Warp and Weft by Carla Stein
I was delighted to receive Carla’s latest, Warp and Weft, a beautifully stitched chapbook of poems and paintings.
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Apples on a Windowsill by Shawna Lemay
Shawna Lemay’s engrossing collection of essays, Apples on a Windowsill, should be required reading for anyone with an interest in creating art and being human in challenging times.
Pictures on the Wall: Building a Canadian Art Collection by Michael Audain
Pictures on the Wall: Building a Canadian Art Collection is an interesting kind of coffee table book: heavy with weighty paper and beautiful pictures, but also a memoir of a life spent admiring art, pursuing art, and most interesting – repatriating art.
Up Close With a Canvas
“…art has a world of her own where science is not so absolute.” J.E.H. MacDonald (circa 1925), as cited in J.E.H. MacDonald Up Close: The Artist’s Materials and Techniques. Yet science does shine, as Kate Helwig and Alison Douglas escort the reader through the many layers that make up a sampling of J.E.H. MacDonald’s iconic …
Exclusive Memory: A Perceptual History of the Future
Exclusive Memory: A Perceptual History of the Future is a compendium of descriptive, speculative prose and text-images by the Governor General’s Award-winning artist, Tom Sherman.
The David Pisani Interview
This conversation took place in July of 2023 in Châteauneuf-sur-Charente, France, in David’s studio. It has been edited for clarity. FIRST PRINCIPLES – ON DEMOCRACY – EARLY DEVELOPMENT – ON MASOCAPITALISM – ON IDENTITY – ON RELIGION – ON VICE – VANISHING VALETTA – ON INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM – ON PROCESS FIRST PRINCIPLES Kevin Andrew Heslop: …
Denyse Thomasos: Just Beyond
To experience Denyse Thomasos: just beyond, the retrospective exhibition of the Trinidadian-Canadian contemporary painter is to be dually encased: once by the sizeable dimensions of the canvases which, in consort, render the viewer physically encadré within their mesmerizing meshwork and bold colour palette, and, twice, by one’s critical assimilation of the complexities of these intense architectures.
The Corset & the Jellyfish by Nick Bantock
In these stories-each consisting of precisely 100 words-strange creatures slip through alleyways, and eerie streets swallow people whole. Taken altogether, they may constitute a puzzle that no one has been able to solve thus far. Could there even be one missing story?
Frame by Frame: An Animator’s Journey by Co Hoedeman
Co Hoedeman has accomplished his dreams, despite the agonies of a World War, the trials of immigration, and the barriers of starting a new life as a stranger in a strange land. Frame by Frame presents that life and journey.
Jewish Life in Canada: William Kurelek
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.
George: A Magpie Memoir, by Frieda Hughes
“He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him.” From poet and painter Frieda Hughes, a memoir of love, obsession, and feathers.
Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art, edited by Sarah Milroy
Generations tells the story of a visionary family and their engagement with Canadian and Indigenous art.
A Celebration of Life in Art by Herman Falke, Edited by Michael Walsh
A unique, fully illustrated autobiography in full colour covering over 60 years of the life, art, and ruminations of a Catholic Priest and accomplished Sculptor…a life worth discovering and appreciating!
Heroines Revisited: Photographs by Lincoln Clarkes
Heroines Revisited is a large format follow-up volume to the original Heroines: Photographs by Lincoln Clarkes that was released by Anvil in 2002. This new edition features over 150 portraits accompanied by three new critical essays that contextualize the five-year photo project and the controversial body of work.
Images of the Keji Country by Don Pentz
Artist Don Pentz’s watercolours illuminate the pristine beauty of this beautiful National Park and pay homage to the Mi’kmaq’s sacred territory.
