Toronto In Art

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Black Dog Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1911164708

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Form Follows Fiction by Anonim Pdf

How do artists in Toronto visualise their sense of place? Are there particular made-in-Toronto ways of thinking about the city?0Bringing together work selected by internationally renowned Toronto-based artist Luis Jacob, Form Follows Fiction: Art and Artists in Toronto concentrates on a period of more than fifty years to consider the ways in which artists visualise Toronto. Presenting a thematic clustering of works by 86 artists, the book is premised on the tendency of artists in the city to favour performative and allegorical procedures to articulate their sense of place. The book looks at a period of more than 50 years of artists who have visualised Toronto, and includes work by 86 artists, including Suzy Lake, Kent Monkman, Ed Pien, Roula Partheniou and Michael Snow, all of whom have previously published with Black Dog Publishing.

Author : Bart Beaty
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442696273

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Comics Versus Art by Bart Beaty Pdf

On the surface, the relationship between comics and the ‘high’ arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces. Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and the most important institutions of the art world, including museums, auction houses, and the art press. Bart Beaty's analysis centres around two questions: why were comics excluded from the history of art for most of the twentieth century, and what does it mean that comics production is now more closely aligned with the art world? Approaching this relationship for the first time through the lens of the sociology of culture, Beaty advances a completely novel approach to the comics form.

Author : David Wistow,Kelly McKinley,Art Gallery of Ontario
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781525301346

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Meet the Group of Seven by David Wistow,Kelly McKinley,Art Gallery of Ontario Pdf

A beautiful introduction to Canada’s famous artists. In 1920, a group of Toronto artists exhibited their work together for the first time. They called themselves the Group of Seven. Their paintings were very different from the art of the time. Some people were excited by their unique styles, and some were horrified. It took years for their work to be fully appreciated. But today, the Group of Seven are some of Canada’s best-loved artists. Here’s a must-have reference to the artists who changed the landscape of Canadian art forever.

Author : Alana Wilcox,Christina Palassio,Jonny Dovercourt
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781770562141

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The State of the Arts by Alana Wilcox,Christina Palassio,Jonny Dovercourt Pdf

City Hall proclaimed 2006 the Year of Creativity. ‘Live With Culture’ banners flap over the city. And across the city, donors are ponying up millions for the ROM and the AGO. Culture’s never had it so good. Right? The State of the Arts explores the Toronto arts scene from every angle, applauding, assailing and arguing about art in our fair burg. The essays consider the big-ticket and the ticket-free, from the Opera House and the CNE to the subconscious art of graffiti eradication and underground hip-hop. In between, you'll find considerations art in the suburbs, how business uses art to sell condos, questions of infrastructure, an examination of Toronto on film and a history of micro press publishing. You'll read about the fine line between party and art, the trials of being a capitalist in a sea of left-wing artists, the power of the internet to create arts communities and a plea for spaces that cater to musicians and their kids. Throughout, you'll find equal doses of optimism and frustration, and a good measure of T.O. love. Taken together, the thoughts of these writers, thinkers, musicians and city-builders aim to create an honest survey of where we're at and where we can go.

Author : Edith G. Firth,Toronto (Ont.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Art
ISBN : 0889027129

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Toronto in Art by Edith G. Firth,Toronto (Ont.) Pdf

Toronto In Art is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

Author : William Kurelek
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : General Publishing Company
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Toronto (Ont.)
ISBN : UOM:39015010558297

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O Toronto by William Kurelek Pdf

Author : Alvin Balkind,Louise Dompierre,Blaine Allan,Bruce Ferguson,Power Plant (Art gallery)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Art, Canadian
ISBN : UCSD:31822035563873

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Toronto by Alvin Balkind,Louise Dompierre,Blaine Allan,Bruce Ferguson,Power Plant (Art gallery) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091210481

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State of the Arts Living With Culture in Toronto by Anonim Pdf

City Hall proclaimed 2006 the Year of Creativity. 'Live With Culture' banners flap over the city. And across the city, donors are ponying up millions for the ROM and the AGO. Culture's never had it so good. Right' The State of the Arts explores the Toronto arts scene from every angle, applauding, assailing and arguing about art in our fair burg. The essays consider the big-ticket and the ticket-free, from the Opera House and the CNE to the subconscious art of graffiti eradication and underground hip-hop. In between, you'll find considerations art in the suburbs, how business uses art to sell condos, questions of infrastructure, an examination of Toronto on film and a history of micro press publishing. You'll read about the fine line between party and art, the trials of being a capitalist in a sea of left-wing artists, the power of the internet to create arts communities and a plea for spaces that cater to musicians and their kids. Throughout, you'll find equal doses of optimism and frustration, and a good measure of T.O. love. Taken together, the thoughts of these writers, thinkers, musicians and city-builders aim to create an honest survey of where we're at and where we can go.

Author : Linda Mollenhauer,Rachel Rafelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Art
ISBN : 0920708064

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Toronto Art & Artist's Guide by Linda Mollenhauer,Rachel Rafelman Pdf

Author : Art Gallery of Toronto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Art and engineering
ISBN : PSU:000031419888

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Art and Engineering by Art Gallery of Toronto Pdf

Author : William G. Colgate
Publisher : Ryerson
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Art
ISBN : PSU:000007131110

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Canadian Art by William G. Colgate Pdf

Author : John Warkentin
Publisher : Becker Associates
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780919387607

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Creating Memory by John Warkentin Pdf

Toronto has over 600 public outdoor sculptures, works of art that provide a sense of the rich variety of life and work in the city, its peoples, cultures and aspirations. Interest in commissioning public sculpture began slowly in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, but increased rapidly after the 1950s.This is a book about the sculptures and how they disclose the city to itself. Creating Memory’s two introductory sections examine the factors behind this expansion over time and the changes in style as one generation of sculptors succeeded another. It looks at the reasons behind the changes as sculptures were conceived, sculpted and erected. More than 10 categories of sculptures are defined and discussed, including Founding the City, Natural Environment, Immigration, Ethnic Groups, Economic Activities, Disaster and Calamity, War And Conflict, Leaders, Ordinary Citizens, Community Life, and Works of the Imagination.

Author : Ontario Society of Artists
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : Art museums
ISBN : 0665929137

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On the Need for an Art Museum in Toronto, and Some Suggestions on how it Might be Founded [microform] by Ontario Society of Artists Pdf

Author : Art Gallery of Ontario. Junior Committee,Nalini Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Art
ISBN : 0919872220

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The Toronto Art Guide by Art Gallery of Ontario. Junior Committee,Nalini Stewart Pdf

Author : Art Gallery of Toronto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1360690662

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CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF by Art Gallery of Toronto Pdf