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OverviewThe idea of nature as a cultural construction has been discussed extensively in postmodern theory. Less attention, however, has been paid to the underlying motivations shaping the ideologies of nature, in particular the desire to submit to some larger order outside of oneself. Aspiring to the Landscape examines this persistent desire and how it is made manifest in contemporary landscape art. Four installations of large-scale paintings by Canadian artists Eleanor Bond, Susan Feindel, Stephen Hutchings, and Wanda Koop are the focus of Petra Halkes's study. The works vary widely in style and iconography but are drawn together by the way they invite a reflection on the troubled relationship between culture and nature and our contradictory and simultaneous longing to conquer and to succumb to nature. It is the tension between modern and postmodern interpretations of the subject of nature that makes the theory and the artwork discussed in Aspiring to the Landscape so important to contemporary Canadian culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Petra HalkesPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9780802038944ISBN 10: 0802038948 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 12 February 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction * A Longing for the Impossible Place: Wanda Koop's Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms and Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms * The Allegorical Impulse in Stephen Hutchings's Plants, Bushes, and Hedges * Speaking the Wild: The Apophatic Representation of Nature in Susan Feindel's Paintings * Cosmoville: The Unmanageable Surfaces of Eleanor Bond's Rotterdam Paintings Conclusion (or Beginning): Opening Up the Conversation Appendix: Artists' Biographies Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPetra Halkes is an independent curator, painter, and art critic living in Ottawa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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