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Art at Work/L'Art au Travail Rt Bank of the Canada Council of the Arts/ le Banque d'Oeuvres d'Art du Conseil des Arts du Canada

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ISBN-10: 0864924291

ISBN-13: 9780864924292

Edition: 2007

Authors: Peggy Gale, Pierre Landry, David P. Silcox, Victoria Henry, Adrienne Clarkson

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The Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts is one of Canada's greatest treasures, holding more than 18,000 paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by over 2,500 contemporary artists. Because the Art Bank rents its works to government and corporate offices, pieces are enjoyed every day in public spaces, but the collection itself is never seen. Now, to mark its 35th anniversary, the Art Bank ?exhibits? its collection in Art at Work. In English and French, Art at Work celebrates the Art Bank as a uniquely Canadian vision, a major collection, a financial success story, and an inspiration to governments across Canada and abroad. Introduced by Adrienne Clarkson, the essays by Victoria…    
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Publication date: 2/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.540

Peggy Gale is an independent curator, critical writer, and editor who specializes in contemporary art. She is based in Toronto and was awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2006. She is author of Videotexts (WLU Press, 1995).

David P. Silcox, Visiting and Associate Fellow at Massey College, is an art historian and arts administrator. He has published numerous reviews and articles on contemporary Canadian art as well as a number of exhibition catalogues. He is author of Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne (1996), two books on Christopher Pratt (1982, 1995), contributed to a volume on Jack Bush, and, with the late Harold Town, coauthored Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm (1977, 3rd edition 1989).