Marianna Schmidt (1918-2005) was an accomplished neo-expressionist artist who, after having fled Hungary during the war and living in displaced persons camps throughout Europe, lived and worked in Vancouver from the 1950s until her death. The enormous scope of her practice - prints, drawings, paintings and collages - is unified by recurrent themes of alienation and dislocation, with twisted and fragmented figures stranded against featureless grounds and generic landscapes. This first retrospective monograph accompanies three concurrent exhibitions and is the result of a concerted effort on the part of the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Simon Fraser University Art Gallery and Burnaby Art Gallery. Works from public and private collections are augmented by pieces from Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent, Belgium which has extensive holdings. Three essays, a biography and a bibliography honour a singular career, placing it within the context of Schmidt's life and times

Marianna Schmidt

Arts & Photography

Robin Laurence

Bill Jeffries

History & Criticism

Burnaby Art Gallery / ABC Art Books Canada

This first monograph presents a collection of intaglio prints spanning the past seven years and forming the foundation of Griebel's young career as a visual artist. The work finds its genesis in childhood stories, legends and the relationship between narrative and the visual image. Intimately connected to the rich tradition of children's book illustrations, Griebel's prints combine fantasy and adult experience to create scenes that have a foothold in both the real and imaginary. Two essays and numerous plates reveal a promising artistic practice.

Jude Griebel: A Cast of Shadows

Darrin Martens

Rory Wallace

Carl (J.C.) Heywood has been creating art for over 40 years and his devotion to printmaking has become a life's work. This important retrospective publication chronicles Heywood's evolution as a Canadian visual artist who has chosen to express himself by making art on paper. His prints, whether they are executed through the processes associated with etching, lithography, screen or digital means, provide an opportunity for discourse in relation to their origin and the process in which the artist has chosen to execute his work

J. C. Heywood: A Life in Layers (English and Spanish Edition)

Geraldine Davis

Linda Beatty

Our Changing Landscape: Perspectives on and Interpretations of British Columbia

Sophie Brodovitch

Jennifer Cane

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