The Winnipeg Art Gallery

 

The Winnipeg Art Gallery


Caroline Dukes: Concealed Memories
Elizabeth Legge and Mary Reid

This posthumously published retrospective monograph traces the thirty year painting practice of Caroline Dukes (1929 - 2003). Focusing on Dukes’ luminous large-scale works, the authors explore the complex issues rooted in the artist’s beliefs as an Orthodox Jew. They also follow her work from an early European classicism to an eventual interdisciplinary approach to image-making, with collage, photography, text and sound. Throughout, Dukes’ work is infused with images of memory, loss and survival. Born in Hungary and a Holocaust survivor, Dukes and her family immigrated to Canada where she was eventually able to devote herself full time to painting. She exhibited extensively throughout the country up until shortly before her death.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (08/2007) 64 pp 29 col. ill. 9 x 11 in softcover 978-0-88915-000-3 $15.95 Can ($18.95 U.S. /13 euros)



David Burliuk 1882 - 1967: Futurism and After
Myroslav Shkandrij, Myroslava Mudrak & Ihor Holubizky

Known as the father of Russian Futurism, David Burliuk is one of the least understood of 20th century avant-garde artists. The dispersal of his paintings over three continents and his evolutive style have made it difficult to assess his place in Modernist art history. Due to unprecedented access to a major private collection, this publication marks the first North American survey of his career in over 40 years. Accompanied by numerous colour plates, three essays provide an overview of Burliuk’s early years where he, along with poet Vladimir Maiakovsky, established the first Futurist group. We follow his travels through Siberia and Japan and to his eventual settling in the United States in the 1920s. Here he developed the painting style known as Radio-Modernism, a synthesis of Futurism, Expressionism and a fascination with technology.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (05/2008) 64 pp 48 col. ill. 10 x 9 in hardcover 978-0-88915-243-4 $25.00 Can. ($27.00 U.S. / 20 euros)



The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Darlene Coward Wight, Lorne Balshine and Zebedee Nungak

As a medical doctor, Harry Winrob was fascinated by bone sculpture and, from the early 1970s on, collected works in whalebone, bone, ivory and antler. The Winrob Collection, donated to the Gallery as a legacy, contains the most significant assemblage of sculpture created from these materials, which due to declining availability, makes such sculptures quite rare. The Gallery calls the Winrob collection the most significant Inuit sculpture donation made to the Gallery in the last 30 years. The collection is also notable for its wealth of innovative sculpture from the Nunavik communities of Puvirnituq, Inukjuak, and Kangiqsualujjuaq. Of particular interest is the number of works depicting shamanism and human-animal transformation. Among the artists are Nick Sikkuark and Karoo Ashevat. Magnificently illustrated with full page colour plates. Previously announced in paperback. Published in hardcover with dustjacket.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (04/2008) 150 pp 145 ill. 11 x 9 in hardcover 978-0-88915-240-3 $39.50 Can. ($45.00 U.S. / 32 euros)


Subconscious City
Edited by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan

Artists, writers and critics explore the hidden underpinnings of the city of Winnipeg - its myths, its forgotten communities, its hidden gems - and reveal a complicated picture of place. Published as a companion to the exhibition of the same name, this publication delves into the nature of urban social physical landscape and its power to shape identity. Nine writers, including Guy Maddin and Jeanne Randolphe, examine the interiors and exteriors of the city, both seen and the hidden, both celebrated and denied. Twenty-six artists, including Eleanor Bond, William Eakin and Diana Thorneycroft, contribute works in all media and formats, their common thread being their attachment to this particular place.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (03/2008) 160 pp 70 col. ill. 10 x 10 in softcover 978-088915-241-0 $30.00 Can. ($32.95 U.S. / 24 euros)


Marconi in the Sculpture of John McEwen
Ann Pollock, Mary Reid & John McEwen

This beautifully illustrated oversized volume is the most important monograph yet on the work of the senior Canadain artist. For thirty years, John McEwen's sculptures have explored the nature of communication between animals, animals and people and the artwork and the viewer. He creates life-size silhouettes of animals, mainly dogs or wolves, most of which are flame cut from sheets of steel. By locating them in different environments, new relationships are produced and new associations are evoked. For McEwen the one constant in the human imagination is the animal and Marconi, a full-size German Shepherd created in 1978, was the first sculpture in a long series. This retrospective publication examines Marconi's original role as a vehicle of the imagination, a primary component of which is that animals are a necessary source of deliverance and hope. We are also provided with a visual reminder of the many public spaces across the country - universities, institutions, memorials and parks - that are indelibly marked by McEwen's emblematic works.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (10/2007) 96 pp 40 col. ill. 11 x 10 in softcover 978-0-88915-239-7 $39.99 Can./U.S. (32 euros)



Take Comfort: The Career of Charles Comfort
Edited by Mary Jo Hughes
Essays by Rosemarie Tovell, Rosemary Donegan, Laura Brandon & Anna Hudson

