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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. It's not Mary Pratt's fault that I expected a memoir. It's the publisher's fault for printing the dust jacket flaps in nearly illegible white on ombré red/maroon. Had I been able to tell at a glance that it was a collection of essays, addresses, and journal excerpts, I would have been much less surprised. As it was, I knew very little about her life and work before I read the book and although I do know more after, I learned more about the facts of her life from the ARTSatlantic interview that a former owner inserted inside the back cover than I did from the book per se. There are some gorgeous reproductions of her artwork in the book, some her own studio work-in-progress photos. Occasionally the text will describe her working on a painting that isn't shown (I'd so love to see the pastel of the Northern Lights) but on the whole it's well illustrated. This book is really for people well up on the Canadian and Newfoundland art world, not those who glean much of their information about Canadian art from the occasional gallery visit and from careful attention to commemorative postage stamps (the Mary Pratt stamps of 2007 were beautiful). Nonetheless I enjoyed reading it. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Winner of the Newfoundland and Labrador Writers' Association Prize for Non-Fiction Mary Pratt is famous throughout Canada for her luminous paintings and prints. Her 1995 exhibition, The Art of Mary Pratt: The Substance of Light, drew record-breaking crowds on its tour of Canada. It also resulted in an unprecedented amount of press coverage on the biographical content of her work. The accompanying book by Tom Smart sold more than 6,000 copies and made almost every "best book of the year" list in Canada. Mary Pratt: A Personal Calligraphyfeatures Mary's own writings, drawn and adapted from her personal journals, the essays that she has written for numerous publications ranging from The Globe and Mailto The Glass Gazette, and the lectures that she has given at many public events. For the first time, Mary has written her own book in her own words, rather than rely on others to write about her. Treating both public and private issues, she writes of her childhood in Fredericton -- her connection to her family, life in Salmonier as a young mother, her decision to pursue her own career as an artist, and her complicated relationship with her husband, Christopher. She writes about public issues -- the death of Joey Smallwood, the 50th anniversary of Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, and the cod fishery. She writes about the images that interest her and influence her art, and the process of painting. Like her paintings, Pratt's writing packs a sucker punch. At first it appears to be a paean to the pleasures of house and home, until the more disturbing aspects subtly reveal themselves. Ironing shirts become an erotic act; a memory of visiting the local market with her grandmother conjures images of violence; dead chickens, meticulously plucked, and carcasses of cattle, meticulously flayed, suggest rituals of sacrifice. In Spring of 2001, Mary Pratt was awarded the Newfoundland and Labrador Writers' Association prize for Non-fiction for A Personal Calligraphy. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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