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2 CAmODA ^R s a/& LI m pc \n\<Bw^ vol. 15 no. June 1991 lASLEOr CGNTcNTS Editorial People News Necrology «_. Two Recent Pibliographies 4 Forthcoiing ??eet:ng5 - 4 Books, Periodicals, Exhibition Catalogues 5-6 Exhibitions 6-7 News Notes 8-11 Periodical Articles - Architecture 12 - Art 12-14 - Dance 14 Vancouver ^Seeting 14 CANADIAN ART LIBRARIES (CARLIS) VEHSLETTER vol. !5 no.:, June I99I Editor: fleiva J. Dwer ^ ISSN 0702-72^9 EDITORIAL As usual, this issiie is isuch later than originally planned. It always seess that ther? ar? things which have to take precedence over the preparation of the Newsletter. I vish to thank: Linda Bien and Michelle Gautier, in particular, for sending le materials for this issue. I also have been receiving seve-^al Gallery Newsletters which peraits a broader coverage of sateriol than I would have otherwise. I was not able to attend the art session at CLA in Montreal which I had originally planned on. I ai hoping that soaeone will send ae a report about it for the next issue. ARLI3/M/G/Q is holding its fleeting June 14 in Montreal which I had also hoped to attend but found I was unable to do so. Daphne Dufresne, Chief Librarian, Fine Arts ?f Music, Universite de Quebec a Montreal is the chairperson of ARLIS/M/Q/3. My present plan is to publish the third issue cf the CARLIj Newsletter during the first two weeks cf Septeiiber. If the present trend continues, it will probably be late but I as hoping that this will not occur. If anyone is planning on sending le saterial I would appreciate receiving it by the first week of Septeiber. Melva J. Dwyer, Editor 2?7o McBride Avenue Surrey. S.C. V4A 3S6 Phone; (604) Z2Z-3041 . *» _ 4. ms PEOPLE Richard B^lanqer Montreal artist, is the first Canadian to win the , Acericar. iJatercolor Society gold ledal and a $2,000 award. Dudley Carte'' wood sculptor, born in Rushn, B.C. but now living in , Washington State, celebrated his lOOth birthday early in Hay. His work has been inspired by Northwest Coast Indian art. Ken Chaiberlain head librarian Eaily Carr College of Art & Design, is . on leave froi May Is; to Gctober 15th, 1391. Ken is continuing his research on Design in Canada. Sculptors Hung Chung and Joseph Caveno have carved a white larble replica of the Soddess of Democracy statue carried by the students at Tiananaen Square in 1989. The statue was erected in front of the Student Union Building, University of B.C., June 4th, 1991. Sylvflin Egard Montre'al choreographer, won the 20th Jacqueline Leaieux Prize, a ledal and t2,000. Stephen Godfrey, the eastern arts' correspondent of The Globe & Mail, won the 1991 Icperial Oil Award for excellence in Arts Journalisi. Karen Henry was appointed director of the Burnaby Art Gallery as of flarch 4, 1991. Henry was Arts Adfiinistrator of the Western Front Society. Vancouver, prior to her appcintient. flarqaret lliaann has been appointed principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. Illiann case to Canada froi Australia in 1989. Av Isaacs Toronto art dealer, will be closing his Isaacs Gallery at , the end of June but will continue to operate the Inuit Gallery h? opened in 1970. Susan Warner Keene fiber artist froa Toronto, won the 1991 Sadye , Bronfsan award for crafts, the ^vari is worth $20,000. Phvllis Laffibe^^t was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Architecture at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura for her "contribution to prosoting conteaporary North Aaerican architecture." .^ar: Larccrielle. ?1ontrsi!, was iv^ried the first Prix Pene Payant aux jeunes artistes du Sue'bsc by Les Fonds ies aais de I'art de rUniversitE de Montreal. Colin Mclntvre is leaving Les Srands Ballets Canadiens Awust 1, 1991. IHe has been the director general of the company. Johr- McNeill was appointed director of the Royal Ontario Museuin early in March. McNeill, a botanist, was the acting director prior to his appointaent. David and Ed M:rvish were given approval in ^pril to procB^B with plans to build a $25 aillion. 