A generation younger than the Group of Seven and already mature when Canadian art again hit its stride in the 1960s, Charles Comfort (1990-1994) has suffered from a lack of critical appreciation. The four essays in this sumptuously illustrated hardcover edition provide a welcome revival of a significant figure in Canadian art history. While still a teenager in Winnipeg, Comfort was hired by one of the country's leading commercial art firms. Success led him to Toronto where he created murals for some of the city's most important public buildings. During the War he was a prominent war artist. Throughout, he produced a prodigious number of landscapes and portraits that remain iconic images of their times. With little formal education of his own, Comfort taught at the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art and In 1960 he was appointed director of the National Gallery of Canada. An accompanying interactive CD Rom gives access to Comfort's guest book, a veritable who's who of Canadian art and culture between the wars. In English and French.
Charles Fraser Comfort fut un peintre canadien éminent qui a souffert d'une certaine absence au niveau des analyses critiques. C'est dans les années 1930 et 1940 que se révèle l'importance de son œuvre qui se situe entre les deux courants qui ont le plus marqué l'histoire de l'art canadien, celui du Groupe des Sept et celui de la génération de l'abstraction. Toujours adolescent, il est engagé comme graphiste dans une grande compagnie d'art commerciale à Winnipeg. Plus tard il s'installe à Toronto, où il crée des murales dans les édifices les plus prestigieux. Sans grande éducation personnelle, il enseigne à l'Ontario College of Art et à l'Université de Toronto. Durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, il sert en Europe comme artiste de guerre officiel. En 1960, Comfort est nommé directeur du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Pendant toutes ces années Charles Comfort a réalisé des portraits et des paysages qui sont devenus des images iconiques de leur époque. Accompagné d'un CD-Rom interactiif qui présente le livre d'or de l'artiste. En français et anglais.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (02/2007) 160 pp 100 ill. (50 col.) 10 x 8 in hardcover (with CD-Rom) 978-0-88915-237-3 $39.95 Can./U.S. (32 euros)


Max Streicher: Mammatus
Jeanne Randolph, Mary Reid, Melanie Townsend

Streicher's inflatable installations have a commanding presence. Constructed out of nylon and vinyl, his soft sculptures embody the billowing skies of Constable and Turner and the cherubs of Raphael. Particularly when hung within baroque architectural environments, his pieces add a powerful physical dimension to the eighteenth-century view of painting as a staged fiction intended to heighten the imagination. Max Streicher has exhibited In Berlin, Madrid, Sao Paulo and New York.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery / Museum London (02/2007) 56 pp 24 col. ill. 10x8 in softcover 978-0-889152-36-6 $12.95 Can./U.S. (10 euros)


Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955
Darlene Coward Wight

The period 1949 to 1955 represents an early phase of what has come to be known as "Inuit art". Buying for southern markets on an ongoing basis began in Inukjuak in 1949, extended to Puvirnituq in 1950, and Cape Dorset in 1951. Purchase of carvings gradually spread to other communities, but the initial three remained prevalent until 1955. Carvers in this early period did not usually sign their pieces and the "Igloo tag" had not yet been developed. This publication is the culmination of a singular journey that is both theoretical and physical. Commited to finally attributing authorship to these early works, Darlene Coward Wight developed a unique data base and traveled to these isolated communities to interview the few original artists who are still alive, as well as family members of those who are not. An invaluable resource for collectors and researchers alike, this generously illustrated book features never before published biographical information about the "early masters" and demonstrates unique stylistic characteristics of their work to aid in future identifications.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (11/2006) 200 pp 200 ill. (180 col.) 11 x 9 in softcover 0-88915-234-9 $45.00 Can./U.S (36 euros)


Supernovas
Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan & Christabel Wiebe

Winnipeg has propelled some of Canada's most successful artists onto the world stage, notably Marcel Dzama and Janet Cardiff. Supernovas showcases the work of 29 emerging artists whose achievements speak to this city's artistic legacy and whose futures should be bright. The artists practice in a wide range of media but share a desire to engage their audience, rewarding us with a rich experience that testifies to this city's particular cultural landscape. Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan are prime examples of local talent making its mark internationally.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (01/2006) 88 pp col. ill. 9 x 9 in softcover 0-88915-235-7 $17.95 Can./U.S. (14 euros)


Bug City
Gary Genosko, Doug Lewis & Mary Reid

Artists look at the place of insects in contemporary art as well as at issues around urban ecology and public health that this presence reveals. Bug City also explores how, inspired by insect biology, entomology and technology have joined forces. Thirty artists show that bugs display a special kind of creativity and that the usual distinctions between nature and culture and helpful and harmful species can be questioned. Artists include Bill Burns, Fastwurms, Eldon Garnet, Ed Pien and Ed Ruscha. Includes a CD Rom.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (01/2006) 48 pp 26 col. ill. 5.5 x 5.25 in softcover with CD-Rom 0-88915-233-0 $12.95 Can./U.S. (10 euros)


