"A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Anthropocene, a collaboration by the artists and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier, including film, photography, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Anthropocene is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, in partnership with Manifattura di Arti, Sperimentazione e Tecnologia (Fondazione MAST)."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Foreword / Stephan Jost, Marc Mayer, and Isabella Sera`gnaoli -- Far and near : new views of the anthropocene / Sophie Hackett -- The anthropocene and its "golden spike" / Colin Waters & Jan Zalasiewicz -- "How anthropo-scenic!" : concerns and debates about the age of the human / Karla McManus -- Works -- Life in the anthropocene / Edward Burtynsky -- Our embedded signal / Jennifer Baichwal -- Evidence / Nicholas de Pencier -- Adams, Adams, Baltz, Burtynsky : the role of landscape in North America photography / Urs Stahel -- The art museum and the anthropocene / Andrea Kunard.
ISBN
978-1-988788-04-3
Accession Number
2019.36
Call Number
06.4 H11a
Collection
Art Library
URL Notes
Website for the Anthropocene multidisciplinary work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier
"....documenting the effect of industrialization on the environment, Burtynsky provokes his viewers to contemplate the world he shoots. Published in conjunction with the first major retrospective of Burtynsky's work, this book requires more than a quick flip through the pages. At first one is dazzled by the color and apparent fluidity in the landscapes that he captures, but on deeper examination one begins to realize that these are quarry mines, oil refining factories, and recycling centers. Not your typical coffee-table book, this comes with a social and environmental message that should not be ignored. Essays by three curator/critics and an interview with the artist complement the 64 large-scale color images. Recommended for academic libraries and large art photo collections." – Sheila Devaney, University of Georgia
(from Edward Burtynsky website)
Contents
Message from the sponsor
Foreward
Author's acknowledgements
Seeing the big picture - Lori Pauli
Edward Burtynsky : traditions and affinities - Mark Haworth-Booth
Form versus porten t: Edward Burtynsky's endangered landscapes - Kenneth Baker
The essential element : an interview with Edward Burtynsky - Michael Torosian
Plates
List of works
Chronology
Selected exhibitions
Public collections
Selected bibliography
Notes
Published as a companion to exhibition of National Gallery of Canada in 2003
With essays by Mark Haworth-Booth and Kenneth Baker and an interview by Michael Torosian
This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive look at the career of photographer William Notman (1826-1891). Born in Scotland, Notman emigrated to Canada in 1856; he settled in Montreal and opened a photography studio that later had branches throughout Canada and the United States. Notman documented the development of a continent, photographing street scenes in burgeoning cities and modern transportation by steam and rail, and creating portraits of such notable figures as Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill. By fully exploiting the commercial and aesthetic potential of the rapidly advancing photographic technology, Notman contributed to the establishment of the socio-economic prominence of Montreal and played a key role in the formation of a Canadian national identity. Published and unpublished photographs are paired with texts that explore the photographer's numerous achievements. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Foreward - Suzanne Sauvage
Chronology - Nathalie Houle
Notman : a visionary photographer - Helene Samson
Notman's Montreal - photographs
The art of photography according to Notman - Helene Samson
Notman's studio as a space of performance - Sarah Parsons
The creative portrait - photographs
With word and image : Notman and the photographcially illustrated book - Joan M. Schwartz
Notman, creator of the first halftone - Christian Vachon
An imaginative geography - photographs
Notman's numbers - Nora Hague
The arrival of the Notman archives at the McCord Museum - Heather McNabb