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cdnwomen.gifspacer.gif5%: Against the Odds, Canadian Women in Industrial Design

Cambridge Galleries
36 pp 24 col. ill. 6 x 6 in softcover   978-1-897001-49-3 
$10.00 Can
. $12.00 U.S. (8 ) To Order

Seven Canadian women industrial designers who have built thriving and successful international careers.







spacer.gif19th-Century British Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

National Gallery of Canada
168 pp 200 bw ill. 10.5 x 8 in softcover  978-0-88884-886-4 
$49.00 Can.  $55.00 U.S. (39 €) To Order

Third in a series of publications featuring iconic works from the Gallery’s collection
and situating them within their historical and social contexts.







americanphoto.gifspacer.gifAmerican Photographs 1900-1950 from the National Gallery of Canada

National Gallery of Canada
170 pp 100 bw ill. 10.5 x 8 in softcover   978-0-88884-889-5  
$49.00 Can. $55.00 U.S. (39 )

This magnificently illustrated publication is the fourth in the series dedicated to the National Gallery's extensive photography collection.









carlbeam.gifspacer.gifCarl Beam: The Poetics of Being
National Gallery of Canada
140 pp 50 col. ill. 11 x 9 in softcover 
978-0-88884-876-5 
$50.00 Can. $56.95 U.S
. (40 €) To Order

This major retrospective publication confirms Carl Beam as one of Canada's most important artists.






Belanger.gifspacer.gifGwenaël Bélanger: Fragmenting the Image
Musée régional de Rimouski
96 pp 30 col. ill. 11 x 8.5 in hardcover  978-2-922326-72-7   
$25.00 Can. $29.95 U.S. (20 €) To Order

Bélanger uses graphic and photographic processes to exploit the interaction between
what we see and what we imagine in our daily activities.







BessoneHouseago.gifspacer.gifAmy Bessone / Thomas Houseago

Rennie Collection
98 pp 40 col. ill. 11 x 8.5 in hardcover 
978-0-9865961-2-4  
$25.00 Can. $28.95 U.S. (20 €) To Order

This first monograph on the work of British sculptor Thomas Houesago and American painter Amy Bessone.






sboyle.gifspacer.gifShary Boyle: Flesh and Blood
Galerie de l’UQAM
192 pp 67 col. ill. 10.5 x 8.5 in hardcover  978-2-920325-41-8 
$40.00 Can. $45.00 U.S
. (32 €) To Order

This major publication features all new works, many created especially for Boyle's
first solo museum exhibition touring nationally throughout 2011.







burnham.gifspacer.gifAnthony Burnham: Even Space Does Not Repeat  
Carleton University Art Gallery
112 pp 30 col. ill. 9.5 x 6.5 in softcover  978-0-7709-0545-3   
$25.00 Can. $28.00 U.S.
(20 €) To Order

Working with the formal components that have played a central role in the history of painting, Burnham investigates the possibilities of painting as a conceptual practice.








carriere.gifspacer.gifBertrand Carrière: Après Strand

Musée régional de Rimouski
88 pp 40 col. ill. 9 x 9 in softcover  978-2-923525-31-0
$25.00 Can. $29.95 U.S.  (20 ) To Order

Tracing the steps of iconic photographer Paul Strand, Bertrand Carrière revisits both the artist and the land of Gaspé Québec.







kaychan.gifspacer.gifKai Chan: A Spiders' Logic - A Thirty-Five Year Retrospective

Textile Museum of Canada / The Varley Art Gallery of Markham
88 pp 45 col. ill. 10 x 8 in softcover 
978-0-9735896-6-5  
$35.00 Can. $40.00 U.S. (28 €) To Order

In his celebrated minimalist sculptures Kai Chan employs materials and techniques that speak to both tradition and modernity.





collectedresonance.gifspacer.gifCollected Resonance: Shelly Bahl, Sarindar Dhaliwal, Farheen HaQ

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
68 pp 30 col. ill. 10 x 8 in hardcover 978-0-88885-365-3 
$19.95 Can. $24.95 U.S. (16 €) To Order

Three South Asian Canadian women artists create narratives informed by the mythologies and ideologies of their Sikh, Muslim, and Punjabi heritage.





conversationpieces.gifspacer.gifConversation Pieces: African Textiles from Barbara and Bill McCann's Collection
Carleton University Art Gallery
68 pp 40 col. ill. 10 x 8 in softcover  978-0-7709-0544-6  
$25.00 Can. $30.00 U.S
. (20 €) To Order

An exploration of the role played by conversation and communication in the acquisition, appreciation, and exhibition of this extensive private collection.






