Art, Music & Pop Culture

Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste

The latest installment in 331/3, the book series that celebrates significant pop records, is unlike any of its predecessors in that its subject, the titular 1997 Céline Dion album, is abhorred by its author. Carl ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

The Top 100 Canadian Albums

By Bob Mersereau

The message of this book, by CBC New Brunswick arts reporter Bob Mersereau, is that Canada loves rock to the point of genre exclusivity. Quoth Neil Young – who has eight albums on the list ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Stand Still

By Nigel Dickson

It would seem unlikely, at this late date, for there to be something noteworthy about a book of portraiture, one of the seemingly most degraded of visual art forms. After all, if you can have ... Read More »

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Everybody I Shot Is Dead

By Deborah Chesher

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

★ Trading in Memories: Travels Through a Scavenger’s Favorite Places

By Barbara Hodgson

In a time when words like “charming” and “quirky” are frequently and undeservedly used to describe bland chick-lit heroines and actresses, Barbara Hodgson’s exploration of curious and cast-off items truly merits the adjectives. How else ... Read More »

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Old Canadian Cemeteries: Places of Memory

By Jane Irwin; John de Visser, photog.

It’s hard to imagine anyone racking up more travel points than photographer John de Visser, who travelled extensively around Canada to shoot material for two collections: Peter and Douglas Richardson’s Canadian Churches and Jane Irwin’s ... Read More »

November 12, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Anarchy and Art: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall

By Allan Antliff

The last time anarchy seized the cultural moment was in the late 1970s, with a musical revolution called “punk rock.” Since then, it’s been fairly quiet on the Western front (artistically speaking, that is). Anarchy ... Read More »

October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

★ The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers

By Matthew Hays

The question of whether identity politics have a role to play in art or literature is a contentious one, inspiring strong sentiment on both sides of the argument. Montreal-based journalist Matthew Hays poses that question, ... Read More »

October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Phantom Shanghai

By Greg Girard

China is a hot topic for Canadian artists these days, as evidenced most recently by Guy Delisle’s graphic novel Shenzhen and Edward Burtynsky’s Burtynsky – China photo book. The latter set a high-water mark, covering ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs

By Fred Herzog

This volume accompanies the first major retrospective of photographer Fred Herzog, as assembled by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Arriving in Vancouver in 1953, Herzog captured, in a uniquely colourful style, the buzz and energy of ... Read More »

July 13, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

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Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste

The Top 100 Canadian Albums

Stand Still

Everybody I Shot Is Dead

★ Trading in Memories: Travels Through a Scavenger’s Favorite Places

Old Canadian Cemeteries: Places of Memory

Anarchy and Art: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall

★ The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers

Phantom Shanghai

Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs

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