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Carl Beam
Life & Work
Price:
CA$40.00
ISBN: 9781487103422
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
Carl Beam?s iconic work The North American Iceberg, 1985, was the first piece by an Indigenous artist to be purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as contemporary art. This book, written by the artist?s daughter, offers a mesmerizing portrait of Carl Beam?s pioneering art and a chronicle of his extraordinary multimedia practice. Born in 1943 on Manitoulin Island to an Anishinaabe mother and American father, Beam was raised by his maternal grandparents and attended a residential school from age ten to eighteen.
Takao Tanabe
Life & Work
Price:
CA$40.00
ISBN: 9781487103293
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
Born in 1926 in the fishing community of Seal Cove, British Columbia, in 1937 Takao Tanabe moved with his parents and six siblings to Vancouver. His life was uprooted in 1942, when he and his family, among the 22,000 Japanese Canadians dispossessed and displaced by the government during the Second World War, were sent to an internment camp in the interior of B.C. Despite this challenging early life, Tanabe went on to forge a career that has changed the way we see and understand this country and its landscapes.
Everybody Talks About the Weather
Price:
CA$125.00
ISBN: 9788887029857
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
The small-talk topic as viewed by artists and scientists, revealing a cultural fascination with the climate This volume accompanies a group exhibition exploring the semantics of “weather” in visual...
Blade Memory
Price:
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9788867495542
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
This survey accompanies a two-part group exhibition meditating on memory and social development. Curated by Israeli artists Naama Arad, I.S. Kalter and Eran Nave, the show spans many mediums and includes...
Photography in Canada, 1839-1989
An Illustrated History
Price:
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9781487103132
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
This publication is the first comprehensive book on the history of photography in Canada. It addresses an artform like no other: ever since its invention in 1839, photography has revolutionized the way that we understand ourselves and our country. From the moment the first visionary practitioners in Canada took up cameras to create portraits, capture landscapes, and record history, photographs have played a pivotal role in shaping national identity while offering compelling opportunities for creative expression.
Halifax Art & Artists
An Illustrated History
Price:
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9781487103248
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
One of the oldest settlements in Canada, Halifax is the site of landmark firsts in Canadian art history, including the first public art exhibition and the first fine art association. Not only is Nova Scotia?s capital steeped in Maritime history, it is also home to one of the boldest, most radical contemporary art scenes in the country, a place known for its extraordinary spirit of innovation. Halifax Art & Artists: An Illustrated History brings these two spheres together, offering an exploration of creativity in the city from time immemorial to the present.
Loving Others: Models of Collaboration
Price:
CA$29.00
ISBN: 9783903439658
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
A discursive investigation into methods of collaborative art-makingThis volume accompanies a group show at the Künstlerhaus Wien centered on artist collectives and duos. Exploring a myriad of different...
Style
A Queer Cosmology
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CA$22.98
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781479825004
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: New York University Press
Assembles texts, performances, and personae from American culture to assert the elemental natureof styleWhile ?style? is equated with fashion or convention in common parlance, Style: A Queer Cosmologydefines...
The Purloined Masterpiece
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CA$71.95
ISBN: 9783753303703
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
This exhibition catalog accompanies a group show at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, juxtaposing selections from its historical collection with contemporary artworks. It is complemented by in-depth...
The Listening Biennial Reader, vol. 1
Waves of Listening
Price:
CA$33.00
ISBN: 9783982316673
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
The accompanying reader for an international biennial on the importance of listeningThis anthology is published for the 2023 Listening Biennial, taking place across the globe from Taipei to Istanbul....
Healing
Life in Balance
Price:
CA$63.00
ISBN: 9783735608727
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
A polyphonic dialogue looking toward a postcolonial model of global coexistence This volume accompanies the eponymous group exhibition at the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt and presents the participating...
War Art in Canada
An Illustrated History
Price:
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9781487102944
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
For centuries, Canadian artists have recorded powerful images of military victories and defeats, political protest, and personal sacrifice. A new and richly illustrated book examines, for the first time, the profound role that conflict has played in shaping our nation's art, history, and identity-venturing far beyond familiar Western representations.
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Natural Intelligence as Seen by Art
Price:
CA$62.00
ISBN: 9783775753470
Pub Date: October 2022
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Ten internationally renowned artists interrogate the dimensionality of our relationship with natureThis volume gathers ten artworks reflecting on our multifaceted relationship...
