Summer 1989
On newsstands June 15 to September 14, 1989
Volume 6, Number 2
Features
Illumination Dance
Gar Smith's explorations into the performance of sound and light
By Gary Michael Dault
Three Sisters
Performance artist Tanya Mars explores the origin of the female species
By Elke Town
Design for Dining
A preview of silver designs from Canada's top architects
By Adele Freedman
Ground Zero
Painter Derek Root and the anxious architecture of raw power
By Doug Coupland
Time After Time-Honored
Renée Van Halm moves from personal image-making to public discourse
By Gillian MacKay
Phyllis Fecit
Phyllis Lambert's new Canadian Centre for Architecture
By Geoffrey James
The Object
The Zeitgeist in the machine: perfect is the best disguise By Gary Michael DaultThe Screen
Wild things: a look at teenage gangs and their media relations By John ScottThe Female Gaze
Women's bodies, women's selves: reclaiming an artistic identity By Susan CreanThe Revolver
The embattled body: AIDS and the current crisis of representation By Dot TuerFast Forward
A cross-Canada checkup of people and events in the arts Compiled by Sarah MilroyFocus
Jack Shadbolt By Maria Tippett Allan Harding MacKay By Dawn Rae Downton Sorel Cohen By Kitty Scott Greg Murdock By Robin Laurence Brian Goombridge By Earl MillerIndex
to artists and galleries, listed by artist or institutionEndpaper
The writings on the wall: the fine art of reading the fine print By Sarah Milroy Cover: Gar Smith, I Give Bliss, I Give Warning, 1982–85, Drawing from an installation, Acrylic, oil stick on New York Times newspaper, 22 x 60 in., Photo: Hal Roth
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