The Solitudes of Place: Recent Drawings by Ann Kipling
Robin Laurence, Darrin J. Martens and Rosemarie L. Tovell
 
Since 1960, drawing has been the sole form of expression of British Columbia-based artist Ann Kipling. This publication chronicles one calendar year (2009) during which time Kipling produced 141 drawings, each magnificently illustrated here. While Kipling’s work is centered upon the outdoors, “landscape” is not a word that can be easily used to describe her work. Neither can it be viewed through the lens of the formal nationalist tradition that the landscape genre carries in Canada. Robin Laurence examines Kipling’s attentiveness to the environment that recalls Chinese landscape painting and calligraphy. Darrin Martens pursues the philosophical investigation with a call to look beyond representation to a process that embodies the very act of creation. Rosemarie Tovell explores Kipling’s practice as a draftsperson, situating it within the historical and aesthetic context of an often misunderstood discipline. Kipling's work can be found in numerous public collections across Canada including the National Gallery of Canada and The Vancouver Art Gallery.

Burnaby Art Gallery (09/2011) 144 pp 141 col. ill. 9.5 x 10.5 in hardcover  978-0-9809962-8-9  $52.95 Can. $59.95 U.S. (44 €)

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Ann Kipling: Prints
Roger H. Boulet & Ian M. Thom

Two essays explore the two distinct stages of Kipling's career as a printmaker: 1958 to 1967, the period during which she produced an important body of prints; and 1999 t0 2000, when, incited by renewed interest, she began again. Having always seen herself as a "drawer", her activities as printmaker are an expansion of her drawing vocabulary from the stylized abstracts of the mid-sixties to her later exuberant landscapes of the British Columbia interior. Also included is a detailed explanation of various printmaking techniques. With full page colour plates.

Kamloops Art Gallery (2000) 63 pp 22 ill (4 col.) 11pp 8 in 1-895497-45-0 softcover $14.95 Can./U.S. (12 €)

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Ann Kipling
Nicholas Tuele
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1987) 978-0-88885-113-0 $5.00

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