Shirley Brown: Vestiges
Mary Reid & Catherine Mattes

Working from the discovery of a cache of 29 bird skeletons, Brown has created an imagined lost civilization which she brings to life through a mock archeological exercise. Her multimedia presentation is museum-worthy with paintings, drawings and photographs but also with artifact boxes, slide specimens and pottery. Brown's first interest is the act of the imagination that this endeavor requires. But the addition of a mock boutique to her installation - complete with cards, mugs and t-shirts - betrays an implied criticism of accepted museological practice.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2005) 38 pp 48 col. ill. softcover 0-88915-232-2 $10.95 Can./U.S. (9 euros)


Figure Ground: The Paintings and Drawings of Ivan Eyre
Amy Karlinsky, Mary Reid and Dennis Cooley

This publication documents nearly 50 years of one of Canada's most significant artistic practices. Eyre's exploration of the visual tradition of Western painting and drawing, characterized by modern-day history painting, portraiture and landscape, is highly original. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he mastered a diverse visual vocabulary incorporating the poignancies of the School of Paris, the morbidity of German Expressionism and the bravado of the Abstract Expressionists. Straddling the modernist/postmodernist divide, style in Eyre's work is not a dogma but a solution to formal and conceptual problems. This publication allows new generations to discover Eyre's panoramic landscapes, urban dystopias and joyous elaborations of dancers and nudes.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2005) 140 pp 107 col. ill. 12x8 in hardcover 0-88915-231-4 $30.00 Can./U.S. (24 euros)




Hiram To: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Donna McAlear, Marnie Butvin, Richard Grayson & Cheung King Hung

Hiram To is a Hong Kong based artist whose work is concerned with the cultural production of identity. Suggesting that we are all "high performers", his diverse installations articulate the ways we negotiate ethical codes in our everyday lives. How do we present ourselves in our public and private lives? How do our material possessions, fashion choices and social affinities reflect our values and beliefs? His materials are as diverse as his cultural references. Love Like Diamonds is a collection of designer T-shirts embroidered with names like Gonzalez-Torres, Ruscha and Lum. Visible Differences is a series of wall-mounted plates depicting Caucasian actors dressed up as Asian characters in popular Hollywood films. Cultural icons from Armani to Wong Kar-wai converge in an œuvre that is at once opulent and passionate, witty and dry. The elegant and profusely illustrated publication is in itself testimony to a sophisticated artistic discourse.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2005) 148 pp 160 coll. ill. 11.5x8.5 hardcover 0-88915-199-7 $35.00 Can./U.S. (28 euros)


Steve Gouthro: Through the Mill
Chris Reid & Celia Rabinovitch

Steve Gouthro's newest body of work germinated at MRM Gerdau Steel in Selkirk, Manitoba. Struck by the awesome environment in which scrap is transformed into usable steel he has produced paintings that act as a metaphor for an exploration of the relationship between man and the environment. Of this exploration of the industrial environment he writes: "Death and decay, in conjunction with generation and regeneration, are essential natural principles that permeate all of our experience, including culture and its artifacts. Like the alchemists of old, we aspire to take gross matter and transform it into gold."

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2004) 64 pp 24 col. ill. 9 x 6 in softcover 0-88915-230-6 $12.95 Can./U.S. (10 euros)


Napachie Pootoogook
Darlene Coward Wight & Leslie Boyd Ryan

Cape Dorset artist Napachie Pootoogook created over 5,000 drawings from the late 1950s until her death in 2002. In the last years of her life, Pootoogook worked on an autobiographical series of drawings that record life as it was in the 1930s to the 1950s. Many of her images are concerned with the particular experiences of women and depict societal taboos such as arranged marriage and spousal abuse. But there were happy times as well, remembered with nostalgia, as women and children entertained themselves in the camp while the men were away hunting. This publication provides a unique opportunity to gain insights into the life of an Inuit woman who experienced the dramatic social, economic and religious upheavals that occurred in the Canadian Arctic in the 1950s. A tour of the show is planned for 2005-2006. In English and French.

L'artiste de Cap Dorset Napachie Pootoogook a produit plus de 5 000 dessins depuis la fin des années 50 jusqu'à son décès en décembre 2002. Durant les dernières années de sa vie elle a travaillé sur une série de dessins autobiographiques portant sur son enfance dans les camps traditionnels du sud de l'IÎe de Baffin ainsi que son rôle d'épouse. Ces œuvres abordent des tabous sociétaux tels que les mariages forcés et la violence conjugale. Cette publication nous offre une chance unique de porter un regard sur une femme exceptionnelle qui a traversé des changements et chambardements sociaux, économiques et religieux qui se sont déroulés dans l'arctique canadien des années 1950. Une tournée de l'exposition est planifiée pour 2005-2006. En français et anglais.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2004) 86 pp 69 col. ill. 12 x 9 in softcover 0-88915-228-4 $21.95 Can. / U.S. (18 euros)


The Faye and Bert Settler Collection
Darlene Wight, Robert Enright & Jean Blodgett

