Beyond Wilderness
The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art
Published on 30. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-7735-3244-1 (ISBN)
Description
The legacy of the Group of Seven and the reinvention of Canadian landscape art since the 1960s.
Reviews / Votes
"A substantive, generation-bridging collection ... [that] masterfully configures the foundations of a highly compelling revisionist Canadian art history." Jennifer Fisher, York University, OntarioMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
130 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 254 mm
Weight
1516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-3244-1 (9780773532441)
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John O'Brian | Peter White
Beyond Wilderness
The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art
Book
01/2017
2nd Edition
McGill-Queen's University Press
€61.00
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Persons
John O'Brian teaches art history at the University of British Columbia. His books include Ruthless Hedonism: The American Reception of Matisse, Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism, and David Milne and the Modern Tradition of Painting.
Content
Contributors include Benedict Anderson (Cornell), Grant Arnold (Vancouver Art Gallery). Rebecca Belmore, Jody Berland (York), Eleanor Bond (Concordia), Jonathan Bordo (Trent), Douglas Cole, Marlene Creates, Marcia Crosby (Malaspina), Greg Curnoe, Ann Davis (Nickle Arts Museum), Leslie Dawn (Lethbridge), Shawna Dempsey, Christos Dikeakos, Peter Doig, Rosemary Donegan (OCAD), Stan Douglas, Paterson Ewen, Robert Fones, Northrop Frye, Robert Fulford, General Idea, Rodney Graham, Reesa Greenberg, Gu xiong (British Columbia), Cole Harris (British Columbia), Richard William Hill (Middlesex), Robert Houle, Andrew Hunter (Waterloo), Lynda Jessup (Queen's), Zacharias Kunuk (Igloolik Isuma Productions), Johanne Lamoureux (Montreal), Robert Linsley (Waterloo), Barry Lord (Lord Cultural Resources), Marshall McLuhan, Mike MacDonald, Liz Magor (ECIAD), Lorri Millan, Gerta Moray (Guelph), Roald Nasgaard (Florida State), N.E. Thing Company, Carol Payne (Carleton), Edward Poitras, Dennis Reid (Art Gallery of Ontario), Michel Saulnier, Nancy Shaw (Simon Fraser), Johanne Sloan (Concordia), Michael Snow, Robert Stacey, David Thauberger, Loretta Todd, Esther Trepanier (Quebec), Dot Tuer (OCAD), Christopher Varley, Jeff Wall, Paul H. Walton (McMaster), Mel Watkins (Toronto), Scott Watson (British Columbia), Anne Whitelaw (Alberta), Joyce Wieland, Jin-me Yoon (Simon Fraser), Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, and Joyce Zemans (York).