Title & Author:

Art at work / Peggy Gale ... [et al.] ; Victoria Henry, editor = L'art au travail / Peggy Gale ... [et al.] ; sous la direction de Victoria Henry.

Publication:

Ottawa : Canada Council for the Arts Art Bank = Banque d'oeuvres d'art du Conseil des arts du Canada, c2007.

Description:

143 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword = Avant-propos / Adrienne Clarkson -- Preface = Préface / Karen Kain -- Acknowledgements = Remerciements / Victoria Henry -- Before the Art Bank = Avant la Banque d'œuvres / David P. Silcox -- The life story = L'histoire du vie / Victoria Henry -- A national collection = Une collection nationale / Pierre Landry -- The cloistered nude = Cachez ce nu que je ne saurais voir / Peggy Gale -- Aboriginal art in the Art Bank collection = L'art autochtone dans la collection de la Banque d'œuvres d'art / Jeffrey Thomas -- Afterword : stepping into the future = Postface : un pas dans l'avenir / Victoria Henry -- Contributors = Collaborateurs.
Text in English and French.
Co-published by: Goose Lane Editions.

Summary:

"The Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts is one of Canada's great treasures. The largest collection of contemporary Canadian art, it holds more than 18,000 paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by over 3,000 artists." "To share these works, the Art Bank rents them to corporations and government offices - public spaces where individual pieces are enjoyed every day across Canada. Now, to mark its 35th anniversary, the Art Bank presents Art at Work, at once a history of the institution and an exhibition in print of more than 90 of the major works in its collection." "Art at Work celebrates the Art Bank as a uniquely Canadian vision which has inspired governments across Canada and abroad."--Jacket.
The Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts is one of Canada's greatest treasures, holding more than 18,000 paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by over 2,500 contemporary artists. Because the Art Bank rents its works to government and corporate offices, pieces are enjoyed every day in public spaces, but the collection itself is never seen. Now, to mark its 35th anniversary, the Art Bank "exhibits" its collection in Art at Work. In English and French, Art at Work/L'art au Travail celebrates the Art Bank as a uniquely Canadian vision, a major collection, a financial success story, and an inspirtation to governments across Canada and abroad. Introduced by Adrienne Clarkson, the essays by Victoria Henry, David Silcox, Peggy Gale, Pierre Landry, and Jeff Thomas tell about the Art Bank's scope, range, and purpose. Sumptuous photographs make Art at Work a work of art in its own right.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

9780864924292
0864924291

Subject:

Art Bank (Canada) History.
Banque d'oeuvres d'art (Canada)
Art Bank (Canada)
Art and state Canada.
Art rental and lending services Canada.
Art, Canadian 20th century Collectors and collecting Canada.
Art, Canadian 20th century.
Art Politique gouvernementale Canada.
Art canadien 20e siècle Collectionneurs et collections Canada.
Art canadien 20e siècle.
Art Location et prêt Canada.
Art and state
Art, Canadian
Art rental and lending services
Art Economic aspects Canada.
Canada Cultural policy.
Canada

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Gale, Peggy, 1944-
Henry, Victoria, 1945-
Gale, Peggy
Landry, Pierre, 1953-
Silcox, David P.
Thomas, Jeffrey, 1956-
Art Bank (Canada)

Art au travail

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 250818
Call No.: N8846.C2 A783 2007
Status: Available