The Settlers were art dealers for over 50 years and their shop, The Upstairs Gallery, is a Canadian landmark. Until her recent death, Faye Settler featured regular exhibitions of art by Inuit and Manitoba artists. Her first trip to Baker Lake was made in 1973 and she soon established herself as a specialist in Baker Lake art, introducing many collectors to the distinctive prints, sculptures and wall hangings from that Kivalliq community. From the 1960s until the early 1980s, Settler acquired Inuit sculptures including many by the daughters of renowned Baker Lake artist Jessie Oonark. As the essays attest, this once private collection - like that of Jerry Twomey - reflects a diversity of aesthetic interests and years of experience.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (July 2004) 160 pp 100 col. ill. 9 x 6 in hardcover 0-88915-229-2 $24.95 Can./U.S. (20 euros)


The Art of Robert Bruce
Mary Jo Hughes & Donald DeGrow

Robert Bruce (1911-1980) was an important Canadian cultural figure who worked as an artist between the mid-1930s to his death in 1980. This is the first retrospective of his entire career looking at his illustration (for numerous American and Canadian newspapers and magazines), teaching and fine art activities including drawing, painting and printmaking. Bruce's approach to both his illustration and fine art activities was founded upon the communication of the humour and delight that he discovered in his subjects. While there are many things that made him a strong artist, it is Bruce's drawing and colour talents that truly set him apart. Whether we examine his illustration, drawing, prints or paintings, the finesse of his exaggerated line and the daring boldness of his colour consistently reflect Robert Bruce's enthusiasm not only for all things aesthetic but also for the rich potential of life.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2004) 96 pp col. ill. 9 x 8.5 in softcover 0-88915-226-8 $16.95 Can./U.S. (14 euros)


Live in the Centre: An Incomplete and Anecdotal History of Winnipeg Performance Art
Shawna Dempsey & Alethea Lahofer

Exploring a 35-year history of performance in Winnipeg, this book includes two essays and an illustrated time-line, with anecdotes from various artists.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2004) 48 pp col. ill. 9 x 8.5 in softcover 0-88915-227-6 $12.95 Can./U.S. (10 euros)


Robert Archambeau: Artist, Teacher, Collector
Helen Delacretaz & Edward Lebow

Three essays present the many facets of the career of a man who has been major force in the ceramic and visual arts communities for over 30 years. Born in Toledo Ohio in 1933, Archambault discovered ceramics on his own. Talent and determination led him to a teaching position at the Rhode Island School of Design and eventually to the position of Head of Ceramics at the University of Manitoba where he taught until 1991. Curators, artists and former students highlight Archambault's influence and position within the international ceramic community. Robert Archambeau is the receipient of the prestigious 2003 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. Profusely illustrated with works by the artist, by his students and from his personal collection.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2004) 80 pp 58 col. ill. 11 x 7 in softcover 0-88915-225-x $20.00 Can./US (16 euros)


Reva Stone: Displacement
Amy Karlinksy & Donna McAlear

This publication premiers Stone's newest work, Imaginal Expression, a multifaceted installation with groundbreaking computer animation, video and robotics - technologies she uses and questions. Her central concern is the place or rather the displacement of the human body within scientific and and medical advancements. She asks what it means to be human in an increasingly technological world. Reva Stone has been an active artist and artist organizer for many years, most notably with Plug In ICA and Mentoring Artists for Womens' Art.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2004) 96 pp 45 col. ill. 6.5 x 9 in softcover 0-88915-222-5 $12.95 Can./US (10 euros)


The Jerry Twomey Collection at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: Inuit Sculpture from the Canadian Arctic
Darlene Coward Wight

Scientist/geneticist Jerry Twomey was one of the very early collectors of Inuit art. He was also the first to research individual artists, exhaustively classifying his collection by artist, community and family group. Beginning in the early 1950s and over the next 30 years, he had gathered nearly 4,000 sculptures by artists from every art-producing community, including Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Qikiqtaalik (Baffin) and Kivalliq (Keewatin). Reflecting Twomey's own research and organized by region, community and artist, the publication also contains a biographical essay revealing the fascinating story of a man who, having purchased his first three Inuit carvings for $8.00 in 1952 from the Hudson's Bay Company, went on to create the world's largest private collection. This definitive overview of Inuit carving activity across the Canadian Arctic, when Inuit sculpture was first exposed to the world, is an important resource for anyone wishing to learn more about the art and artists of the early contemporary period of Inuit art.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003) 128 pp 150 col. ill. 12 x 9 in softcover 0-88915-223-3
$29.95 Can./U.S. (24 euros)


Rankin Inlet Ceramics
Darlene Coward Wight & Jim Shirley

The town of Rankin Inlet, located on the coast of Hudson's Bay, was created in the 1950s as a nickel mining community populated by an indigenous, and previously nomadic, people. Twenty years later the mine's closing had resulted in significant social strife, including the death of a once thriving artistic community. Shirley's Matchbox Gallery, established in the 1990s, enabled veteran ceramicists to work again and to teach younger graphic artists and sculptors the medium of clay. This publication features recent ceramic works produced by a new generation of artists and allows comparison of newer techniques with pieces from the earlier period. Shirley writes eloquently about the importance and the fragility of the venture.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003) 9x6 in 25 ill (18 col.) 64 pp softcover 0889152241
$14.95 Can./U.S. ( 11 euros)


Carlo Cesta: Slow Down / Speed Freak
James Patten

By referencing architecture, history, and issues of identity, Cesta's sculptures and installations reflect on the language and the material culture of local communities. Through his examination of dialects and ornamentation, the Toronto artist demonstrates how culture evolves through the participation of its citizens. Carlo Cesta has exhibited at The Koffler gallery, YYZ Artists' Outlet and at Toronto's Sculpture Garden.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003) 48 pp 17 col. ill. 9x6 in 0889152101 $5.95 Can./U.S.


