Tom Dent Knihy

The collection highlights the diverse works of Tom Dent, a pivotal figure in the Black Arts Movement, featuring his fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and drama, including many previously unpublished pieces. It captures his journey from New York to Mississippi, where he collaborated with the Free Southern Theatre, and reflects on his insightful observations of New Orleans and its vibrant black Mardi Gras traditions. Introduced by Kalamu ya Salaam, this reader offers a profound glimpse into Dent's life and contributions to literature and culture.

A fresh look at what is going on in the world of Atlantic Canadian art. Materiality and Perception in Contemporary Atlantic Art showcases over forty contemporary works of art from Atlantic Canada, from established artists such as Freeman Patterson, Gerald Beaulieu, Dawn MacNutt, and Alan Syliboy to emerging artists such as Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Ursula Johnson, and Marie Fox. This is art engaged with contemporary the frailty of bodies and land, the interactions between people and environment, Indigenous - Settler relations, and the inner and outer markings of identity. Focusing intently on the materiality of the objects themselves — from jewellery to photographs, from carved paddles to video installations — the works selected for this publication and the associated exhibition ask viewers to look again, challenging their initial perceptions about what they see and what they perceive about the context in which the work is made. Tom Smart’s accompanying essay introduces each work and its context and discusses the role of the viewer in interpreting art objects and creating meaning, whether viewing works as discrete individual objects or as part of the larger, holistic whole. Materiality and Perception in Contemporary Atlantic Art accompanies the 2019 Marion McCain Exhibition of Atlantic Art at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

The life and work of one of Canada's most prominent artists and printmakers illustrating both his early watercolours in 1952 through and the iconic paintings of his mature years.

Palookaville, the graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Seth (Gregory Gallant), creates a dystopian reality that struggles with existential questions about the time, fate and identity. His bold, confident draughtsmanship depicts life in a bygone era and illustrates complex tales of the tragic consequences of living a static, inauthentic life. In Palookaville: Seth and the Art of Graphic Autobiography, curator, critic and author Tom Smart examines the microscopic separation between Seth’s art and life, between his graphic fiction and the autobiographical elements that it contains. Smart’s analysis of the Palookaville story unfolds tantalizing clues into the artist’s construction of identity, but more, it reveals art’s ability to make sense of life, the passage of time, and perhaps even our own humanity.

Matérialité et perception dans l’art contemporain des provinces atlantiques présente une quarantaine d’œuvres contemporaines réalisées par des artistes canadiens renommés de la région, notamment Freeman Patterson, Gerald Beaulieu, Dawn MacNutt et Alan Syliboy, mais aussi par des artistes émergents comme Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Ursula Johnson et Marie Fox. Leur pratique est ancrée dans des préoccupations actuelles : la fragilité des corps et du territoire, les interactions entre les humains et l’environnement, les relations entre les Autochtones et les colons ou encore les marqueurs identitaires internes et externes. Les œuvres sélectionnées pour l’exposition et cette publication — bijoux, photographies, pagaies gravées ou installations vidéo — sont centrées sur la matérialité des objets eux-mêmes. Elles interpellent le spectateur et l’invitent à jeter un autre regard sur le contexte de leur création, à remettre en question ce qu’il voit et perçoit initialement. L’essai de Tom Smart présente chaque œuvre dans son contexte, et traite du rôle du spectateur dans la création de sens et l’interprétation des objets d’art, tant individuellement qu’à titre d’éléments d’un ensemble global plus vaste. Matérialité et perception dans l’art contemporain des provinces atlantiques accompagne l’exposition Marion McCain d’art de la région atlantique 2019 présentée à la Galerie d’art Beaverbrook.