Many Faces of Beauty
Price:
CA$202.95
ISBN: 9780268206420
Pub Date: August 2022
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
The contributors of this volume examine beauty and aesthetic theory in nature and human society, in the humanities and science.
The Beginner?s Guide to Oil Painting
Simple Still Life Projects to Help You Master the Basics
Price:
CA$28.99
ISBN: 9781645674948
Pub Date: April 2022
Imprint: Page Street Publishing
Learn the foundations of oil painting with this collection of beginner-friendly projects. Craig Stephens makes it easy for anyone who has never picked up a paintbrush to get comfortable with oil painting...
Aesthetics of Globalization
Price:
CA$54.00
ISBN: 9783903796959
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
On the East/West crosscurrents of globalization in artFocusing on South, Central and East Asia, this series of essays examines how art has become globalized and a force of globalization. The book demonstrates...
Carl Beam
Life & Work
CA$40.00
ISBN: 9781487103422
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
Carl Beam?s iconic work The North American Iceberg, 1985, was the first piece by an Indigenous artist to be purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as contemporary art. This book, written by the artist?s daughter, offers a mesmerizing portrait of Carl Beam?s pioneering art and a chronicle of his extraordinary multimedia practice. Born in 1943 on Manitoulin Island to an Anishinaabe mother and American father, Beam was raised by his maternal grandparents and attended a residential school from age ten to eighteen.
Takao Tanabe
Life & Work
CA$40.00
ISBN: 9781487103293
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
Born in 1926 in the fishing community of Seal Cove, British Columbia, in 1937 Takao Tanabe moved with his parents and six siblings to Vancouver. His life was uprooted in 1942, when he and his family, among the 22,000 Japanese Canadians dispossessed and displaced by the government during the Second World War, were sent to an internment camp in the interior of B.C. Despite this challenging early life, Tanabe went on to forge a career that has changed the way we see and understand this country and its landscapes.
Everybody Talks About the Weather
CA$125.00
ISBN: 9788887029857
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Blade Memory
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9788867495542
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Photography in Canada, 1839-1989
An Illustrated History
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9781487103132
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
This publication is the first comprehensive book on the history of photography in Canada. It addresses an artform like no other: ever since its invention in 1839, photography has revolutionized the way that we understand ourselves and our country. From the moment the first visionary practitioners in Canada took up cameras to create portraits, capture landscapes, and record history, photographs have played a pivotal role in shaping national identity while offering compelling opportunities for creative expression.
Halifax Art & Artists
An Illustrated History
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9781487103248
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
One of the oldest settlements in Canada, Halifax is the site of landmark firsts in Canadian art history, including the first public art exhibition and the first fine art association. Not only is Nova Scotia?s capital steeped in Maritime history, it is also home to one of the boldest, most radical contemporary art scenes in the country, a place known for its extraordinary spirit of innovation. Halifax Art & Artists: An Illustrated History brings these two spheres together, offering an exploration of creativity in the city from time immemorial to the present.
Loving Others: Models of Collaboration
CA$29.00
ISBN: 9783903439658
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Style
A Queer Cosmology
CA$22.98 CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781479825004
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: New York University Press
The Purloined Masterpiece
CA$71.95
ISBN: 9783753303703
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
The Listening Biennial Reader, vol. 1
Waves of Listening
CA$33.00
ISBN: 9783982316673
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Healing
Life in Balance
CA$63.00
ISBN: 9783735608727
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
War Art in Canada
An Illustrated History
CA$60.00
ISBN: 9781487102944
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: The Canadian Art Library
For centuries, Canadian artists have recorded powerful images of military victories and defeats, political protest, and personal sacrifice. A new and richly illustrated book examines, for the first time, the profound role that conflict has played in shaping our nation's art, history, and identity-venturing far beyond familiar Western representations.
Like This
Natural Intelligence as Seen by Art
CA$62.00
ISBN: 9783775753470
Pub Date: October 2022
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Many Faces of Beauty
CA$202.95
ISBN: 9780268206420
Pub Date: August 2022
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
The contributors of this volume examine beauty and aesthetic theory in nature and human society, in the humanities and science.
The Beginner?s Guide to Oil Painting
Simple Still Life Projects to Help You Master the Basics
CA$28.99
ISBN: 9781645674948
Pub Date: April 2022
Imprint: Page Street Publishing
Aesthetics of Globalization
CA$54.00
ISBN: 9783903796959
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.