Close to the edge. The Work of Gerald Ferguson: Collected Writings and Statements

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.

David Diviney is the Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. His interest in the expanded histories and legacies of conceptual art has led to several exhibitions, such as David Askevold: Once Upon a Time in the East (2011), The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968– 1978 (2016), and Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler: No More Boring Art (2025). His writing on the art of the 1960s and ‘ 70s, contemporary art, and visual culture has been published widely in journals and catalogues.