Is Toronto burning? : three years in the making (and unmaking) of the Toronto art scene / Philip Monk.

Main entry:

Monk, Philip, 1950- author.

Title & Author:

Is Toronto burning? : three years in the making (and unmaking) of the Toronto art scene / Philip Monk.

Publication:

London, UK : Black Dog Publishing Limited, [2016]
©2016

Description:

253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
"This book had its origins in an exhibition of the same name held at the Art Gallery of York University from 10 September to 7 December 2014"--Acknowledgements.
SC-SPCOLL copy: Gift of Philip Monk.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1977 -- Was Toronto burning? -- Posturing -- A Penchant for posing -- A fashion for politics -- Antipathies and sympathies -- Antagonistic couples -- Allegories of an art scene -- Desing machines -- House punk -- Tele-transgression.

Summary:

Is Toronto Burning? looks at both the beautiful and ugly sides of the underground art scene in Toronto during the late 1970s, brimming with rebellious art from an often overlooked period.

ISBN:

9781910433379
1910433373

Subject:

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Ontario Toronto 20th century History Exhibitions.
Punk culture Ontario Toronto History 20th century Exhibitions.
Art, Canadian 20th century Exhibitions.
Artists Ontario Toronto Exhibitions.
Art, Canadian Ontario Toronto 20th century.
Art canadien Ontario Toronto 20e siècle.
Punk (Mouvement) Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Artistes Ontario Toronto Expositions.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Ontario History Exhibitions 20th century.
Punk culture Ontario History Exhibitions 20th century.
Art, Canadian Exhibitions 20th century.
Artists Ontario Exhibitions.
Art, Canadian
Artists
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Intellectual life
Punk culture
Kunst
Kunstbetrieb
Underground
Toronto (Ont.) Intellectual life 20th century Exhibitions.
Toronto (Ont.) Intellectual life 20th century.
Ontario Toronto
Toronto

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs
History

Added entries:

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Art Gallery, host institution.
York University (Toronto, Ont.). Art Gallery host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 301331
Call No.: BIB 247494
Status: Available

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