- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Douglas & Mcintyre; First Edition edition (Feb 5 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1553657799
- ISBN-13: 978-1553657798
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 23.9 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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#62,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #44 in Books > Arts & Photography > History & Criticism > Regional > Canadian
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"Black Ice is a critically important text offering readers a much-needed appreciation of Blackwood's work and is one of the best books on a Canadian artist." (Telegraph-Journal 20110304)
"Sometimes a great artist appears just at the point of historical shift and catches the essence of a region and time...The Newfoundland of boats and cod, of mummers and sealers, the brilliant flags, the hoarse voices of foghorns, ice aloof and jagged, the mug-ups and ktichen times, the coffin in the boat have become inseparable from the name of David Blackwood." (Annie Proulx 20110829)
"Compiling traditions and superstition tied to the region that is unlike any other in Canada, the artwork seeks to capture the soul of Newfoundland in full color. Moving and exciting work drawn from galleries all over the world, Black Ice would do well in any cultural collection...as an excellent coffee table art book." (Midwest Book Review 20111202)
"The book offers not only something for art lovers, but historians also. David Blackwood's work resonates with images and emotions, that would make even those who do not care for art, sit up and take notice. 5 Bookmarks (out of five)." (Shelf Life )
"Sometimes a great artist appears just at the point of historical shift and catches the essence of a region and time...The Newfoundland of boats and cod, of mummers and sealers, the brilliant flags, the hoarse voices of foghorns, ice aloof and jagged, the mug-ups and ktichen times, the coffin in the boat have become inseparable from the name of David Blackwood." (Annie Proulx 20110829)
"Compiling traditions and superstition tied to the region that is unlike any other in Canada, the artwork seeks to capture the soul of Newfoundland in full color. Moving and exciting work drawn from galleries all over the world, Black Ice would do well in any cultural collection...as an excellent coffee table art book." (Midwest Book Review 20111202)
"Behind Blackwood's primitive-looking prints is a deeply civilized attempt to capture the fading world of outport Newfoundland. This book, coinciding with the artist's 70th birthday, explores the sources of his art, and ranges from his home province's geology to its folk customs."
(Globe & Mail 2011 Books for Giving 20110801)"The book offers not only something for art lovers, but historians also. David Blackwood's work resonates with images and emotions, that would make even those who do not care for art, sit up and take notice. 5 Bookmarks (out of five)." (Shelf Life )
Product Description
A lush tribute to both an iconic Newfoundland artist and the vibrant culture his work depicts.
Canadian artist David Blackwood has been telling stories about Newfoundland in the form of epic visual narratives for the past 30 years. His stories draw on childhood memories, dreams, superstitions, the oral tradition and the political realities of the community on Bonavista Bay, where he was born and raised. His collection of works has created an iconography of Newfoundland that is as universal as it is personal, as mythic as it is rooted in reality, and as timeless as it is linked to specific events.
Black Ice -- a comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated retrospective -- features over 70 prints spanning 40 years of the artist's work and features essays by Blackwood, Michael Crummey, Sean Cadigan and the Art Gallery of Ontario's Dr. Katharine Lochnan. It also features essays by scholars based in Canada and Ireland, including an essay on the environment by Dr. Martin Feely, Head of Earth Sciences at the National University of Ireland in Galway (in collaboration with Dr. Derek Wilton, Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University) and an article on mumming by Caoimhe Ni Shuilleabhain.
This book was published in partnership with the Art Gallery of Ontario.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Blackwood further defined,
This review is from: Black Ice (Paperback)
The pictures of Blackwood's work are very well done and arranged in a refeshing way, but I am already familiar with most of them from other art books about Blackwood, and galleries of course. For me, it is the text by the various writers that make this book so interesting...from the title right on through...enjoyable and most insightful. It certainly gave me a much greater appreciation of Blackwood's art besides liking it. I am most happy to add this beautiful "production" to my collection of books about "Newfoundland" artists. Congratulations on a work well done!Black Ice
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Excellent gift,
This review is from: Black Ice (Paperback)
I gave this book to a relative who is a great fan of this artist's work. She loved the book, and she prefers it to another book about him. She said that the book gave her a particularly good feel for the history of Newfoundland and the many hardships endured.
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I was very pleased with the promptness of the delivery of my order and the excelllent condition of the book. Thanks!!
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