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出版Douglas & McIntyre, 2007
主題Art / History / GeneralArt / CanadianArt / Sculpture & InstallationBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
ISBN15536522159781553652212
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YY_PKJMCQIkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"Joe Fafard's iconic sculptures and tableaux of prairie scenes are renowned throughout Canada and across continents. Best known for his trademark cows, each carefully imbued with a unique personality, Fafard has an impressive oeuvre spanning over four decades. His dedication to the arts has earned him such honours as the Order of Canada, the Prix Montfort and the Saskatchewan Arts Board Lieutenant Governor's Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement. In Joe Fafard, author Terrence Heath paints a candid, intimate portrait of the artist, drawing from Fafard's own words and those of his closest friends, colleagues and family to recount his life, which began in the tight-knit francophone farming community of Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan. His fascination with art developed at a young age, but he received no formal art training until he attended Winnipeg's School of Art, where he discovered a love for sculpture. He furthered that passion in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, surrounded by the artistic influences of nearby New York. Joe Fafard's artistic philosophy - that art should belong to everyone, not just to an elite - came to the fore both in his own playful, accessible art and in his teaching at the School of Art in Regina, where his approachable, hands-on style was popular with students. When he left the school and set out on his own, he forged a reputation with his evocative and personal ceramic sculptures, all infused with a dose of levity. He later experimented with new media, such as laser-cut steel, and innovative casting techniques for bronze, which he perfected at the foundry he established in honour of his mother. Now at the peak of his career, Fafard continues his work in studios north of Regina on his beloved prairie land. This book is a celebration of Joe Fafard's immense and arresting body of work. Augmenting Heath's revealing narrative are images of seventy pieces of Fafard's artwork, which are featured in a traveling exhibition jointly organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the MacKenzie Art Gallery." --