PUBLICATIONS
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery maintains an extensive publishing program as a complement to its exhibitions. SAAG produces approximately six to eight exhibition catalogues each year, of which the majority are monographs. A major mailing is undertaken every year to distribute catalogues to over 250 art institutions, independent curators and publishers across Canada, the U.S.A. and Europe. In addition, Art Books Canada (ABC) regularly orders and distributes the gallery’s publications.
Art Books Canada is the Gallery's official retail and library distributor in Canada and worldwide.
Visit the ABC website for a complete listing of available publications .
Trudi Lynn Smith / Trudi Smith: Field Guide
June 2010
Field guide serves as an experiential initiation with text and images through which participants journey on a one-of-a-kind “quest” to relocate an historical image in Waterton.
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June 2010
Field guide serves as an experiential initiation with text and images through which participants journey on a one-of-a-kind “quest” to relocate an historical image in Waterton.
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Cal Lane / Cal Lane: Sweet Crude
June 2010
Sweet Crude” refers to that most sought-after form of petroleum, at once a source of treasured conveniences and the grim catalyst of international conflict, economic collapse and environmental distress.
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June 2010
Sweet Crude” refers to that most sought-after form of petroleum, at once a source of treasured conveniences and the grim catalyst of international conflict, economic collapse and environmental distress.
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Nanna Debois Buhl / A Journey in Two Directions
March 2010
Possessing colonies in the West Indies from the 17th century, Denmark was both a major player in the Triangle slave trade and a minor nation of approximately one million inhabitants located on the periphery of Europe.
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March 2010
Possessing colonies in the West Indies from the 17th century, Denmark was both a major player in the Triangle slave trade and a minor nation of approximately one million inhabitants located on the periphery of Europe.
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David Hoffos / Scenes from the House Dream
January 2010
The House Dream project has formed the nexus of Hoffos's studio practice for the past five years and serves as a compendium of the artist's signature new/old media techniques which have been perfected over seventeen years of art production.
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January 2010
The House Dream project has formed the nexus of Hoffos's studio practice for the past five years and serves as a compendium of the artist's signature new/old media techniques which have been perfected over seventeen years of art production.
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Samuel Roy-Bois / Samuel Roy Bois: Polarizer
December 2009
The work of Samuel Roy-Bois resists categorization, freely mixing drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, music, architecture and literature to create large-scale installations that compell the viewer to enter.
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December 2009
The work of Samuel Roy-Bois resists categorization, freely mixing drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, music, architecture and literature to create large-scale installations that compell the viewer to enter.
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Ted Hiebert / Ted Hiebert: Chronicles
September 2009
Ted Hiebert’s experimental exploration of photography produces provocative serial images that contain layered references to the construction of identity.
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September 2009
Ted Hiebert’s experimental exploration of photography produces provocative serial images that contain layered references to the construction of identity.
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Derek Sullivan / Derek Sullivan: We may be standing on the shoulders of giants but some of us are looking at the stars
April 2009
With appropriation and recombination as a strategy, Sullivan uses the poster as a medium of communication. Installed in semi-public locations, his kiosk projects address their sites by virtue of those who use them.
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April 2009
With appropriation and recombination as a strategy, Sullivan uses the poster as a medium of communication. Installed in semi-public locations, his kiosk projects address their sites by virtue of those who use them.
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Mary Kavanagh / Mary Kavanagh: Seeking Georgia - Mapping O'Keeffe Country
February 2009
Through an investigation of the multiple industries that surround painter and feminist icon Georgia O'Keeffe, Mary Kavanagh examines the production of cultural history, the cult of personality, and the detrimental effects of tourism on arts scholarship.
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February 2009
Through an investigation of the multiple industries that surround painter and feminist icon Georgia O'Keeffe, Mary Kavanagh examines the production of cultural history, the cult of personality, and the detrimental effects of tourism on arts scholarship.
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Tanya Harnett / Tanya Harnett: Persona Grata
January 2009
Tanya Harnett’s new series of photographic works explore the many and diverse layers of her being through self-portraiture. Harnett reflects on her First Nations heritage and how it has been culturally defined and redefined through the parameters of a westernized education.
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January 2009
Tanya Harnett’s new series of photographic works explore the many and diverse layers of her being through self-portraiture. Harnett reflects on her First Nations heritage and how it has been culturally defined and redefined through the parameters of a westernized education.
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David Spriggs / David Spriggs: Archaeology
January 2009
Using layered groups of transparent drawings suspended in museum-style cases, Spriggs creates what he calls Spatial Image Sculpture. These optical illusions of deep space, reminiscent of holograms, read as parallel spatial theatre.
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January 2009
Using layered groups of transparent drawings suspended in museum-style cases, Spriggs creates what he calls Spatial Image Sculpture. These optical illusions of deep space, reminiscent of holograms, read as parallel spatial theatre.
