Western Voices in Canadian Art

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