taught and deeply rooted in their community, they were among the first modern Indigenous artists in Atlantic Canada. Inspired by traditional Wabanaki stories, they produced an eclectic range of handmade objects that were sophisticated, profound, and eloquent.By 1966, the withdrawal of government support compromised the Craftsmen's resources, production soon ceased, and their work faded from memory. Now, for the first time, the story of this groundbreaking co-operative and their art is told in full. Accompanying a major exhibition at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery opening in 2022, Wabanaki Modern features essays on the history of this vibrant art workshop, archival photographs of the artisans, and stunning full-colour images of their art.Wla atukuaqn na ujit ta'nik mu ewi'tamuki'k tetuji kelulkɨpp ta'n teli amaliteka'tijik Wla “Mi'kmewaqq L'nue'k amaliteka'tijik” tlo'ltijik Elsipogtog (amskweseweyekk i'tlui'tasikɨpp Big Cove) poqji wuli nenupnikk wla amaliteka'tijik 1960ekk. Je wekaw wutlukowaqnmuwow ika'tasikɨpp wikatikniktuk aqq ne'yo'tasikɨpp ta'n pukwelk ta'n wen nmitew — je wekaw Expo 67 — aqq ta'n koqoey kisi napui'kmi'tipp tampasɨk koqoey eweketu'tij stike' l'taqnewi'kasik, napui'kn misekn, wi'katikne'ji'jk, meko'tikl kuntal, kaqapitkl l'taqa'teke'l, aqq wekaw akalasie'we'k eptaqnk. Nekmow na kekina'masultijik aqq melki knukwi'tij ta'n tett telayawultijik, nekmow na amskewsewa'jewaqq l'nu'k tel nenujik ujit ta'n teli amaliteka'tijik ujit Atlantic Canada. Pema'lkwi'titl a'tukuaqnn ta'n sa'qewe'l, ta'n wejiaqel a'tukuaqnn Wabanaki, l'tu'tipp kaqasi milamu'k koqowey toqo eweketu'titl wutpitnual tetuji moqɨtekl, ma'muntekl, aqq weltekl.Wekaw 1966ekk, kpno'l pun apoqnmuapni wla amaliteka'tikete'jɨk jel kaqnma'tijik ta'n koqoey nuta'tipp, amuj pana pun lukutipnikk, aqq tel awantasuwalutki'k. Nike', amskwesewey, wla a'tukuaqn tetuji msɨki'kɨpp wla wut lukewaqnmuwow etel kaqi a'tukwasikk. Wije'tew meski'k neya'tmk Beaverbrook Art Gallery pana'siktetew 2022al, Wabanaki Modern na pema'toql wikikaqnn ujit ta'n pemiaqɨpp wla tetuji wulamu'kɨpp kisitaqnne'l telukutijik, maskutekl sa'qewe'l napuikasikl toqo nemu'jik etl-lukutijik wla lukewinu'k, aqq sikte wultek aqq welamu'k ta'n koqoey kisitu'tij.L'histoire d'un groupe de visionnaires culturels ignorésUn groupe d'artisans mi'kmaw d'Elsipogtog (autrefois Big Cove) au Nouveau-Brunswick se fit connaître à travers le Canada au début des années 1960. À l'apogée de leur renommée, les Micmac Indian Craftsmen firent l'objet d'articles dans des publications d'un océan à l'autre. Leur travail figura dans des livres et des expositions — dont Expo 67 à Montréal — et leurs œuvres graphiques furent reproduites sous forme de gravures et de sérigraphies, et elles ornèrent de la papeterie, des bijoux, des tapisseries et même de la porcelaine anglaise.En grande partie autodidactes et solidement enracinés dans leur communauté, les Micmac Indian Craftsmen furent parmi les premiers artistes autochtones modernes au Canada atlantique. En s'inspirant de récits traditionnels wabanakis, ils fabriquaient à la main une gamme variée d'objets raffinés, évocateurs et porteurs d'un sens profond.En 1966, toutefois, le gouvernement retira son soutien. Les Craftsmen perdirent leur financement, la production cessa peu après et leur œuvre finit par être oubliée. Une nouvelle publication relate maintenant, pour la première fois, l'histoire complète de cette coopérative innovatrice et de ses réalisations. Publié dans le cadre d'une grande exposition qui a lieu à la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook en 2022, Wabanaki Moderne comprend des textes sur l'histoire de cet atelier dynamique, des photographies d'archives des artisans et de superbes illustrations couleur de leurs œuvres.Trade Review“With the commentary presented in three languages (English, French, Micmac), Wabanaki Modern is a unique, informative, and critically important contribution that is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library Canadian Art History collections.” * Midwest Book Review *
£29.74
Goose Lane Editions Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art
Book SynopsisOver three generations, the Sobey family of Nova Scotia has demonstrated their discerning and enthusiastic commitment to Canadian art. Accompanying a major exhibition at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the prestigious Sobey Art Award, Generations tells the story of a visionary family and their engagement with Canadian and Indigenous art.This sweeping survey encompasses works by the beloved leaders of Canadian 20th-century art — the Group of Seven, Tom Thomson, David Milne, and Emily Carr — as well as offering a rich display of works by Cornelius Krieghoff, the Quebec Impressionists, Automatiste painters Jean Paul Riopelle and Paul-Émile Borduas, and Ukrainian Canadian artist William Kurelek, before moving onward to showcase leading contemporary artists. Among them are international artist Peter Doig, whose works draw on the legacies of Canadian art, and Indigenous artists Brenda Draney, Ursula Johnson, Kent Monkman, and Brian Jungen.Featuring more than 200 full-colour