Vancouver School

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The Vancouver School of conceptual[1] or post-conceptual[2] photography (often referred to as photoconceptualism[3])is a loose term applied to a grouping of artists from Vancouver starting in the 1980s. [4] Critics and curators began writing about artists reacting to both older conceptual art practices and mass media by countering with "photographs of high intensity and complex content that probed, obliquely or directly, the social force of imagery."[5] No formal "school" exists and the grouping remains both informal and often controversial[6] even amongst the artists themselves, who often resist the term.[7] Artists associated with the term include Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Roy Arden[8], Stan Douglas and Rodney Graham.[9]

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[edit] History

In the early 1980s an attempt at what William Wood refers to as a "re-branding" of Vancouver[10] and a desire for a larger recognition within Canada and internationally.[11] This re-branding culminated in Expo '86 in Vancouver.[12] Within this period of growth and international recognition, a number of artists have been critically positioned within a context of a style specific to Vancouver[13] and under the Vancouver School label. Coined by French art historian Jean-François Chevrier[14][15], the Vancouver School designation functioned to present Vancouver art to the larger international market.[16]

[edit] Key works

[edit] References

  1. ^ Photography with an eye for social relevance
  2. ^ AKIMBO [Akimblog]
  3. ^ Sarah Milroy "Is Arden our next greatest photographer?" Globe and Mail (Oct. 27, 2007): R1.
  4. ^ Photography with an eye for social relevance
  5. ^ Photography with an eye for social relevance
  6. ^ Marsha Lederman "Behind the Lens: The Vancouver School Debate" Globe and Mail (Oct. 20, 2007): R13.
  7. ^ Marsha Lederman "Behind the Lens: The Vancouver School Debate" Globe and Mail (Oct. 20, 2007): R13.
  8. ^ Sarah Milroy "Is Arden our next greatest photographer?" Globe and Mail (Oct. 27, 2007): R1.
  9. ^ Intertidal: Vancouver Art & Artists / E-Flux
  10. ^ # "The Insufficiency of the World." INTERTIDAL: Vancouver Art and Artists. Eds. Dieter Roelstrate and Scott Watson. Antwerp: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, 2005. 66.
  11. ^ Melanie O'Brian. "Introduction: Specious Speculation." Vancouver Art & Economies. Ed. Melanie O'Brian. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007. 21.
  12. ^ Melanie O'Brian. "Introduction: Specious Speculation." Vancouver Art & Economies. Ed. Melanie O'Brian. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007. 21.
  13. ^ Melanie O'Brian. "Introduction: Specious Speculation." Vancouver Art & Economies. Ed. Melanie O'Brian. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007. 22.
  14. ^ Melanie O'Brian. "Introduction: Specious Speculation." Vancouver Art & Economies. Ed. Melanie O'Brian. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007. 22.
  15. ^ http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?id=74408&issue=09272007&ref=rss Canadian Architect. (Sept. 2007)
  16. ^ Melanie O'Brian. "Introduction: Specious Speculation." Vancouver Art & Economies. Ed. Melanie O'Brian. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007. 22.

[edit] Further reading

  • O'Brian, Melanie, ed. Vancouver Art & Economies. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1551522142
  • Rhodes, Richard. "Newsmakers: The Vancouver School." Canadian Art Vol. 21, No. 3 (Fall 2004): 49.
  • Roelstrate, Dieter and Scott Watson, eds.INTERTIDAL: Vancouver Art and Artists. Antwerp: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, 2005. ISBN 0-88865-785-4

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