Public art in Canada : critical perspectives / edited by Annie Gérin and James S. McLean.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gérin, Annie, 1969-

McLean, James S., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public art--Canada.

Public art.

Canada.

Physical Description:

x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2009.

Summary:

`Public Art in Canada marks a major contribution to scholarly research. This substantial volume reflects the diversity of work that falls under the broad rubric of public art, ranging from discussions of political interventions to governmentally endorsed monuments. Moreover, by including five contemporary artists' projects alongside the critical chapters featured here, the editors provide readers with a vivid sense of the multifaceted possibilities of public art.'

Contents:

Part 1 The State and the Negotiation of Taste 23

1 The Wrong Commemoration: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith's Paintings of the State Funeral of Sir John Thompson / Eva Major-Marothy 25

2 A Drive through Canadian History: People, Cars, and Public Art at Niagara Falls in the 1930s / Joan Coutu 45

3 Camouflage Series / Jason St-Laurent 65

4 Public Art and Canadian Cultural Policy: The Airports / Bernard Flaman 75

Part 2 Memory, Politics, and Controversies 95

5 I nostri grandi Padri ... Heroic Nationalism and the Italians of Montreal: The Monument to Giovanni Caboto, 1935 / Anna Maria Carlevaris 97

6 What's the Point? / Jeff Thomas 115

7 Memoire ardente by Gilbert Boyer, or When Politics Penetrates Contemporary Art / Veronique Rodriguez 125

8 Edmonton's City Hall as Visual Archive and Collector of Memory / C.S. Ogden 145

Part 3 Activist Practices in Public Art Today 163

9 Cultural Interventions in the Public Sphere / Bruce Barber 165

10 Queering the Streets: Johannes Zits and Contemporary Public Art as Activism / Daniel Faria 183

11 Exhibiting Madness in The Weyburn Project: Situating Performance/Installation in an Abandoned Mental Asylum / Kathleen Irwin 201

12 Model for a Public Space / Adrian Blackwell 223

13 Dark Forces at Mount Allison University / Rebecca Burke 229

Part 4 Contemporary Perspectives on Public Art 247

14 Emerging Urban Aesthetics in Public Art: The Thresholds of Proximity / Julie Boivin 249

15 Window (Dis)Plays: Reality Shopping / Kim Morgan 265

16 Framing Temporality: Montreal Graffiti in Photography / Ella Chmielewska 271

17 Stardance / John Noestheden 293

18 The Public Part of Public Art: Technology and the Art of Public Communication / James S. McLean 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-331).

ISBN:

9780802098474

0802098479

9780802095688

0802095682

OCLC:

300589502