200C seat theatre in Toronto. Pobert Morrjc. and Lorrcirg Du^vjr were awarded the first Bell Canada Video Arts fward of $10,000. Charles Hoiilton who had been artisti: director of the CGnte«pora''v Dan:£r=, Winnipeg, left the coioany at the end oi his first /ear. ArrHl-j Sppf^r foroer artistic director of t^e Pcyai Winnipeg , Salle: 'las talren o^^sr for at least a year. N'iqe! Page Vancouver architect, has designed a leaorial to pilots , kille-j in the Battle of Britain in Wo^'ld '^dr II. The accepted design of an airplane wing on a granite base is to be sited ate? the, Dover cliffs. •Sira Lori ?iley and Susan Hab^irtr Windsor art educators, were awarded , the Ontario Arts Council's Fabian Leiieux Neiorial awards. Peter White is the new director of the Jlendel Art Gallery and Civic Conservatory, Saskatoon. He was foreeriy the head curator and director of the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina. Si:e:l; Witi^:owsky and Serge Lavoie, pri.-cipal dancers of the National Ballet Coipany of Canada, perforaed at the Haaburg Ballet's Nijinsky Gala, April 28th. tberhcri H. Zeioler Canadian architect, has been selected to design , the central tower of a downtown developaer.t in Cologne, Gtrjar.y. NECRQL08Y Arnold (Arnie- Burrell 1324-1991, Canadian painter, died at his hose , OP Vancouver Island, ^ay Sth. Sabriel Desearais a well known portrait photographer, died in . ?!ontr^al, ^iy 21, 1991, at age 65. Ina DitQclr died in Kitchener, flay 3, 1991. She vas a nulti-aedia artist and had actively supported the Kitchenr/k'aterloo Art Gallery froe its inception. Wiliia?!! Allen Gibson, si'chitect, died !*3y 5, 199! in torcnto. He retired as chief Architect of the Ontario Ministry of Housing tjt had practised in several Ontario cities. zird:;] Trase^ Sourlsy architect, died in Toronto Hay 2£, 1391. . Cor!:ett Grav. 1913-1391, died atFergus, Ontario .'larch 29th. He was born in Winnipeg but, at retireaent, had been art supervisor for the Guelph Public Schools 'Or 25 years. Elisabeth Margaret Hopkins fHogpy) died April 24, 1991 at age 97. She , died on Galiano Island where she had retired. She did not start to paini sei'iously until retireiient at 65. Her wcrk had a gaiety and naivity about it. She was often coipared to Grandaa lueses wHich she c'uickly deried, saying, '1 ac no Grandsa Moses.' ^^>?!na Jear Sibscr.. died in 'i'ir.cz^^/er April 15, 1991. Sibson had bee'^ a coiierciai artist 'or 35 years. - 4 - ?riti Pe«t?grton Saith. 1902-1991, Canadian painter. Died February 3 at Vanlileek Hill, Ontario. Calvan Von Pienhld (Lut:) died in Melbourne, Australia, early in flay. Choreographer, ja:z and dance teacher, he had worked extensively in Canada, United States and Australia. O^sor ^'heeler died in i^cntreal, October 1390 at age 88. One of Canada's p''eiier portrait sculptors, he also had a collection of 2-300 plasticine architecture aodels cf the world's ian-aade a:>nuflents. TWO IMPORTANT CANADIAN ART 8IFLIQSRAPHIES Lerner, Loren R. and Hary P. Uilliaison. Art and Architecture in Canada/Art et architecti:'^? au Canada Toronto: University of . Toronto Press, 1991. 2 v. $250.00 plus 6ST. This long awaited bibliography is available now. It covers inforaation about Canadian art and architecture froa early in the nineteenth century to 1931 in over 9,000 entries. The second voluae is the index voluae which gives access to the inforaation through several approaches. A aore detailed review will be published in the next issue of CARLIS Newsletter. • Kewaa.'i, Warketa, coap. ed. Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists. t<ogg" Artists. Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers, 1 309 p. $45.00. A coapanion voluae of aale artists will be pjbli=h9d at 2 later date. Newaan has been working on the dictionaries for aany years and it is gratifying to see the results in published for*. FORTHCOMING f<EETINGS APLIS/NA Chicago February 6-13, 1992 Bay Area 1993 pi'ovidence, RI 1994 Montreal 1995 C::ie:E Art A33'^'. Chicago r^.bruary 12-15, 1992 Seattle February 4-£, 1993 Canadian Library Ass- Uinnipeg June 1992 Vancjjver June 1994 Moscow August 13-4, 1991 New Delhi August 30-Sept. 5, 1992 Barcelona 1993 ir^A luropear, Ccr/. wadhaa College, Oxford April 13-lc, 1992 UAA: Kingston Noveaber 7-10, 1931 BOOKS. PERIODICALS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES BHA (3IBLI06f?APHY OF THE HISTORY OF ART/BIBLIQSRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE LMRT) qtly. plus annual index, v.l, no. I- 1391- US$325. , . (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Hilliaistown, MASS 01267) The coibined RILA and Repertoire d'art et d'archeologie iodexes is now published. Over 4,000 periodicals are being indexed along with lany other laterials, so«e of which have not been indexed previously. BESLO, Jo Nordley., Virgil Burnett, a Retropsective Exhibition 14 Feb.