Book Listings: Art
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$39.95Euphoria & Dystopia
This publication is a compendium of some of the most visionary thinking about art and technology to have taken place in the last few decades. This book will begin shipping in late February.
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$29.95Obsession, Compulsion, Collection
Examining the meaning of objects, this book seeks to uncover the human impulse to collect.
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$24.95Raising Frankenstein
Raising Frankenstein: Curatorial Education and Its Discontents presents compelling new writing that explores the education and formation of curators. Edited by Kitty Scott and including essays by Barbara Fischer, Teresa Gleadowe, Francesco Manacorda, Cuauhtémoc Medina, and Lourdes Morales, this book offers an overview of recent thinking on curatorial pedagogy, designed to elucidate, define and build on current debates surrounding this subject. The questions posed here are timely and provocative. Essays by: Barbara Fischer, Teresa Gleadowe, Francesco Manacorda, Cuauhtémoc Medina, and Lourdes Morales.
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$25.00Ron Terada
Published to coincide with exhibitions at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto; and Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff; this publication covers the most comprehensive collection to date of work by Ron Terada. His work is fundamentally an acknowledgement of the existence of others, allowing us to dwell on the nature of the art world within wider cultural contexts. Essays by Cliff Lauson, Anne Low, and Tom McDonough.
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$45.00Silke Otto-Knapp
This publication was published to coincide with exhibitions at Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK and Walter Philips Gallery, Banff, Alberta. This fully illustrated monograph surveys Otto-Knapp’s paintings from 2003 to the present.
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$29.99The World Upside Down / Le Monde a Lenvers
The world upside down is one in which the symbolic (usually ruling) order is turned on its head. It is a world visualized by artists where killer rabbits hunt humans and Superman is a hero of the Soviet Union. It is the Planet of the Apes as an allegory of racial discrimination. It is a place where Aboriginal North Americans dine alfresco at Edouard Manet's expense. This richly illustrated book portrays works of contemporary art and prose as examples of this powerful satiric creative impulse.
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$18.95My Mother is an Alien
How do we connect to film on a personal level? Written by critically-acclaimed Alberta author George Melnyk, My Mother is an Alien brings autobiographical responses to film, daringly exposing the author’s personal insights, beliefs, and sensitivities. An introduction and ten essays explore Canadian and international film. Essays delve into such films as Leolo, Last Night, Clearcut, and, as the title implies, Alien.
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$29.95Mary of Canada
A compelling exploration of the Virgin Mary in Canada, ranging widely through time and history. Canada’s culture is distinguished by the Virgin Mary’s astonishingly frequent presence — her roots in Canadian soil are deep.
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$24.95Beyond the Box
A collection of essays by leading Canadian and international curators and artists that explores regions of practice outside this "cube," delving into contemporary challenges to traditional ideas about art and curating.
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$24.95The Edge of Everything
This book provides a space for the contemplation of curatorial research and development in Canada. It is a collection of quirky, contemporary and humourous reflections from a variety of international curators on current curatorial practice and experience.
