Weathervane / L'aire du temps
Karen Love & Elizabeth May
As environmental extremes become commonplace, this publication weighs in on the theme of climate change with works by 12 artists who measure political, social and phenomenological effects of weather on contemporary life. Love's essay walks us through the wide range of artistic disciplines, strategies and motivations. Elizabeth May, a member of the Sierra Club, provides hard evidence of the reasons for climactic change as well as some practical solutions. Among the artists: Marlene Creates, Paterson Ewen, Rodney Graham and Mark Lewis. In English and French.
L'air du temps propose d'examiner comment des artistes contemporains réfléchissent au climat et s'en servent pour représenter l'idée de lieu et de la condition humaine. La publication nous présente les visions de 12 artistes quant aux préoccupations environnementales, politiques, psychologiques et sociales qui découlent du climat. L'essai de Karen Love nous présente la gamme des disciplines, motivations et pratiques artistiques, tandis qu'Elizabeth May nous propose des raisons pour les changements climatiques, ainsi que quelques solutions simples et pratiques. Parmi les artistes : Marlene Creates, Paterson Ewen, Rodney Graham et Mark Lewis. En français et anglais.
Ottawa Art Gallery/Oakville Galleries (09/2005) 96 pp 24 ill (20 col) 9 x 6.5 in 1-894906-24-1 hardcover $25.00 Can./U.S. (20 euros)
Revealing the Subject
Shannon Anderson
An overview of the galleries' permanent collections through portraiture. By looking at work produced since the late 1970s by such artists as Ian Carr-Harris, Marlene Creates, Angela Grauerholz and Attila Richard Lucacs, Anderson follows many threads, including the radical shifts in technology and the fracturing of the concept of identity. She concludes that portraiture, no matter the medium, responds to these states of change.
Oakville Galleries (2003) 60 pp 19 col. ill. 9.5x6.5 in softcover 189470715x $15.00
Marlene Creates: Language and Land Use, Newfoundland
Ingrid Jenker
Creates photo-assemblages are comprised of text, objects, and photographs and make critical links with practices such as journal-keeping, travel photography, and souvenir collecting. Creates was named Newfoundland's 1997 "Artist of the Year".
Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent University (1998) 80 p., ill., 1895215811 $20.00
Marlene Creates: Language and Land Use, Alberta 1993.
Southern Alberta Art Gallery. (1994) 20 p., ill., 21x21 cm, 0921621361 $4.00