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Eye of Nature
No full textThis catalogue brings together work by visual artists and writers that bears witness to the "acculturation of nature", the "eye" of nature being an "I" which acts as "a metaphor for the vision, illumination and knowledge of nature as a cultural construct". Several questions are raised: the exploitation, degradation and study of nature by science and industry, environmental degradation and the discursive construction of territory, landscape, discovery and exploration. Includes documentation and discussion of works by nine artists. Biographical notes on the 16 contributors. Circa 50 bibl. ref
Douglas Coupland : Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything
No full text"This publication is the first monograph to provide a comprehensive overview of Douglas Coupland's visual art practice. Bringing together diverse perspectives from curators, art historians and cultural thinkers, this fully illustrated volume offers wide-ranging interpretations on the significance of Coupland's artwork. Documenting his major solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery–which features works made over the last 12 years as well as several new large-scale installations–it is an indispensable guide to Coupland's art and will be an extensive resource for years to come." -- Publisher's website
Radio Rethink : Art, Sound and Transmission : Selected Survey of Radio Art in Canada, 1967-1992
No full textFollowing a project organized in 1992, this document assembles a compact disc of sound works commissioned from eight artists, Lander's directory-like survey of 25 years of radio art in Canada (1967-1992), and a collection of essays and scripts by 26 international contributors. Theoretical texts examine human interaction with technology, sound, and media, and the use of radio waves since their discovery. Various perspectives reveal consciousness of gender, race, power, and voice in positioning the creator of sound, the listener, the broadcaster, and the community member. Includes illustrated instructions for building a low-range FM transmitter. Brief biographical notes on contributors. Subject index. Circa 200 bibl. ref
Frame of Mind : Viewpoints on Photography in Contemporary Canadian Art
No full textA discussion of photo-based works acquired by the Banff Centre since 1988. Townsend-Gault looks at aspects of photographic practice in Canada since the late 1960s. The ten following essays focus on the work of individual artists, addressing topics such as poverty, erotic and advertising imagery, social critique, the ordinary, the historical conflict of Western and Native economies, flag imagery in art, and the control of female identity. Biographical notes on 22 artists and authors. 60 bibl. ref
FastWürms : Birch Girl Plaza
No full textFASTWURMS' "exploration of the spiritual, reaping knowledge from ancient and indigenous cultures" and their use of non-art materials and the iconography used in the "Birch Girl Plaza" installation are commented upon. Biographical notes. 32 bibl. ref
Objecthood : A Dichotomy
No full textAugaitis writes about the shared and diverse concerns of two Vancouver-based artists, whose installations address material and aesthetic problems while deploying a critique of contemporary culture. Biographical notes
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