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Colwyn Griffith / Colwyn Griffith: Empire Projects
June 2008
Colwyn Griffith produces large-scale colour photographs that question the ethics of western consumption and empire. He uses candy and junk foods to construct elaborate reproductions of icons of excess such as Graceland and Iraq’s Ministry of Oil.
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June 2008
Colwyn Griffith produces large-scale colour photographs that question the ethics of western consumption and empire. He uses candy and junk foods to construct elaborate reproductions of icons of excess such as Graceland and Iraq’s Ministry of Oil.
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Vid Ingelevics / Vid Ingelevics: Hunter/Gatherer
April 2008
Vid Ingelevics: Using a large format camera to insure clarity, precision and the illusion of factuality, Ingelevics explores the limits of historicization through documentation.
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April 2008
Vid Ingelevics: Using a large format camera to insure clarity, precision and the illusion of factuality, Ingelevics explores the limits of historicization through documentation.
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Don Gill / Don Gill: D'Arcy Island
February 2008
Social history is inextricably tied to natural history and Don Gill's investigations have produced a convergence of the two, often evolving into case studies which the artist documents through photography, text, video and installation.
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February 2008
Social history is inextricably tied to natural history and Don Gill's investigations have produced a convergence of the two, often evolving into case studies which the artist documents through photography, text, video and installation.
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Dagmar Dahle / Dagmar Dahle: Lost Bird Collecting
February 2008
Dahle's interests are intricately bound to one institutional ethos, that of the museum. Her research has focused on historical and contemporary representations of animals, decorative art and craft practices that intersect with fine art, and the role of the museum in the construction of knowledge.
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February 2008
Dahle's interests are intricately bound to one institutional ethos, that of the museum. Her research has focused on historical and contemporary representations of animals, decorative art and craft practices that intersect with fine art, and the role of the museum in the construction of knowledge.
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Susan Bozic / Susan Bozic: The Dating Portfolio
January 2008
Susan Bozic's work recalls the performance-based photography of Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall while taking as its subject the social construction of romance.
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January 2008
Susan Bozic's work recalls the performance-based photography of Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall while taking as its subject the social construction of romance.
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Cheryl Sourkes / Cheryl Sourkes: Public Camera
May 2007
For several years, Cheryl Sourkes has been distilling images from web cams and live video streams that she has found on the internet. Selecting and editing from thousands of images has led her to organize her work into series.
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May 2007
For several years, Cheryl Sourkes has been distilling images from web cams and live video streams that she has found on the internet. Selecting and editing from thousands of images has led her to organize her work into series.
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Julie Voyce / Julie Voyce: Paste Up
May 2007
This publication documents 32 abstract screen prints produced using the same three colours. Pre-computer paste-up, drawing and re-photocopied photo copies make the final images seem to be composed of many more than three colours.
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May 2007
This publication documents 32 abstract screen prints produced using the same three colours. Pre-computer paste-up, drawing and re-photocopied photo copies make the final images seem to be composed of many more than three colours.
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Lyn Carter / Lyn Carter: Incognito
February 2007
Using her strong background in textiles, Carter produces wall-mounted sculptures made from patterned cloth and everyday objects. The fabrics reference art history and reflect textile traditions from a variety of world cultures.
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February 2007
Using her strong background in textiles, Carter produces wall-mounted sculptures made from patterned cloth and everyday objects. The fabrics reference art history and reflect textile traditions from a variety of world cultures.
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Rhonda Weppler, Trevor Mahovsky / Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
November 2006
The Vancouver-based artists produce representations or alternations of everyday objects. Many works are cast directly from the object itself in a material approximating that object's general physical character.
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November 2006
The Vancouver-based artists produce representations or alternations of everyday objects. Many works are cast directly from the object itself in a material approximating that object's general physical character.
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Robbin Deyo / Robbin Deyo: Sweet Sensation
September 2006
Deyo's labour-intensive work includes wax-covered objects that give the appearance of candy, cakes and other confectionery delights. Hundreds of cookie cutter shapes adorn gallery walls and tempt patrons with their alluring colours and sugary appeal.
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September 2006
Deyo's labour-intensive work includes wax-covered objects that give the appearance of candy, cakes and other confectionery delights. Hundreds of cookie cutter shapes adorn gallery walls and tempt patrons with their alluring colours and sugary appeal.
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Gunilla Josephson / Gunilla Josephson: Resistance
August 2006
Josephson's feature-length video work, The Blood-Red Heart of Johanna Darke, tells a tale of a woman who could have lived but perhaps never did.
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August 2006
Josephson's feature-length video work, The Blood-Red Heart of Johanna Darke, tells a tale of a woman who could have lived but perhaps never did.
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Lisa Klapstock / Lisa Klapstock: Liminal
April 2006
Lisa Klapstock's photographic practice challenges visual perception of everyday urban environments. This splendid first monograph, illustrated with dozens of colour plates, presents several series produced from the late 1990s to today.
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April 2006
Lisa Klapstock's photographic practice challenges visual perception of everyday urban environments. This splendid first monograph, illustrated with dozens of colour plates, presents several series produced from the late 1990s to today.
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