{"product_id":"the-cause-of-art-professionalizing-the-art-gallery-of-newfoundland-and-labrador-hardback-9781487555344","title":"The Cause of Art; Professionalizing the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador (Hardback) 9781487555344","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cause of Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProfessionalizing the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeff Webb (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487555344\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 21 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador had a widely celebrated oral culture but little visual art. After entering the Canadian federation, recreational painters worked to create a venue for the display of art. \u003cem\u003eThe Cause of Art\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of the advocates, curators, and professional artists who laid the foundation for an artistic community in the province.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Memorial University Art Gallery was the site of a struggle between recreational painters who aspired to express their creative impulse and develop a Newfoundland art, and curators who wanted artists to participate in the Canadian art market and international artistic movements. The book recounts the history of passionate and strong-willed curators and cultural administrators who fought for control of the gallery. It reveals how they appealed to competing conceptions of professionalization, as well as diverse political and aesthetic preferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on extensive archival research in previously unexamined collections, and oral interviews with key informants, this book examines a cultural institution that is widely remembered as the centre of the cultural renaissance in late twentieth-century Newfoundland and Labrador. As a result, \u003cem\u003eThe Cause of Art\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the relationship between the state and the university during a key period in the modernization of the province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Cause of Art\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Struggle for Control\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Field or the Flower\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Crossroads and Command Post\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. A Forum and Focus for the Visual Arts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. A More Viable Place to Live and Make Art\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments and Note on Sources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595948224792,"sku":"9781487555344","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cause-of-art-professionalizing-the-art-gallery-of-newfoundland-and-labrador-hardback-9781487555344","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}