{"title":"David Blackwood","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"black-ice","title":"Black Ice","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lush tribute to an iconic artist and the vibrant culture his work depicts. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Blackwood was engaged in telling stories about Newfoundland through his epic visual narratives for most of his career. Drawing on childhood memories, dreams, superstitions, oral tradition, and the political realities of the place where he was born and raised, he created an iconography of Newfoundland as universal as it is personal, as mythic as it is rooted in reality, as timeless as it is linked to specific events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, the volume that brought together these narratives — and accompanied Blackwood's 2011 exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario — is back in print. The lavishly illustrated \u003ci\u003eBlack Ice\u003c\/i\u003e features over seventy reproductions of Blackwood’s Newfoundland prints, in addition to contextual essays by artists, scholars, and curators from Canada and Ireland, including Sean Cadigan, Michael Crummey, Gary Michael Dault, and Caoimhe Ní Shúilleabháin. Together, they place his work within the changing social context of twentieth-century Newfoundland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatharine Lochnan is a senior curator emeritus at the Art Gallery of Ontario and a senior fellow at Massey College. Lochnan was the founding curator of the prints and drawings department at the AGO, continuing her work there for over 30 years. She has curated numerous exhibitions and authored numerous publications for the AGO, including \u003ci\u003ePainting Toward the Light: The Watercolours of David Milne\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTurner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhistler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonet: Impressionist Visions\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMystical Landscapes from Vincent Van Gogh to Emily Carr\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBlack Ice: David Blackwood, Prints of Newfoundland\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This eloquent piece sheds valuable light on those veiled, ghostly figures that haunt so many of Blackwood’s most mysterious works.\" — \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Canadian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003ePub date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr. Katharine Lochnan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;9780864928542\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;$50","offer_id":31759543502,"sku":"9780864928542","price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1403\/7679\/files\/1197.jpg?v=1744748248"},{"product_id":"david-blackwood","title":"David Blackwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecond Prize Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Pictorial)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Canada’s best-known printmakers, David Blackwood (1941–2022) put onto paper an enduring vision of Newfoundland, where he was born and raised. His hauntingly beautiful images draw from personal and communal memory, local tradition, and dreams and legends to capture a way of life that had already begun to vanish during his youth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing Blackwood’s career from his days as an art student at the Ontario College of Art to his final drawing, \u003ci\u003eDavid Blackwood: Myth \u0026amp; Legend\u003c\/i\u003e brings together more than eighty drawings and prints, alongside proofs, copperplates, and archival materials to provide a unique insight into Blackwood’s creative process. Essays by AGO curator Alexa Greist and Amy Marshall Furness, the archivist who has stewarded the acquisition of Blackwood’s extensive personal archives, round out the volume. This stunning combination of work spans Blackwood’s entire career and reveals the creative evolution of one of Newfoundland’s, and Canada’s, most beloved artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Blackwood: Myth \u0026amp; Legend\u003c\/i\u003e accompanies a retrospective exhibition at the AGO opening in October 2025. Touring dates and locations to be announced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexa Greist\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator \u0026amp; R. Fraser Elliott Chair, Prints and Drawings, at the AGO. She previously held research and curatorial positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. At the AGO, she has curated a wide variety of exhibitions, including \u003ci\u003eMaking Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400–1800\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDavid Blackwood: Myth \u0026amp; Legend\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAwards\u003c\/h3\u003eWinner: Alcuin Society Book Design Awards Second Prize (Pictorial)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003ePub date: October 7, 2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alexa Greist","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;9781773104782\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;$50","offer_id":46395019657455,"sku":"9781773104782","price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1403\/7679\/files\/9781773104782_FC_b9315b87-d4cf-4695-9946-1d426d444f07.jpg?v=1790669256"}],"url":"https:\/\/gooselane.com\/collections\/david-blackwood.oembed","provider":"Goose Lane Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}