Angel in the Sun: Turner’s Vision of History

War is not a picturesque scene. Yet J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), an eminent historical landscape painter of the romantic era, managed to draw beauty out of darkness without glorifying it. Scorched with symbolism and allegory, the ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Place

By Geoffrey James

Toronto photographer Geoffrey James recently won the Roloff Beny Award – and a cool $30,000 – for Paris, his portrait of the changing face of the City of Lights. In Place, James explores the humbler, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

This Other Eden: Canadian Folk Art Outdoors

By Phil Tilney

Outdoor folk art often gets a bad rap: Think overly adorned mailboxes, pink flamingos, and smiling gnomes. Curator, writer, and broadcaster Phil Tilney sets out to polish the tarnished image of this often misunderstood craft ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Seacoasts

By Pierre Berton

Canada’s coastline is the longest in the world, and yet we don’t view ourselves as a maritime nation. This is the paradox at the heart of Pierre Berton’s Seacoasts. In stark contrast with the lush ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Louis Riel: A Comic-strip Biography

By Chester Brown

Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography is yet another landmark work by Chester Brown, an artist considered to be one of the greatest cartoonists living today. This is not hyperbole: each of his major works – ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings

By Guy Maddin

Film director Guy Maddin is a cunningly sweet megalomaniac whose self-loathing and proclaimed laziness are matched only by his romantically overblown perception of himself. He is just the sort of guy I fall for every ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Morning Star

By Nick Bantock

Vancouver writer, artist, and book designer Nick Bantock closes the six-book saga of Griffin and Sabine with The Morning Star. As with the previous books, Bantock invites readers into Griffin and Sabine’s mytho-symbolic world through ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

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