Lisa Baldissera

This book contains lots of beautiful paintings, of course, and a thoughtful analysis of Carr’s work. Although Carr spent a lot of her career highlighting Indigenous culture in her paintings, her work was done out of a desire to preserve what she saw as a dying culture, when Indigenous people were and are still here. The book talks about her connections with the Group of Seven (particularly Lawren Harris) and her studies in France, which I didn’t know about. I did find this book a bit heavy going when it described Carr’s techniques; I’m not up on art terminology and found this a bit less accessible than the Helen McNicoll book I read in this same series.… (plus d'informations)

Catalogue for an exhibition held at Mendel Art Gallery from June 27 - September 14, 2014.

'The exhibition "Convoluted Beauty" includes a selection of works by Emily Carr from across her career, drawn from two major Canadian museum collections, alongside works of contemporary and historical international and Canadian artists. One work from Carr's UK period is included in the exhibition: the sketchbook for "Pause," produced during her internment at the East Anglia Sanatorium in Suffolk, UK.'

(Abstract from essay by Lisa Baldissera)… (plus d'informations)