Creed.gifspacer.gifMartin Creed

Rennie Collection
164 pp 60 col. ill. 11 x 8.5 in hardcover  978-0-9865961-3-1 
$35.00 Can. $40.00 U.S. (32 €) To Order









devlin.gifspacer.gifJoyce Frances Devlin: So Much Beauty
The Ottawa Art Gallery
26 pp 25 col. ill. 8 x 10 in softcover
978-1-894906-41-8 
$20.00 Can. $23.95 U.S. (16 €) To Order
This first monographic publication features the Ottawa-based artist's new and recent landscapes.






sdobson.gifspacer.gifSusan Dobson: Shifting Tenses

Cambridge Galleries and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
58 pp 24 col. ill. 8 x 12 in softcover    978-1-926589-13-8 
$20.00 Can. $23.00 U.S. (16 ) To Order

Dobson's photographs, sometimes edited for effect, glamorize the quest for individuality suburbanites undertake in order to adorn their homes.







eharrison.gif
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Confederation Centre Art Gallery
60 pp 50 col. ill. 8.5 x 10.5 hardcover   978-0-920089-73-6 
$24.95 Can. $26.95 U.S
. (20 €) To Order

Teacher, poet, environmentalist and visual artist Elaine Harrison (1915-2003) contributed uniquely to the cultural life of Prince Edward Island.







kergommeaux.gifspacer.gifDuncan de Kergommeaux: These Are The Marks I Make 
The Ottawa Art Gallery
80 pp 30 col. ill. 10 x 8 in hardcover
978-1-894906-39-5
$30.00 Can. $35.00 U.S. (24 €) To Order

Monograph on the work of the painter whose career pans almost six decades.







earthskins.gifspacer.gifEarth Skins: Three Decades of Drawing by Susan Wood
MSVU Art Gallery
56 pp 46 col. ill. 12 x 8 in softcover   978-1-894518-61-1
$20.00 Can. $23.95 U.S
. (16 ) To Order

Monograph devoted to thirty years of a studio practice rooted in the principles of observational drawing.








emotionalblackmaill.gifspacer.gifEmotional Blackmail
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
96 pp 25 col. ill. 8.5 x 5.5 in softcover 978-1-894699-52-5
$20.00 Can. $25.00 U.S. (16 ) To Order

Artists explore how emotions are expressed and manipulated in the name of art.







excoffier.gifspacer.gifÉliane Excoffier: 1996 -2008

Musée régional de Rimouski
104 pp 52 bw ill. 10.5 x 7.5 in flexicover   978-2-923525-30-3 
$25.00 Can. $29.95 U.S. (20 ) To Order

Through non-digital manipulations of the image Excoffer creates an iconography that revives episodes in the history of photography.






fabricate.gifspacer.gifFabricate: Making Digital Architecture 

Riverside Architectural Press
260 pp 135 col. ill. 9.5 x 9.5 in hardcover 
978-1-926724-09-6 
$49.95 Can.  $59.95 U.S.  (40 €) To Order

32 illustrated case studies of completed buildings, new works in progress, and the latest research in design and digital manufacturing.







fernandes.gifspacer.gifBrendan Fernandes: Until We Fearless
Art Gallery of Hamilton
96 pp 35 ill (24 col) 10 x 7 in hardcover  978-1-897407-05-9 
$30.00 Can.
$35.00 U.S. (24 €) To Order

Fernandes pushes viewers to reconsider perceptions about the cultural identities associated with Africa and the African. Diaspora.








verafrenkel.gifspacer.gifVera Frenkel: String Games
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
24 pp 12 bw il.l 7.5 x 11.5 softcover  978-1-55339-259-0 
$12.00 Can. $14.95 U.S.
(10 ) To Order

In 1974 Frenkel explored real-time video transmission at the then-new Bell Canada Teleconferencing Studios in Toronto and Montreal.






frenchconnection.gifspacer.gifThe French Connection: Canadian Painters at the Paris Salons 1880 - 1900

Art Gallery of Hamilton
84 pp 58 col. ill. 10 x 8.5 in hardcover 978-1-897407-10-3
$45.00 Can. $49.00 U.S. (36 €) To Order

