Michael Forster : Ordre en marge du chaos : Soixante ans dans la vie d'un artiste canadien = Michael Forster : Order Out of Chaos : Sixty Years of a Canadian Artist

Jansma recounts the events of Forster's career and examines such matters as Toronto in the 1930s, the artist's early training in Europe, his work as a war artist, and his activity as an art critic in Montréal in the early 1950s. Biographical notes. Circa 100 bibl. ref

Bev Pike : Microscopic Remains

This catalogue for an exhibition of large scale paintings by Pike contains an essay by Jansma, who likens the representations of ropes and knotted materials to the viscera encapsulated in the body. The curator also relates the work to rituals of mourning and death. Includes list of works. 9 bibl ref

Puppet Act : Manipulating the Voice

"This exhibition takes as its focus the actual puppet and the messages it delivers. Various contemporary artists whose work with puppets deal with themes of fear / manipulation > irony / humour / good and evil are featured in 'Puppet Act : Manipulating the Voice'. The work included ranges from performative, installation, painting, sculpture, and photography." -- p. [2]

Linda Ward Selbie : Circus Vesta

Jansma discusses Selbie's feminist agenda and analyzes the artist's series of photographs/collages framing aspects of the traditional male/female relationship. Artist's statement. Biographical notes. 1 bibl. ref

Don Maynard : Franken Forest

"Franken Forest (2010) is a multimedia installation by Don Maynard featuring a grove of fabricated trees and a skittering stop-action video projection of forest canopy. Plumbing environmental anxieties, the piece conjures up a future in which fanciful simulacra displace the natural world. The exhibition Don Maynard: Franken Forest includes this core installation and two related new works, Flock (2009) and Bird in the House (2010)." -- p. [4] of cover