Carroll Moppett

Garneau respond to a text by Moppett and, in a second essay, goes on to discuss the artist's photo-installation "Dreamland" as an animal tale, the story of loss and recovery, and the expression of pain. Biographical notes. 25 bibl. ref

Alberta Works in Wood

Presentation of sculptural works in wood by six Alberta artists. Statements by some of the sculptors. Biographical notes

8 Calgary Artists

The authors define the exhibition as examining the diversity of work in Calgary. Artists' statements. Biographical notes

Empowering the Word

Bell comments on works by five Canadian artists seen to demonstrate the extension of the conventional notion of text in the visual arts, examining the relation of word and image and the works' Freudian, Jungian, or behaviourist "psychological axes." Artists statements. Biographical notes. 28 bibl. ref

Temporal Icons

The work of ten contemporary Canadian sculptors is analyzed. Issues of abstraction and body-related figuration, universality versus temporality are discussed by Yanover in the context of postmodernism, late capitalism and the situation of production in Toronto and Canada. Statements by the artists. Biographical notes. 3 bibl. ref