The essence of the French experience for Canadian artists and how it manifested itself in their work and thinking.







theatrummundi.gifspacer.gifCatherine Heard: Theatrum Mundi
Rodman Hall Art Centre
34 pp 20 col. ill. 8 x 5 in flexicover  978-0-9864955-4-0 
$26.00 Can. $29.00 U.S. (20 €) To Order

Heard's installation transforms the rear bay window wells of the gallery’s historic mansion into a cabinet of curiosities.







davidakid.gifspacer.gifDavida Kidd: Who Needs Art When You Have a View Like This
Burnaby Art Gallery 
80 pp 30 col. ill 9 x 6 in softcover  978-0-9809962-6-5  
$21.95 Can. $24.95 U.S. (18 €) To Order

Working in the realm of manipulated photography, Kidd blurs the line between illusion and reality.







wandakoop.gifspacer.gifWanda Koop: On the Edge of Experience 
National Gallery of Canada
164 pp 120 col. ill. 8 x 11 in softcover  978-0-88884-878-9   
$45.00 Can. $50.00 U.S
. (36 €) To Order

This monograph accompanies a retrospective exhibition on three decdes of work by one of the country's most innovative artists.






lacasse.gifspacer.gifFrançois Lacasse: Outpourings

Musée d’art de Joliette
140 pp 88 col. ill. 12 x 8 in  hardcover
978-2-921801-49-2  
$35.00 Can. $40.00 U.S
. (32 €) To Order

This thoroughly illustrated monograph provides a global perspective of the painter’s career.







mjlaframboise.gifspacer.gifMarie-Josée Laframboise: Network Installations
Musée d’art de Joliette / Southern Alberta Art Gallery / The Ottawa Art Gallery
144 pp 100 ill. 11 x 8 in softcover 
978-2-921801-48-5  
$30.00 Can.  $35.00 U.S. (24 €) To Order

This first monograph on the career of conceptual artist.






lexier.gifspacer.gifMicah Lexier: A Week At A Glance

Rodman Hall Art Centre
320 pp 300 ill. 12 x 9 in softcover  978-0-9864955-3-3 
$20.00 Can.  $24.00 U.S.
  (16 €) To Order

Publication of a one-year project, this bookwork is a size-as reproduction of all fifty-two one-week displays.







Lincoln.gifspacer.gifErika Lincoln: The Singing Condistion
Winnipeg Art Gallery
40 20 col. ill. 8 x 9 in softcover 978-0-88915-008-9
17.50 Can. $21.00 U.S. (14 )
To Order

The electronic media artist considers how urban technological culture intersects with the natural existence of birds.








hideniworlds.gifspacer.gifGeordie Lishman: Hidden Worlds
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
32 pp 20 col. ill. 10 x 7 in softcover  978-1-926589-11-4
$12.00 Can. $15.00 U.S. (10 ) To Order
Lishman creates large metal sculptures representing human figures, masks, birds and more.








lukas.gifspacer.gifAttila Richard Lukacs from the Salah J. Bachir Collection

Art Gallery of Hamilton
144 pp 91 col ill. 14 x 11 in hardcover  978-1-897407-12-7 
$80.00 Can. $89.00 U.S. (64 €) To Order

This major publication lushly illustrates Bachir’s entire collection of Lukacs pieces, including many of the artist’s most well-known paintings, Polaroids and collages created over the last three decades.






merrill.gifspacer.gifMichael Merrill: Outer Space

McClure Gallery
60 pp 45 col. ill. 9 x 8 in softcover  978-0-9865933-1-4 
$19.95 Can. $23.95 U.S. (16 ) To Order

Merrill’s series of ink wash drawings is part of a larger project: the mapping of the interior spaces of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.






moderneye.gifspacer.gifThe Modern Eye: Craft and Design in Canada 1940-1980
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 
96 pp 45 ill. 9 x 8.5 in softcover  978-0-88885-363-9
$29.95 Can. $34.95 U.S. (24 €) To Order

This publication outlines the modernist viewpoints held by Canada’s most prominent designers and craft artists working in this period.






nadiamyre.gifspacer.gifNadia Myre: Encounters
Carleton University Art Gallery
96pp 30 ill. coul. 26.5 x 24.5 cm softcover  978-2-92324-304-7 
$45.00 Can. $50.00 U.S.
(36 €) To Order

Nadia Myre sources the culture of her Algonquin ancestors to confront contemporary realities.







