Main entry:

Hassan, Jamelie, 1948- artist.

Title & Author:

Smurfistan / Jamelie Hassan

Publication:

Paris : Onestar Press, 2006

Description:

1 online resource (76 PDF pages) : illustrations

Restrictions:

Open access

Notes:
"Published 2006; 140 x 225 mm; 150 pages; Cover: Paperback, color, glossy finish; Binding: glue bound; Interior: black and white; Edition limited to 250 numbered copies"--Publisher's description
"In collaboration with Art Metropole, onestar press is publishing a new artists' book, Smurfistan, by Canadian artist Jamelie Hassan. The bookwork presents fragments from her recent Smurfistan installations of the spatial realm of the room of a young child. The smurfs, created by Peyo, were very popular among children in the 1980's. In this calamity of children's toys - Smurfs preside and soldiers, cowboys, dragons, dinosaurs dispute with each other. Hassan focuses on the world of a child, learning situations and the rupture of socio-cultural norms. The bookwork also contains a companion text, "Children & Social Spaces: Why Did Derrida Say No" by Ottawa-based fiction writer Marwan Hassan. Jamelie Hassan was born in London, Ontario and continues to make this her home. Her works are part of numerous collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. In 2001 she received the Governor General's Award in recognition of 30 years of contribution to visual arts in Canada"--Publisher's Web site
"First edition limited to 250 numbered copies"--Colophon
Title from PDF page 1

Summary:

"The bookwork presents fragments from her recent Smurfistan installations of the spatial realm of the room of a young child. The smurfs, created by Peyo, were very popular among children in the 1980's. In this calamity of children's toys-Smurfs preside and soldiers, cowboys, dragons, dinosaurs dispute with each other. Hassan focuses on the world of a child, learning situations and the rupture of socio-cultural norms. The bookwork also contains a companion text, "Children & Social Spaces: Why Did Derrida Say No" by Ottawa-based fiction writer Marwan Hassan."-- provided by distributor.

Resources:
Full text PDF

Subject:

Smurfs (Fictitious characters) Pictorial works.
Schtroumpfs (Personnages fictifs) Ouvrages illustrés.
Smurfs (Fictitious characters)

Form/genre:

Artists' books.
PDF.
artists' books (books)
Pictorial works
Livres d'artistes.

Added entries:

Onestar Press, publisher.