Home Show
Anne Brydon & Amy Karlinsky

Publication of a thematically-driven exhibition with works from Canadian and international artists. Through a wide range of strategies, the curatorial goal is to enliven, investigate, extend and make strange our relationship to the concept and the reality of "home". Mediated by gender, economics, social expectation and mass culture, the representations of home are effected through video, photography, installations, sculpture and mixed media. In an era when Homeland security has taken on new "close-to-home" meaning and where real estate is seen as the only secure recourse, this publication enables us to consider new meanings of an ancient drive. participating artists include Jeff Wall (Destroyed Room), Jamelie Hassan (Smurfistan) and Sam Taylor-Wood (Brontosaurus).

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003) 96 pp 26 col. ill. 9x6 in 0889152195 $13.95 Can./U.S.


Short Stories
James Patten, Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan

An examination of the use of narrative in the work of five contemporary artists. Like a short story - which jumps right into the action, eschewing character development and social context - these works avoid linear narrative and incorporate references to history, popular fiction and news stories into more subjective tales of personal and collective memory. Participating artists include Landon Mackenzie, Marcel Dzama and Sara Hartland Rowe. Two curatorial essays are accompanied by an actual short story. Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan's written project, The Headless Woman and her Sword-Swallowing Man, is printed here for the first time.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003) 72 pp 13 col. ill. 0889152187 $7.95 Can./U.S.


Rosalie Favell: I Searched Many Worlds (Out of print)
Donna McAlear, Barry Ace & Christiane Becker

Favell's digital photography series are powerful visual narratives about the search for self. Incorporating photographic images from family snapshots, old movies, and contemporary television, her search for an "authentic" racial identity leads her to create tableaux infused with symbolism from her own divided past, Metis and European. Coinciding with the postmodern ideals of inclusive cultural production, Favell's work activates latent empowerment through the instantaneous nature of digital media.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003) 128 pp 70 col. ill. 6.5 x 9.5 in 0-88915-220-9 softcover $14.95 Can./U.S. (14 euros)


Habitat: Canadian Design Now
Rachel Gotlieb, Helen Delacretaz & Kelly Rude

A showcase of the work of ten contemporary designers of household objects from the late 1990s to today. Specifically considering industrial designed objects for the home, the essayists discuss Canadian style and design, assess its merits and distinguish between art and craft, design and style.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2002) 80 pp 22 col. ill. 12x10 in 0889152160 $20.00


Gary Hill
Donna McAlear, André Jodoin & Sigrid Dahl

Documentation of two of the Seattle artist's video/sound installations. Through the use of the portrait Hill exposes fundamental relationships between the cerebral, hidden mind and its awkward physical body.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2002) 72 pp 22 ill (11 col.) 7x8 in softcover 0889152020 $14.95


Hindsight: William Hind in the Canadian West
Mary Jo Hughes & Gilbert L. Gignac

In 1862 English drawing teacher Hind joined a group of prospective miners heading for the Cariboo gold fields. His sketches, many later transformed into oils and watercolours, recorded the events of their momentous trek: the Red River Resistance, buffalo hunts, the gold rush and the hardships of wilderness travel. Accompanied by a CD-Rom featuring Hind's "Overlanders of '62" sketchbook. In English & French.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2002) 224 pp ill. 11x9 in softcover 0889152144 $45.00


Gerald Ferguson: Recent Paintings
James Patten & Diana Nemiroff

For three decades Ferguson's questioning of conventional strategies has been a strong influence on Canadian art. His recent return to abstract conceptualism is marked by repetition and process.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2002) 136 pp 42 ill. 6x8.5 in softcover 0889152128 $20.00


Grace Nickel: A Quiet Passage
Helen Delacretaz

One of Canada's leading ceramic artists and winner of several international awards, Nickel produces site-specific ceramic installations, incorporating large scale wall scones and freestanding columns.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2002) 32 pp 15 col. ill. 10x8 in 0889152179 $7.00


Lita Fontaine: Without Reservation
Catherine Mattes

The Dakota/Ojibwa artist's montages refer to the effects of colonization, such as racial stereotypes, residential schools and government treaties. Other motifs include family photographs, beadwork and the drum. As a tribal feminist she resists the social images of Aboriginal women.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 26 pp 12 ill (3 col.) 8.5x8.5 in 088915211X $11.00


Kelly Mark: Important Instructions for Changing the World
James Patten

The Toronto-based artist's conceptual art synthesizes Modernist strategies with her experience of everyday life resulting in work both humorous and profound.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 144 pp ill. 8x7 in 0889152098 $18.95


The Phenomenon of the Ukrainian Avant-garde, 1910-1935 / Phénomène de l'avant-garde ukrainienne, 1910-1935
Myroslava M. Mudrak et al.

