
Quebec
A Painting by Adam Miller
McGill-Queen's University Press
Will be published approx. on 27. November 2017
Book
Hardback
72 pages
978-0-7735-5164-0 (ISBN)
Description
The 2017 painting Quebec by Adam Miller represents over four hundred years of Quebec history. Featuring recognizable Quebec and Canadian politicians, ordinary characters, and allegorical figures, this unusual work visualizes many of the debates surrounding the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation as well as the 375th anniversary Montreal's founding. Bringing together a collection of commentaries on the painting and its artist, this volume contemplates the Quebec and Canadian experience and the bonds that link art and history. Included within are a reproduction of the painting, assorted detail shots, a key to the figures represented, and preparatory drawings used for the final work. Furthermore, essays by art historians Francois-Marc Gagnon, Donald Kuspit, and Alexandre Turgeon reflect on the painting and its style, as well as on its representation of history in relation to questions of politics, art, and collective memory. The book also contains an interview with Adam Miller conducted by Clarence Epstein, which reveals the sources of inspiration for the piece and the artist's creative process. A preface by the patron who commissioned the painting, Salvatore Guerrera, rounds out the contributions. Adam Miller is a painter known for his polished neo-classical figurative style that dramatizes historical subject matter and themes of social justice. He lives in New York.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Full colour
Dimensions
Height: 315 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
765 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-5164-0 (9780773551640)
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11/2017
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Persons
Clarence Epstein is executive director of the Max and Iris Stern Foundation and has written extensively on Montreal architecture and art collections. Francois-Marc Gagnon (1935-2019) was founding director and distinguished research fellow of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art and a member of the Order of Canada. Donald Kuspit is an art critic and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Alexandre Turgeon is a post-doctoral scholar and instructor in the department of history at the University of Ottawa.