Scratching Surface Post Prairie by Steven Matijcio (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 207 pp. with full-colour illustrations. Includes visual art by Keith Berens, Melanie Bone, Paul Butler, Daniel Dueck, Simon Hughes, Jean Klimack, Wanda Koop, Sylvia Matas, Kazuteru Miyauchi, Kim Ouellette, Robert Pasternak, David Perrett, Tim Schouten, Doug Smith, Jennifer Stillwell, Ewa Tarsia, Esther Warkov, Calvin Yarush, and Collin Zipp, as well as writing by Alison Calder, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Tomson Highway, Catherine Hunter, Cyrus Smith, Rob Kovitz and Steven Matijcio. Previous owner's name on title page and table of contents. Otherwise as new. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; This publication offers a compelling range of statements, observations, and provocations regarding the cultural meaning and importance of landscape, specifically in the Prairie region of Canada. The Land - while perhaps the quintessential subject in modern prairie art and writing, is reflected upon here by subsequent generations of artists, delineating numerous perspectives. This book, while focusing on landscape predominantly as understood in cultural traditions of European origin, and consequently only a relatively brief window in history, instigates a timely reassessment of our place in the world. While so many stories still could and need to be told, this collection will contribute to an even wider range of possibilities in describing the narrative field of the Plains and our places within it.…

[978-0-921381-33-4] 2007. (hardcover) Fine. 207pp. 8vo. Light green boards, titles printed in black to both front and spine. Gallery catalogue for the exhibition of the same name held September 14 - November 24, 2007 at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (ica). Fine copy, with black and white and full colour photographs. Various contributors.…