Aurora Borealis by Claude Gosselin, Rene Blouin, Lesley Johnstone & Normand Theriault
4to. pp. 176. English & French text. colour & b/w illustrations. bibliography. paperback (fine condition). Montreal: Centre international d'art contemporain de Montreal, 1985.
Exhibition Catalogue.
ISBN-10: 2920865003
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Artists include: Robert Adam, Jocelyne Alloucherie, Genevieve Cadieux, Ian Carr-Harris, Melvin Charney, Robin Collyer, Tom Dean, Pierre Dorion, Andrew Dutkewych, Gathie Falk, Michael Fernandes, Vera Frankel, General Idea, Raymond Gervais, Betty Goodwin, Pierre Granche, Noel Harding, Liz Magor, John Massy, John McEwan, Allan McWilliams, Claude Mongrain, Rober Racine, Henry Saxe, Michael Snow, David Tomas, Renee Van Halm, Jeff Wall, Irene Whittome & Krzysztof Wodiczko.
Blouin situates the emergence of installation, particularly in Canada, and comments on the works of the 30 artists in the exhibition. Johnstone provides an historical perspective on the origins and future of installation works, while Theriault traces an itinerary for a visit of the show. Chronology of installations created between 1915 and 1979.