Scratching the Surface: Post Prairie Landscape

Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; This publication offers a compelling range of statements, observations, and provocations regarding the cultural meaning and importance of landscape, specifically in the Prairie region of Canada. The Land - while perhaps the quintessential subject in modern prairie art and writing, is reflected upon here by subsequent generations of artists, delineating numerous perspectives. This book, while focusing on landscape predominantly as understood in cultural traditions of European origin, and consequently only a relatively brief window in history, instigates a timely reassessment of our place in the world. While so many stories still could and need to be told, this collection will contribute to an even wider range of possibilities in describing the narrative field of the Plains and our places within it.