This groundbreaking publication illustrates how Ukrainian artists have made a lasting and critical impact on the course of 20th century art. Persecuted and murdered by the Nazis, their work confiscated and destroyed, these artists resurfaced only after Ukraine's independence in 1991. Only then did hundred of surviving works come to light. This is the first time many of the works have been exhibited outside Ukraine. Text in English, French and Ukrainian.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 196 pp 75 ill 11x8.5 in 088915208x $30.00


Brigdens of Winnipeg
Mary Jo Hughes

The commercial art firm nurtured the careers of many Canadian artists of the first half of the last century. A study of the company and its artists offers an alternative perspective on Canadian art.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 36 pp 15 ill (7 col) 8.5x8.5 in 0889152071 $7.00


Tony Tascona: Resonance
James Patten, Patricia E. Bovey & Robert Enright

An overview of 50 years of Modernism in the work of the Canadian artist.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 112 pp 11.8.5 in ill. hardcover 0889152055 $26.50


Holman: Forty Years of Graphic Art
Darlene Coward Wight

This fully-illustrated publication traces the artistic development of the Holman artists, particularly their prints and drawings from sealskin stencils and stonecuts in the 1960s and, in recent years, lithography. In English and French.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 96 pp 12x9 in 0889152063 $25.00


The Dragon's Journey : The Influence of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain on European Ceramics
Helen P. Delacretaz

From 7th century China to 19th century Europe, this beautifully illustrated book traces the history of bone china, its Chinese origins and the later European attempts to reproduce it.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 20 pp 8 ill (6 col) 0889152047 $6.50


Focus Four: The Translucent Quality: English Porcelain from 18th Century Beginnings
Elizabeth Collard

A look at the gallery's permanent collection featuring pieces produced by Royal Worcester and Royal Crown Derby. Lavishly illustrated

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 152 pp 28x22 cm 0889152039 $25.00


Rielisms
Catherine Mattes & Sherry Farrell Racette

Nine artists - of Aboriginal, Metis and European ancestry - work to define the reality of Louis Riel, the 19th century Metis political organizer who was hung as a traitor. Mattes demonstrates that the identity of Riel varies widely in the public imagination and that he remains a conflicted symbol of current political ideologies. Artists include John Boyle, Rosalie Favell and Jane Ash Poitras.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2001) 64 pp 23 ill. 10.5x8 in softcover 0889152012 $20.00


William Eakin
James Patten

Eakin is one of the country's most original photographers. His strange yet familiar studies animate disregarded items that once marked significant moments in people's lives. Taken between 1993 and 2000, these photographs of souvenirs and trophies suggest how the authenticity of material culture resides ion its social uses and how the meaning of objects changes over time.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2000) 69 pp softcover 0889152004 $18.95


Beyond Borders: Contemporary Chinese Canadian Art in Manitoba
Donald DeGrow

The work of seven Manitoba artists is informed by their Chinese heritage but, while they have a shared cultural background, their aesthetic perspectives are radically different. Text in English, French and Chinese.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2000) 63 pp ill. softcover 0889151970 $6.50


Focus Three: The Decorative Element: British Earthenware, Mid 18th - Early 20th Century
Elizabeth Collard

An examination of the richness of style and the approaches to decoration from the work of Josiah Wedgwood to the Arts and Crafts Movement. Elizabeth Collard is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Wedgwood Society of England.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2000) 116 pp 28x22 cm ill. 0889151938 $25.00


The Jester's Realm : The Work of Jordan Van Sewell
Donald DeGrow

DeGrow's essay looks into the Manitoba sculptor's role as a thoughtful observer of people and their social interactions.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2000) 40 pp 15 col. ill. 8x7 in 0889151989 $15.95


Art and Expression of the Netsilik
Darlene Coward Wight

The Netsilik Inuit artists of the central Arctic use their legends and history to create awe-inspiring sculpture. The product of 20 years of involvement with the people and their art , this publication provides the history of the people, the arts and crafts development as well as biographies of the artists.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2000) 192 pp ill. 12x9 in 0889151954 $40.00


Diane Whitehouse: Points of Departure
Cliff Eyland, Sigrid Dahle & Robert Enright

Essays by artists and critics provide a deeper understanding of Whitehouse's art

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2000) 56 pp 24 col. ill. 21x24 cm 0889151911 $18.95


The View from Here: Selections from the Canadian Historical Collection
Mary Jo Hughes

The gallery's rich historical collection reflects artistic and social trends throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and speaks of exploration, colonization, nationalism, growth and conflict.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (2000) 104 pp 46 col. ill. 29x21 cm 0889151946 $21.95


Sit(e)ings: Trajectories for a Future
Shirley Madill, Cliff Eyland & Charles Shilliday

A presentation of the work of eleven Manitoba artists and their place within the context of Winnipeg's visual arts scene

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999) 32 pp 28 col. ill. 26x20 cm 088915192X $12.95


Robert Houle: Sovereignty over Subjectivity
Shirley Madrill, Peggy Gale et al.

