Cover
Contents
Preface
Part One: An Evolving History
I. New Departures: Developing Artistic Voices in Canada’s West
Context and Overviews: The Birth of Distinctive Visual Expressions
1821–1870: Itinerant and Resident—Experiences and Expressions
1870–1930: Supports and Opportunities—Coming of Age
1930–1960: New Frameworks and Artists’ Recognition
1960–1990: Breaking Norms
Into the Twenty-First Century: Leading-Edge Innovations
II. Expanding Techniques: Creating a New Visual Language
Two-Dimensional Twists
Investigations in the Third Dimension
New Media and Engagements
Part Two: Prevailing Themes in Western Canadian Art
III. Landscape as Culture
Landscape as History
Landscape as Place
Landscape as Spirit
IV. Urbanization and New Meanings
Changing Dynamics: The Rise of Cities
Neighbourhoods: Streetscapes and Back Lanes
Lifestyles: Industrialization, Work, and Leisure
V. Abstraction into the Spiritual
Abstracted Realities
Religious Philosophies and the Spirit Abstracted
Abstracting through Sculpture
VI. People: Portraits and Inscapes
Portraits: Commissioned and Not
Psychological Inscapes
Perspectives of Human Form: The Figure and the Abstract
VII. Visual Voices and Societal Concerns
The Environment and Climate Change
Health and Human Rights
Self-Rule and Postcolonialism
Residential Schools and Reconciliation
War and Conflict
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Appendix: Western Canadian Art Milestones
Illustrations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
