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Produced in consultation with Garry Neill Kennedy, this publication includes printed matter designed by, or in collaboration with, the artist and incorporates formats such as books, pamphlets, leaflets, sheets, cards, pageworks, posters, and wallpaper. Each entry, arranged chronologically, includes a photograph of the item and a physical description with the title, date, format, binding (where applicable), printing method, pagination, dimensions, publisher, and place of publication. The entries are followed by descriptive notes, which provide more detail on production techniques, as well as valuable new information supplied by the artist.
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For four decades, the work of Garry Neill Kennedy has been shown throughout Canada, as well as in the United States, England, France, Germany, Austria, and Iceland. The exhibition Garry Neill Kennedy: Work of Four Decades, consisting of some 70 paintings, photographs, book works, and painted wall installations, which originated at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, will be seen at the National Gallery, Ottawa, before touring to other galleries including the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, and the Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary. The accompanying book includes essays by John Murchie, former Associate Curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and Diana Nemiroff, the Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada.
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In the tradition of the distinguished Douglas & McIntyre art program, this lavishly illustrated and superbly printed book is a rich, readable history of abstract painting in Canada. The story begins in the 1920s with the sometimes eccentric but remarkable work, rooted in symbolism and theosophy, of pioneers such as Kathleen Munn, Bertram Brooker and Lawren Harris. Two decades later the Automatistes-Canada's first truly independent avant-garde art movement-burst onto the scene in Montreal. After the Second World War, the urge to abstraction spread across Canada, manifesting itself in significant regional movements. Vancouver painters retained a British flavour, while in Toronto, the Painters ...
Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.