OutofPlace.gifspacer.gifOut of Place / Non lieu:  Lise Beaudry, Isabelle Hayeur, Marie-Josée Laframboise 

Art Gallery of Hamilton
80 pp 36 col. ill. 7 x 9 in softcover    978-1-897407-11-0 
$30.00 Can. $35.00 U.S
. (24 €) To Order

Three franco-Canadian women artists portray ephemeral places that exist only in the imagination.






pedigo.gifspacer.gifIan Pedigo: Works 2207 - 2010

Southern Alberta Art Gallery  
84 pp 37 col. ill. 10 x 8 in hardcover  978-1-894699-49-5  
$25.00 Can. $29.95 U.S
. (20 €) To Order

Removing materials from their original context and incorporating them in new  forms, Pedigo creates objects already in a state of temporal change.s







luckyrabit.gifspacer.gifLucky Rabbit: Debra Kuzuk & Ray Mackie in an Ancient Garden
MSVU Art Gallery
22 pp col. ill. 7 x 8.5 in softcover  978-1-894518-59-8   
$15.00 Can. $17.00 U.S
. (12 €) To Order

Documentation of the work of collaborative potters Debra Kuzyk and Ray Mackie.






billy.gifspacer.gifBilly J. McCarroll:
How To Play a Winning Game Your Natural Way
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
158 pp 30 col. ill. 9.5 x 9.5 in hardcover  978-1-894699-50-1  
$40.00 Can.  $45.00 U.S. (32 €) To Order

This retrospective monograph reveals how McCarroll employs cultural and artistic reconfiguration and transformation.






model.gifspacer.gifLisette Model: A Performance in Photography 
MSVU Art Gallery
48 pp 14 bw ill 10 x 8 in softcover  978-1-894518-62-8 
$20.00 Can. $23.95 U.S.
(16 ) To Order

Viewing Model as a performer as much as a photographer, George Steeves dissects her art, technique, and tumultuous working life.








monahan.gifspacer.gifGordon Monahan: Seeing Sound, Sound Art, Performance and Music, 1978-2011 
Robert McLaughlin Gallery
172 pp 40 col. ill. 10 x 8 in hardcover  978-1-926589-09-1 
$40.00 Can.  $45.00 U.S. (32 €) To Order

For over thirty years Monahan has created music, sound sculpture, sound installation, and computer-controlled sound environments.






grudgematch.gif spacer.gifGraeme Patterson : Grudge Match 

Rodman Hall Art Centre
DVD 5 x 5 in softcover  978-0-9864955-2-6 
$15.00 Can. $16.00 U.S. (12 €) To Order

Patterson’s multi media installation is part of a larger body of work based on boyhood and communication.


 




thepoint.gifspacer.gifThe Point Is:
Pierre Coupey, Landon MacKenzie, Martin Pearce, Bernadette Phan and Bryan Riley

Kelowna Art Gallery
72 pp 17 col. ill. 9.5 x 7 in softcover    978-1-896749-55-6  
$12.00 Can. $15.00 U.S
. (10 To Order

Five contemporary painters work in an energized zone that hovers between representation and pure abstraction.







spacer.gifAnnie Pootoogook: Kinngait Compositions
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
64 pp 30 col. ill.10 x 8 in softcover   978-1-55339-260-6  
$26.00 Can. $32.00 U.S
. (20 €) To Order

This publication focuses on the Arctic community that has been the focus of Annie Pootoogook's drawing practice.







Precise.gifspacer.gifPrecise: Craft Refined 

The Winnipeg Art Gallery
48 pp  40 col. ill. 8 x 9 in softcover   978-0-88915-009-6 
$18.00 Can. $20.00 U.S
. (16 €) To Order

Publication exploring the evolution of craft through the work of five contemporary artists who expand its definition.






trienialeng11.gifspacer.gifThe 2011 Québec Triennial: The Work Ahead of Us
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
500 pp 233 col. ill. 9.5 x 7.5 in softcover  978-2-551-25074-5
$55.00 Can. $65.00 U.S.  (44 To Order

This major publication accompanies one of Canada’s largest and most anticipated artistic events.







ronald.gifspacer.gifWilliam Ronald: The Central Image Paintings
Robert McLaughlin Gallery
44 pp 19 col. im. 11 x 8 in softcover   978-1-926589-08-4  
$15.00 Can.  $18.00 U.S.  (12 €) To Order