- 24 Barch. 1331 University of Waterloo Art . Sallery. 20 p. Includes a critical bibliography by Susan Saunders Bellinghai. BOILEAU, Monique. Architecture residentielle gu^becoise; Les projets priies au Quebec I390-I388. Quebec: Les Publications du Que^bec, 1930. 303 p. $54.95. . BRENDER A BRANDIS, 6. and Danuta Kaiocki. The White Line. Wood Engraving in Canada since 1345 Erin, ON; Porcupine's Quill, . Inc., 1990. 127 p. lany ill. $14.95. (dist. by U.of T. Press) BOULET, Susan Seddon. Shaian, the Painting of Susan Seddon Boulet . San Francisco: Poiegranate Artbooks, 1989. approx. 120 p. col. ill. $24.95. (Box 808022, Petaluia, CA 34975) Charles John Collings, Exhibition 14 Noveiber - 31 Deceiber 1930. Vancouver: The Art Gallery, 1330. 28 p. col. ill. $6.35. CHEETHAM, Mark A. and Linda Hutcheon. Reieibering Post Hodernisi; Trends in Recent Canadian Art. Toronto: OUP, 1331. 132 p. $13.95. CLARK, Janet E. and Robert Stacey. Frances Anne Hopkins 1838-1313, Canadian Scenery/Le paysage canadien. Thunder Bay, ON: The Art Gallery, 1330. 112 p. $24.95. COMPETITIONS v.l, no.l- Winter 1991- qtly. US$32. , . Includes Cotpetitions Hotline (P.O. Box 20445, Louisville, KY 40250) Articles, documentation and announcements of architectural coipetitions. EYE. THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF GRAPHIC DESIGN v.l. no.l- , 1990- . qtly. L44. (Eye Subscriptions, 1st floor, Stephenson House, Brunei Centre, Bletchley, Hilton Keynes HK2 2EW, England) 6AUTHIER, Rayionde et Pierre Richard Brisson. L'architecture de Montreal . Montreal: Libre Expression, 1930. 181 p. $80.00. INL'IT ART QUARTERLY $25; 2 yrs. $33. (14 Colonnade Rd., Suite 280, Nepean, ON K2E 3Z3) Special issue: Fall 1330: Inuit art world. - 6 - ISSUE vol. 5- , 1990- . qtly. L 20. Design fluseui's lagazine, forierly Uee to lefbers. Covers all aspects of design, current, historic and future. (Jaaes Bettley, ed. Design lluseui, Shad Thaies, London SEI 2YD) LE JOURNAL DU WUSEE D'ART CDNTEHPDRAIK DE flONTREAL. v. I- , Hay-June 1990- (Cite du Havre, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3R4) English and . French available. WAITLAND, Leslie and Louis Taylor. Historical Sketches of Ottawa . Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1990. 152 p. $29.95. PASTFUTURETENSE. Winnipeg: The Art Gallery, 1990. 87 p. ill. $20.00 PREYDE, Jaies and Susan. Steeple Chase - Ontario's Historic Churches. Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1991. 72 p. $20.00. RONNENBERG, Norian J. John Wrioht (1930-1915) Grandfather of West Coast Architecture Victoria: Maltvood Art Museui and Gallery, . 1990. 16 p. n.p. SHENSTONE, Douglas A. For the Love of Pewter. Pevterers of Canada . Toronto: 1990. 88 p. (Metal Arts Guild, Toronto, distributor) VAN BAREN, Catherine, ed. Art Gallery of Ontario: Selected Works . Toronto: AGO, 1991. 463 p. $40.00 English and French editions. HA6G, Susan. Money Matters; A Critical Look at Bank Architecture . Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1990. 31 p. $7.95. HEIR, Jean B. Rich in Intent and Chan: The Architecture of Andrew Randall Cobb. 1876-1943. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1990. 60 p. $15.95. EXHIBITIONS Anna Leonowens Gallery. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax. On the Other Hand April 1991. (An exhibition to . increase society's tolerance of hoiosexuals was the target of three boib threats in the opening week) Barbican Art Gallery, London. The True North An exhibition of early . lodern Canadian landscape painting. A parallel exhibition oi Canadian conteaporary art was called Un-Natural Traces These were . the aost extensive exhibitions of Canadian art ever to be held in Britain. Unfortunately, they did not receive very good crits. Burnaby Art Gallery. Culturally (dis) Placed 2 May-1 July, 1991. . 'An investigation of ethnology through contemporary photography: Sharyn Yuen, Oladele Baagboye, Manuel Martinez-Polo'. Robin Peck, 1971-1991 2 May-1 July, 1991. Canadian sculptor. . Catalogue available.

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