Rodney Graham
Rodney Graham
Josée Bélisle & Rodney Graham
Publication qui accompagne une nouvelle exposition avec des œuvres inédites parmi un ensemble de travaux littéraires, musicaux, sculpturaux, photographiques et filmiques de l'artiste.Graham explore à travers l'installation, la photographie, la musique et le film, certains des champs de la connaissance qui ont profondément marqué le 20e siècle. La psychanalyse freudienne, la littérature, la musique, voilà autant de sources menant à la production d'œuvres critiques qui réexaminent librement certains fondements de la culture occidentale. Souvent lui-même le protagoniste de ses photographies et de ses films, l'artiste formalise et incarne les rapports souvent ténus entre différents niveaux de culture, entre la Pop culture et l'art contemporain. Une des constantes de son œuvre serait ce regard pénétrant posé sur les rapports nature/culture. Au cours ses deux dernières années, Graham a exposé au Whitney Museum (New York), à la Vancouver Art Gallery, au Magasin (Grenoble) et CAPC (Bordeaux). En francais et anglais.
Publication accompanying an original exhibition featuring new work among a grouping of literary, musical, sculptural, photographic and film pieces by the Vancouver-based artist. Rodney Graham has long explored some of the spheres of knowledge that have had a profound impact on the 20th century. Freudian psychoanalysis, literature (from Edgar Allan Poe to Ian Fleming) and music (from Wagner to Cobain) are among the sources behind his production of critical, often philosophical, sometimes cerebral and even humorous works that freely re-examine certain foundations of Western culture. A regular performer in his own photographs and films, Graham formalizes the often tenuous relations between different levels of culture, between Pop culture and contemporary art. One constant in his work is his penetrating look at the connection between nature and culture. Graham gained international recognition at the 1997 Venice Biennale with his video Vexation Island. Since then he has become one of the most in-demand artists in the world. In just the past two years he has exhibited at, most notably, the Whitney Museum (New York), Lisson Gallery (London), Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia), MOCA (Los Angeles), Vancouver Art Gallery and Magasin (Grenoble). In English and French.
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (10/2006) 96 pp 30 ill. coul. 24 x 18 cm softcover 978-2-551-22914-7 $29.95 Can./U.S. (24 euros)
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)
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