Close to the edge... The Work of Gerald Ferguson
180 pages
Published: January 1, 2018
Non-Fiction / Art & Architecture
Paperback: 9781554578733 $34.99
Published by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Close to the edge... contains seven essays and statements by Gerald Ferguson that define this important conceptual artist’s approach to his art and his times. Beginning with his first works in Halifax in the late 1960s and ending with his statement for his last exhibition, New Paintings — Landscapes, held in Toronto in 2009, Ferguson’s collected writings are a unique document in Canadian art history. Ferguson’s writings are accompanied by 20 plates of his key works.
Published: January 1, 2018
Non-Fiction / Art & Architecture
Paperback: 9781554578733 $34.99
Published by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Close to the edge... contains seven essays and statements by Gerald Ferguson that define this important conceptual artist’s approach to his art and his times. Beginning with his first works in Halifax in the late 1960s and ending with his statement for his last exhibition, New Paintings — Landscapes, held in Toronto in 2009, Ferguson’s collected writings are a unique document in Canadian art history. Ferguson’s writings are accompanied by 20 plates of his key works.
Author
David Diviney is the senior curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax. He is the editor of Close to the edge… The Work of Gerald Ferguson: Collected Writings and Statements, the definitive account of this late artist’s approach to his art and times, and his writing on the art of the 1960s and ’70s, contemporary art, and visual culture has been published widely in journals and exhibition catalogues. Diviney has also taught curatorial studies and fine arts at the Alberta College of Art and Design, University of Lethbridge, Thompson Rivers University, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, and NSCAD University.