William Ronald was an important Canadian painter and a founder of the influential abstract art group Painters Eleven.







goodintentions.gifspacer.gifJon Sasaki: Good Intentions 
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
78 pp 40 col. ill. 11.5 x 8.5 in hardcover  978-0-7727-5412-7 
$40.00 Can. $45.00 U.S
.
(32 €) To Order

Sasaki evokes the tradition of slapstick cinema and Sasaki himself the figure of Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin.






shearer.gifspacer.gifSteven Shearer

National Gallery of Canada
256 pp 80 ill. 25 x 20 cm softcover
978-0-88884-888-8
$50.00 Can. $56.95 U.S. (40 €) To Order

Official publication of the Canadian presentation at the 2011 Venice Biennial. In English, French and Italian.







petersmith.gifspacer.gifPeter Smith: You May Find Yourself

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
45 pp 12 col. ill. 10 x 8 in softcover  978-0-772754-11-0
$25.00 Can. $29.00 U.S. (20 ) To Order

Peter Smith was a largely self-taught Toronto-based artist whose work describes the confrontation of mental illness with the everyday world.







snow.gifspacer.gifMichael Snow: Solo Snow

Galerie de l’UQAM 
144 pp 40 col. ill. 10.5 x 8.5 in hardcover  978-2-920325-42-5  
$35.00 Can. $40.00 U.S.
(32 €)   To Order

Publication of an retrospective exhibition of photographs, projections, video installations and sound works realized from the 1960s to today.







kipling.gifspacer.gifThe Solitudes of Place: Recent Drawings by Ann Kipling

Burnaby Art Gallery
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 ) To Order

This publication chronicles one calendar year (2009) during which time Kipling produced 141 drawings, each magnificently illustrated here.






evastubbs.gifspacer.gifFor the Love of Creation: The Life and Art of Eva Stubbs
Winnipeg Art Gallery
128 pp 150 col. ill. 12 x 10 in hardcover 978-0-88915-007-2
$40.00 Can.  $45.00 U.S. (32 €) To Order

This publication chronicles the 50 year career of one of Canada’s most accomplished sculptors.







wainio.gifspacer.gifCarol Wainio: The Book
Carleton University Art Gallery
84 pp 29 col. ill., 9 x 10.5 in hardcover  978-0-7709-0540-8
$30.00 Can. $35.00 U.S. (24 €)  To Order

Drawing on rich and varied sources, Wainio explores the narrative power of fairy tale illustrations.

 





marthawilson.gifspacer.gifMartha Wilson: Staging the Self
Dalhousie Art Gallery 
72 pp 45 ill. 9 x 7 in softcover  978-0-770300-28-9 
$25.00 Can. $28.00 U.S. (20 €)  To Order

Chronicles Wilson’s journey from the isolation of her early work to the transformative experience of working in a socially-engaged feminist art practice.







wonnacott.gifspacer.gif Justin Wonnacott: I Remember and I Forget
Carleton University Art Gallery
48 pp 24 col. ill. 9 x 6.5 in hardcover  978-0-7709-0542-2
$20.00 Can.  $23.95 U.S. (16 €) To Order

Wonnacott’s photographs of fish from are luminous portraits marked by great attention to staging, lighting and props.







wyse.gifspacer.gifAlex Wyse: Wyse Works, Exposing the Inevitable
The Ottawa Art Gallery
48 pp 24 col. ill. 10 x 8 in softcover   978-1-894906-40-1  
$25.00 Can. $29.95 US
(20 €) To Order

Five decades of work by this prolific artist and the variety of ways and creativity with which he has expressed his distinct worldview







younggiroux.gifspacer.gifYoung & Giroux 
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
98 pp 30 col. ill. 10 x 8 in softcover   978-1-894699-51-8 
$30.00 Can. $35.00 U.S
. (24 €)

This first in-depth monograph provides a career overview of the Sobey Award winners' most emblematic projects.






zmijewski.gifspacer.gifArtur Zmijewski: Scenarios of Dissidence
Galerie de l’UQAM
150 pp 30 ill. 7.5 x 6 in softcover  978-2-920325-43-2 
$15.00 Can. $18.00 U.S. (12 €) To Order

Two essays elucidate several recent works, including Zmijewski ‘s major video installation, Democracies (2009).