The First Nations painter and installation artist investigates cultural issues in Canadian history with passion, humour and honesty.
Four essays by Native and non-Native, Canadian and non-Canadian writers elucidate three recent works.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999) 56 pp 16 col. ill. 28x22 cm softcover softcover 0889151903 $19.95


Marion Nelson Hooker: Two Lives, One Passion
Mary Jo Hughes

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999) 60 pp col. ill. 27 x 28 cm 0889151881 $14.95 (11 euros)


FULL/empty: Superficial Abundance and Profound Loss
Dr. Gary Genosko

Genosko developed his concept for FULL/empty while researching the photography collection during a residency at the Gallery.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999) 47 pp 6 ill. 5x8 in 0889151962 $9.95 (7 euros)


Convergence (a novel)
Andrew Hunter

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1998) 0889151865 $9.95 (7 euros)


Focus Two: The Canadiana Connection 19th Century Pottery

Focus Two relates to pottery made in Canada and pottery made elsewhere, but destined to become part of the Canadian market during the 19th century.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1998) 104 pp col. ill. 28 x 22 cm 0889151873 $25.00 (18 euros)


Focus One: Contemporary Studio Ceramics

Publication focusing on the skill of the 20th century potter, and the first in a proposed series of publications to feature the decorative arts collection at The Winnipeg Art Gallery.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1997) 112 pp col. ill. 28 x 22 cm 0889151806 $25.00 (18 euros)


Colleen Cutschall: House Made of Stars
Shirley Madill et al

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1996) 44 pp 0889151784 $16.99 (12 euros)


Haim Steinbach
Shirley Madill & Loretta Yarlow

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1996) 38 pp 13 ill. (1 col.) 0889151792 $12.95 (9 euros)


Dalla Husband
Maggie Dwyer & Lisa Gabrielle Mark

Husband lived in Paris working with the major Surrealist artists of the 20s and 30s. In English and French.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1995) 64 pp 41 ill. softcover 0889151768 $19.95 (14 euros)


Don Reichert: A Life in Work
Meeka Walsh

Since the mid 50s Reichert has made a significant contribution to expanding the dialogue of abstraction.
With essays, an interview, a chronology and a bibliography.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1995) 96 pp 52 ill. 088915175 hardcover $24.95 (18 euros)


Micah Lexier: A Portrait of David

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1994) 160 pp 75 ill. 23.5 x 15.5 cm 0889151733 $15.95 (11 euros)


The Swiss Paradigm
Shirley J.R. Madill & Harm Lux

This exhibition was comprised of 9 artists from 6 cities.
Their work explores the propositions of nationalizing claims and the community dynamic of expression.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1994) 60 pp 45 ill. (23 col.) 28 x 21.5 cm 0889151717 $20.95 (15 euros)


Eleanor Bond: Social Centres
Anne Brydon et al

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1993) 64pp 37 ill. (9 col.) 28 x 21.5cm 0889151652 $20.95 (15 euros)


Cartographies
Ivo Mesquita et al

Publication of a major exhibition of fourteen Latin-American artists with extensive full colour documentation of the exhibition, going beyond traditional exhibition catalogue format to become a valuable resource.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1993) 192 pp 78 ill. (66 col.) 28 x 25 cm 0889151709 $29.95 (21 euros)


Private/Public: Art and Social Discourse
Shirley J.R. Madill

Publication related to an exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery including artists Roy Arden, Stan Douglas and Ian Wallace.
In English and French.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1993) 68 pp 33 ill. (16 col.) 24 x 16.5 cm 088915161X $15.95 (11 euros)


The First Passionate Collector: The Ian Lindsay Collection of Inuit Art
Sheila Butler et al.

The Ian Lindsay Collection is one of the finest Inuit art collections ever assembled, comprised of over 400 sculptures. In English and French.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1991) 175 pp 155 ill. 28 x 21 cm 0889151598 $30.95 (22 euros)


Colin Campbell: Media Works 1972-1990
Bruce Ferguson et al

Publication of a retrospective exhibition with a brief biography, a comprehensive videography and expanded description of key works.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1991) 93 pp 14 ill. (4 col.) 24 x 16.5 cm 088915158X $15.95 (11 euros)


Kim Adams
Andy Patton and Shirley J.R. Madill

Adams' work explores sculpture that functions as an arena for spectacle, engaging the viewer in relation to social concerns.
In English, French and German.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1991) 112 pp 56 ill. (18 col.) 28 x 23.5 cm 0889151628 $28.95 (21 euros)


Robert Houle: Indians from A to Z
Dr. Jennifer S.H. Brown et al.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1990) 50 pp 25 col. ill. 24 x 16.5 cm 0889151563 $20.95 (15 euros)


PastFutureTense
Bruce W. Ferguson & Gary Dufour

Ferguson's essay locates contemporary art practice within popular culture and Dufour provides an analysis of the work in the exhibition of international artists. Produced with the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1990) 87 pp 76 ill. (9 col.) 28 x 22 cm 0889151571 $20.95 (15 euros)


