Misled by nature : contemporary art and the baroque / Catherine Crowston, Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Jonathan Shaughnessy.

Main entry:

National Gallery of Canada.

Title & Author:

Misled by nature : contemporary art and the baroque / Catherine Crowston, Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Jonathan Shaughnessy.

Publication:

Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, 2012.

Description:

69 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Exhibition catalogue.
Issued also in French under title: Trompé par la nature, résonances du baroque dans l'art contemporain.
Introduction: Yinka Shonibare, MBE / Catherine Crowston, Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Jonathan Shaughnessy -- Misleading is knowing: Lee Bul, Sarah Sze and Bharti Kher / Jonathan Shaughnessy -- Finding beauty and the sublime: David Altmejd and Tricia Middleton / Josée Drouin-Brisebois -- Biographies / Rhiannon Vogl.

Summary:

"Featuring the work of six international artists, this publication examines a recurring facet of contemporary artistic production: material excess, accumulation, bravado, asymmetry, and theatricality. The impact of such art is decidedly visual and primeval, with artists creating powerfully immersive environments aimed at enticing, challenging and even unsettling viewers. Three essays discuss ornamentation, hybridity, material sensibilities, transformation and the sublime in contemporary art practice. With works by David Altmejd, Lee Bul, Bharti Kher, Tricia Middleton, Yinka Shonibare MBE, and Sarah Sze. Catalogue accompanying an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Alberta, in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9780888849076 (paperback)
0888849079 (paperback)

Subject:

National Gallery of Canada Exhibitions.
Musée des beaux-arts du Canada Expositions.
National Gallery of Canada
Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Installations (Art) Exhibitions.
Art, Baroque.
Art 21e siècle Expositions.
Installations (Art) Expositions.
Art baroque.
Art, Modern
Installations (Art)
Kunst
Barock
Rezeption
Barockkonst.
Kanadensisk konst.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Crowston, Catherine.
Drouin-Brisebois, Josée, 1972-
Shaughnessy, Jonathan L., 1972-

Contemporary art and the baroque

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280326
Call No.: BIB 217025
Status: Available

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