A Better Place

A Better Place

[1896470351] 2001. (Mass market paperback) As new. 48pp. 12mo. Full colour photographs. Bright orange front cover. Fine copy. Curator Long proposes these works as a sampling of artists' varied responses to issues arising from city life. He notes that the work on display mixes idealism with pragmatism, offering both hope and inspiration for social change. Pittendrigh considers the role the arts played in Tommy Douglas's politics, and Marriott comments on the troubling derision of utopianism in contemporary discourse. List of works. Biographical notes. Gallery catalogue for an exhibition of the same name held at the MacKenzie Art Gallery February 6 - May 27, 2001. The exhibition was inspired from a quotation of the visionary leader, T.C. 'Tommy Douglas: 'Courage, my friend, 'tis not too late to make the world a better place', and in it, the artisits (visionaries) and writers (reflectors) consider both historical and modern utopia dilemmas. Artists include: BGL (Jasmin Bilodeau + Sébastien Giguère + Nicolas Laverdière); Bilodeau, Jasmin; Giguère, Sébastien; Laverdière, Nicolas; Blackwell, Adrian; Boyer, Gilbert; Desmedia Collective; Medina, Claudia; Nanaquewitang, Kevin; Phan, Bernadette; Salloum, Jayce; Stevenson, Devona; Jungen, Brian; Laliberté, Sylvie; Marriott, John; Thorne, Kika. Artikel-Nr. 129017

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