Ivan Eyre: Personal Mythologies/Images of the Milieu
Terrence Heath

Publication of major retrospective of the figurative paintings of Ivan Eyre from 1957 to 1988. In English and French.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1989) 146 pp 109 ill. (97 col.) 30 x 30 cm softcover 0889151466 $25.95 (18 euros) / hardcover 0889151482 $35.95 (25 euros)


In Seclusion With Nature: The Later Work of L. LeMoine FitzGerald, 1942 - 1956
Michael Parke-Taylor

FitzGerald's early works, primarily of landscapes and still lifes, were representational.
From 1942 until his death in 1956 his work became increasingly abstract.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1988) 237 pp 124 ill. (16 col. & 12 documentary b/w) 23.5 x 16.5 cm (Fr. text, non-illustrated, is also available). 0889151490 $15.95 (11 euros)


1912: Break Up of Tradition
Louise d'Argencourt

Paintings, drawings and sculpture of 83 European artists who were working during this period.
Includes artists' biographies, selected glossary of early 20th c. art terms and historical overview of the years 1910 to 1914.
In English and French.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1987) 266 pp 113 ill. (102. col.) 30 x 30 cm 0889151407 $25.95 (18 euros)


Vistas of Promise: Manitoba 1874 - 1919
Dr. Virginia G. Berry

An academic look at Manitoba's artistic, cultural and economic growth as depicted in the drawings, paintings, prints and decorative arts of those who travelled and resided here.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1987) 86 pp 109 ill. (20 col.) 23 x 30 cm 0889151377 $15.95 (11 euros)


Jessie Oonark: A Retrospective
Jean Blodgett & Marie Bouchard

Documents the life and art of an extraordinarily productive artist working within and beyond tradition.
With chronology, bibliography and map. In English and Inuktitut.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1986) 148 pp 113 ill. (21 col.) 30 x 23 cm 0889151326 $28.95 (20 euros)


Airplanes and The Wall: Wanda Koop
Terrence Heath

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1985) 28 pp 12 col. ill. 35 x 24 cm 0889151253 $12.95 (9 euros)


A Boundless Horizon: Visual Records of Exploration and Settlement in the Manitoba Region 1624 - 1874
Dr. Virginia G. Berry

Historical background of the Hudson's Bay Region and Red River Valley as perceived by the artists who travelled and settled there.
Includes charts and maps, illustrations from early periodicals, photographs, drawings and paintings.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1983) 62 pp 103 ill. (8 col.) 23 x 30 cm 0889151156 $12.95 (9 euros)


Baffin Island

Contains 4 essays, chronological history of the region, a map and selected bibliography.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1983) 128 pp 81 b/w ill. 0889151148 $7.95 (6 euros)


A Distant Harmony: Comparisons in the Painting of Canada and the United States of America
Ann Davis

This book examines the similarities and differences between Canadian and American painters, pairing an artist from each nation working in the same time period.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1982) 190 pp 120 ill. (10 col.) 23 x 20 cm 0889151091 $20.95 (15 euros)


Baker Lake Prints and Print-Drawings 1970-1976
Sheila Butler & Bernadette Driscoll

Works by nineteen Inuit artists.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1982) 91 pp 117 ill. (14 col.) 20 x 25.5 cm 0889151113 $12.95 (9 euros)


Inuit Myths, Legends and Songs
Bernadette Driscoll

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1982) 80 pp 82 ill. (7 col.) 30.5 x 23 cm 0889151040 $12.95 (9 euros)


Eskimo Point/Arviat

Contains 3 essays, interviews with artists, bibliography, selected biographies, and a map.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1982) 110 pp 12 ill. 0889151975 $7.95 (6 euros)


Belcher Islands/Sanikiluaq

Contains 4 essays, chronological history of the region, a map and selected bibliography.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1981) 128 pp 133 ill. 0889150958 $7.95 (6 euros)


Rankin Inlet/Kangirliniq

Contains 4 essays, selected bibliography and a map.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1981) 97 pp 95 ill. 0889150885 $7.95 (6 euros)


David McMillan: Recent Photographs
David Wagar

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1980) 24 pp 20 col. ill. 23 x 30 cm 0889150834 $7.95 (6 euros)


Bustles and Rosepetals: Fashion is Art 1882-1910
Patricia E. Bovey

Discussion of the influences on fashion - social customs, politics and technology as well as the components of fashion - design, colour and accessories.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1980) 48 pp 64 ill. (12 col.) 30 x 23 cm 0889150826 $6.95 (5 euros)


The Inuit Amautik: I Like My Hood to be Full

Discusses the amautik, the traditional parka of the Inuit woman and its place in Inuit history, culture, art and society.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1980) 128 pp 114 ill. (4 col.) softcover 0889150850 $12.50 (9 euros) / hardcover 0889150850 $17.95 (13 euros)


Port Harrison/Inoucdjouac

Contains 4 essays, selected bibliography and a map.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (1977) 80 pp 121 ill. 0889150958 $7.95 (6 euros)

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