Tracings : Writing Art, 1975-2020.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr-Harris, Ian.

Series:

Text/Context: Writings by Canadian Artists Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conceptual art.

Art criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : Concordia University Press, 2024.

Summary:

An artist, curator, critic, and teacher, Ian Carr-Harris has been a central figure in Toronto's art scene since the 1970s. By collecting his impressive output of essays, critical experiments, and reviews into a single volume, Tracings documents the growth of conceptual art and postmodernism in Canadian art, as well as the expansion of mediums and spaces, while providing insights into methods of representation and the role of criticism in contemporary art. In clear and intelligent prose, Carr-Harris offers detailed studies of individual artists and exhibitions as well as theoretically informed reflections on broader cultural concerns. Whether writing about the complexities involved in the construction and transmission of knowledge, meaning, and historical narrative, or discussing the material matters of government cultural funding, patronage, and artist-run centres, or describing his own process and artworks, these pieces reveal a literary love of language and a nuanced and investigative mind at work. Throughout his writing, he considers themes of identity, cultural nationalism, postcolonialism, institutionalism, the act of viewing, and relations of power. An introduction by Dan Adler situates Carr-Harris's work within the context of his contemporaries, collaborators, and cultural environment, pointing out the mutually reinforcing qualities and relationships between his art and his writing. Covering decades of critical thought and engagement, Tracings confirms why Ian Carr-Harris has indelibly written himself into Canadian art.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Epigraph

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

A Note on Acknowledgements

Preface

Debate and Difference: An Introduction to the Writings of Ian Carr-Harris

Debates, 1983–2015

Museums in the ’80s: The London Regional and A Space (1983)

Under the Gaze of Criticism? (1985)

Patronage or Subsidy? Government Funding of Canadian Artists (1985)

Toronto, Art, and History (1987)

Counter-Narrative (1988)

Made in Canada/Fait au Canada: Situating the Canadian Art Identity (1989)

Report from Toronto (2005)

300 Words on Art Outside Institutions (2008)

The Power Plant and the Play of History (2015)

Artists, 1978–2018

Joseph Kosuth: Text/Context (Toronto) (1978)

John McEwen: Recent Work (1979)

Vincent Tangredi (1983)

A.R. Penck (1983)

Nancy Johnson (1983)

Winging It: Noel Harding (1984)

How We See/What We Say (1986)

Women’s Work (1987)

Al McWilliams (1987) Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781988111520

1988111528

OCLC:

1507699871