Volume 2, Number 3

Features

Personal Bests Who will survive the turbulent '80s with reputations intact? Who's been overlooked? With whom would noted artists collaborate? Canadian Art asked critics, curators, dealers, collectors and of course artists themselves to reveal their personal choices. Gathie Falk At once whimsical, troubled and bizarre, the enigmatic art of Gathie Falk is presented in the Vancouver Art Gallery's 20-year retrospective exhibition. By Scott Watson and Sandra Martin Raising Kane The commissioned works of Paul Kane preserve a peculiarly 19th-century image of the North American Indian. By Ramsay Cook Venus as Victim Contemporary women painters Joanne Tod, Sue Coe and Nancy Spero confront the politics of representation. By Katherine Govier Passage through India On a trip through India's many exotic climes, George Woodcock observed the changes wrought on the work of his friend and travelling companion, Toni Onley. By George Woodcock Henri Robideau A Vancouver photographer turns his talent to stalking Canada's roadside giants. By Daniel Wood