The Logic of Nature, The Romance of Space : Elements of Canadian Modernist Painting - Hardcover

Cassandra Getty; Adam Lauder; Sarah Stanners; Lisa Daniels

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0919837808 ISBN 13: 9780919837805

Publisher: Gallery, 2010

Synopsis

This original publication explores modernism in Canada's visual arts in the first half of the twentieth century. Five essays discuss the epochal shift which questioned not only the forms of artistic representation, but the uses of art to explore wider streams of thought, including nationalism, universalist spirituality, science and technology. Three essays discuss the work of Kathleen Munn (1887-1974) and Lowrie Warrener (1900-1983), whose work represents some of the earliest abstract art in Canada as it first emerged during the 1920s and 30s. This is complemented by an essay on Bertram Brooker (1888-1955) whose work was influenced by vitalist thinkers such as Henri Bergson. A concluding essay extends the science or technology-based modernism of artists such as Wyndham Lewis to the concepts of Marshall McLuhan. Co-published with the Art Gallery of Windsor.

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From the Back Cover

The work of Kathleen Munn and Lowrie Warrener represents some of the earliest abstract art in Canada as it first emerged during the 1920s and 30s. Munn, a New York trained and Toronto-based artist, exhibited regularly until the late 1930s. Warrener also worked in Toronto during the 1920s and 30s. They both contributed paintings to the official Group of Seven exhibition held in 1928 and were included in that year s influential Yearbook of the Arts book compiled by renowned artist and writer Bertram Brooker. Having achieved success, both careers were cut short by the Depression, war, and lack of support. This publication provides a rare look at the work of two of Canada s most innovative modernists. Their unique paintings, drawing and prints, which range from Cubist images of people to electrically hued and patterned landscapes, diverged radically from the mainstream art of the day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gallery
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0919837808
• ISBN 13: 9780919837805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200