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Western Voices in Canadian Art - by Patricia Bovey (Hardcover)

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  • The story of artists in Western Canada, and how they changed the face of Canadian art "Listen to the visual voices of artists.
  • Author(s): Patricia Bovey
  • 472 Pages
  • Art, Canadian

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About the Book



Throughout her remarkable career as a gallery director, curator, and author, Patricia Bovey has been a tireless champion for the work of Canadian artists. Western Voices in Canadian Art brings this lifelong passion to a crescendo, delivering the most ambitious survey of Western Canadian art to date.



Book Synopsis



The story of artists in Western Canada, and how they changed the face of Canadian art

"Listen to the visual voices of artists. They tell us so poignantly who we are, what we must cherish, and what we must address as a society."

Patricia Bovey

Throughout her remarkable career as a gallery director, curator, and author, Patricia Bovey has tirelessly championed the work of Western Canadian artists. Western Voices in Canadian Art brings this lifelong passion to a crescendo, delivering the most ambitious survey of Western Canadian art to date.

Beginning with the earliest European-trained artists in Western Canada, and moving up to present day, Bovey amplifies the depth, scope, and importance of the diverse artists (both settler and Indigenous) whose distinct voices have contributed to the Western Canadian artistic tradition. Bovey then adopts a thematic approach, richly informed by her knowledge and experience, connecting art and artists through time and across provincial boundaries.

Insights from Bovey's studio visits and conversations with artists enhance our understandings of the history and trajectory of, and impetus for Canadian artistic creation. Lavishly illustrated with over 250 works reproduced in full colour, Western Voices in Canadian Art is a book that needs to be seen, and its artists and art celebrated.



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"The breadth of Bovey's investigation, and the details assembled, are a profound gift to future scholars, curators, artists and writers. Bovey's grounding in curatorial practice is evident in her commitment to center artists, their practices and their work--not just in the writing, but also in the beautiful image reproductions. For me, this is perhaps the greatest contribution of this book--its insistence on centering artists, their curiosities, their voices, and the movements and ideas that stemmed from the work, and the communities that intersected with them. Western Voices in Canadian Art substantially records the last two hundred years of cultural making in Canada's West. It does an extraordinary job of locating BIPOC practices within an unfolding framework."

--Sadira Rodrigues "BC Studies"

"Western Voices in Canadian Art is a massive undertaking that offers a comprehensive overview of Western Canadian art and a fascinating read. It is doubtful that anyone else could have written it. Pat Bovey has spent her life working with western art and this book goes beyond the general range of well-documented and familiar artists. The author's personal narrative and experiences as museum director, curator, art writer, etc. and her work directly with the artists add enormous richness to the text. The book describes both historical work and the work of contemporary artists (many of whom are, unlike those historical figures that the author describes, not well-known to a larger audience and often not included in the survey texts of Canadian art.) In a number of cases, the author relies, along with her substantive research, on personal conversations with the artists, and her great familiarity with the work in her discussion. It is a must-read that offers a new and often personal account of the history and diversity of Western Canadian art."

--Joyce Zemans

"Written by Patricia Bovey, whose long and distinguished career as a gallery director and curator has uniquely positioned her to undertake this work, Western Voices is a much-needed counter-balance to previous Canadian art histories weighted towards the cultural centres of Toronto and Montreal."

-- "Preview Magazine"

"[Bovey] celebrates western Canadian art. It has been dynamic, inventive, modern, diverse, and brilliant. It is local, regional and universal in its styles and idioms. Her book is an impressive tribute to her subject."--Allen Mills "Prairie History"

"In this comprehensive new book, Patricia Bovey, an art historian, academic, gallery director and just-retired Manitoba senator, addresses this marginalization, not just by focusing on visual art in the West, but also by challenging the conventional structures and approaches that have historically divided art into the centre and the margins."--Alison Gillmor
Dimensions (Overall): 8.66 Inches (H) x 6.69 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 472
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Canadian
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Patricia Bovey
Language: English
Street Date: February 13, 2023
TCIN: 88968703
UPC: 9780887550478
Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-3403
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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