Cover image for Future possible : an art history of Newfoundland and Labrador / edited by Mireille Eagan.
TITLE:
Future possible : an art history of Newfoundland and Labrador / edited by Mireille Eagan.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions ; St. John's, N.L. : The Rooms Corporation,
Physical Description:
309 p. : ill.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
How do you begin to write an art history and what are the vital questions to ask? Which marks are most prominent in the visual culture of a particular place, and which are nearly invisible? In Future Possible, Mireille Eagan and other writers and artists navigate the tangled histories and cultures of Newfoundland and Labrador to investigate the visual output and to write the narrative that it has created. The result is an ambitious volume, arising from a two-part exhibition of the same name at The Rooms, that provides a multi-vocal, multi-faceted history spanning pre- and post-Confederation Newfoundland. Lavishly illustrated with 180 images of art and objects from the province's visual history, Future Possible features essays by curators and artists on topics such as pre-Confederation art; contemporary art, craft, and Indigenous culture; and outsider and folk art. This intriguing volume places work from the region's artifacts from the province's history and work by iconic Newfoundland and Labrador artists such as Gerald Squires, and Mary Pratt in conversation with works by contemporary artists like Jordan Bennett and Kym Greeley. Together they explore how history is told and retold through objects and images and how these objects and images, and the power structures that preserve them, define an understanding of place.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781773102047