images, Generations includes an introduction by McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy, essays by McMichael Executive Director Ian A.C. Dejardin, art historians Jocelyn Anderson, John Geoghegan, and Michèle Grandbois, and an interview with contemporary artist Kent Monkman.Trade Review“Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art is a gorgeous book, suitable for bookshelf display, exploring the prominent Nova Scotia grocer family’s commitment to its Canadian and Indigenous art collection. It catalogues and complements the exhibition that inspired it.” -- Jeffery D. Muzzerall * AtlanticBooks.ca *“A beautifully produced coffee-table style volume, each individual work of art is flawless reproduced and is accompanied by an instructive commentary providing an informative context for the painting and the artist. Of particular interest to art students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in Canadian Art History, Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art is an especially recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Art History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.” -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review *
£36.54
Goose Lane Editions Jewish Life in Canada: William Kurelek
Book SynopsisWilliam Kurelek (1927–1977) is a beloved figure in Canadian art, a revered Ukrainian-Canadian painter whose works express his deeply felt immigrant experience and his compassionate vision of humanity. In 1975, he created a suite of 16 jewel-toned paintings titled Jewish Life in Canada in homage to his Jewish art dealer and friend Avrom Isaacs and as a gesture across the cultural divide. Relying on archival documents and photographs from communities across the country, Kurelek foregrounded the role of tradition, community, and family at the core of the Jewish experience in mid-twentieth century Canada. He portrayed Prairie farm colonies; businesses and schools in Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg; and celebrations of festivals and community events at home and in the synagogue. William Kurelek: Jewish Life in Canada includes essays by McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy considering Kurelek’s articulation of the Canadian ideal of multiculturalism and by Executive Director Ian A.C. Dejardin exploring Kurelek’s distinctive framing strategies. The book also includes pieces by David S. Koffman on Jewish life in 1970s Canada and John Geoghegan on Kurelek’s use of photographic sources, as well as an artistic response by Ukrainian Canadian artist Natalka Husar. The volume features more than 50 images, including reproductions of the full suite of Kurelek paintings as well as previously unpublished archival source material, offering a complete record of Kurelek’s working process.
£29.74
Goose Lane Editions AGO Modern and Contemporary
Book SynopsisAGO Modern and Contemporary presents over one hundred remarkable works from the AGO’s permanent collection. Featuring recent landmark acquisitions such as Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER and commissions such as Zak Ové’s eighteen-foot-tall Moko Jumbie, this remarkable volume provides a fresh look at the AGO’s collection and its commitment to highlighting ground-breaking artwork by women, Indigenous, and racialized artists. Included are recent commissions as well as acquisitions by painters, sculptors, and installation artists such as Shuvinai Ashoona, Rebecca Belmore, Emily Carr, and Theaster Gates. This handsome, large-format volume demonstrates the diversity of artistic cultural representation in the AGO’s Modern and Contemporary collections, including works from both Indigenous + Canadian Art as well as the Arts of Global Africa & The Diaspora collecting areas. With a foreword by Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO Stephen Jost and with works presented in a loose chronological order, AGO Modern and Contemporary demonstrates the transformation of the AGO’s collection and encourages consideration of future artistic representation both in Toronto and Canada at large.
£27.89
Tate Publishing Tate St Ives Highlights
Book SynopsisTate St Ives is home to some of the most compelling art of the twentieth century. In this iconic gallery at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, exhibitions of international modern and contemporary art uncover the far-reaching influence of modern artists associated with the Cornish town. This book highlights some of the remarkable works in the Tate collection and introduces the extraordinary stories of British and international modern art through the lens of St Ives.
£6.96
Art Gallery of Ontario Drawing Attention
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£43.19
University of Huddersfield ROTOR review II
Book SynopsisROTOЯ Review II is a sequel to ROTOЯ Review (published 2014), focussing on the second phase of the programme with beautifully written and thoughtful reviews of the exhibitions: Thought Positions in Sculpture, China East-West, Open House: A Collaboration of Experts, Migrations and Discursive Documents by international academics and art journalists.
£14.25
