Rodman Hall Art Centre
Catherine Heard: Theatrum Mundi
Kerri Cronin & Rebecca Ward
Known for her sculptural work depicting things both monstrous and wondrous, Catherine Heard's installation transforms the rear bay window wells of the gallery’s historic mansion into a cabinet of curiosities. Heard displays her personal collection of artworks, objects, and oddities, adding to and rearranging her collection throughout the exhibition. Drawing on the aesthetic of Heard's installation, the publication includes an artist's multiple and two essays.Rodman Hall Art Centre (10/2011) 34 pp 20 col. ill. 8 x 5 in flexicover 978-0-9864955-4-0 $26.00 Can. $29.00 U.S. (20 €)
Graeme Patterson : Grudge Match
Shirley Madill
Graeme Patterson’s multi media installation is based on the artist’s personal experience and depicts two figures freestyle wrestling in a highschool gymnasium. This piece is part of a larger body of work based on past friendships, boyhood, communication, and an investigation of the artist’s generation. Rodman Hall Art Centre (10/2011) DVD 5 x 5 in softcover 978-0-9864955-2-6 $15.00 Can. $16.00 U.S. (12 €)
Micah Lexier : A Week At A Glance
Marcie Bronson & Micah Lexier
Publication and bookwork of a unique one-year project. Beginning on the first Monday of 2011, four objects are displayed in a custom-built vitrine. Each Monday, one object is removed and replaced by another object drawn from Lexier’s personal collection of everyday items. After fifty-two objects have cycled through the installation, some objects presented during the first week are reintroduced, one per week, during the last three weeks of the installation. The project concludes on the first Sunday of 2012 with a display that is one move away from the first, creating a complete loop that brings the project back to its beginning. This bookwork is a size-as reproduction of all fifty-two one-week displays. The size of the book relates to the display surface in the vitrine, and each week is represented by three consecutive double-page spreads. The book was designed as a stand-in for the exhibition, but it also stands alone. A brief text outlines Lexier’s modus operendi.Rodman Hall Art Centre (04/2011) 320 pp 300 bw ill. 12 x 9 in softcover 978-0-9864955-3-3 $20.00 Can. $24.00 U.S. (16 €)
David Hoffos: Scenes from the House Dream
David Garneau, Nancy Tousley, Shirley Madill & Chester Pelkey
Scenes from the House Dream is a multi-channel video installation that serves as a compendium of Hoffos’ signature illusionist techniques perfected over years of art production. Hoffos is known for his technologically conjured effects that hearken back to earlier forms of cinema and lantern shows. With television monitors, black masking tape, and mirrors, he uses pre-digital tricks to reveal secret worlds peopled by ethereal figures who draw the viewer into the “personalized architecture of the self.” Four original essays provide a career overview of this major Canadian artist. Publication of a exhibition touring to the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and the Illingsworth Kerr Gallery. Co-published with Southern Alberta Art Gallery and the TrepanierBaer Gallery.Rodman Hall Art Centre (02/2010) 144 pp 40 ill. 8 x 11 in hardcover 978-0-9691206-9-8 $50.00 Can. $55.00 U.S. (40 €)