Grant Arnold Livres

Focusing on the innovative career of Jerry Pethick, this volume explores his unique approach to art, blending photography, sculpture, and optical devices. Known for his pioneering work in holography during the late 1960s and early 70s, Pethick's art challenges traditional perceptions using everyday materials like plastic lenses and discarded objects. His creations reflect a deep understanding of both science and art history, making him a distinctive figure in the visual arts. This book coincides with his first retrospective exhibition in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery.

"Iconic and influential colour images of Vancouver street life from a master photographer who has spent the past fifty years documenting the city, published to coincide with a major exhibition of his work. His eye dwells on the raw urban underbelly of the second-hand shops, vacant lots, barber shops and greasy spoons, crowded with people and their stuttering dreams. Since he arrived in Vancouver from Germany in 1953, Fred Herzog has roamed the city’s back streets with his camera. Herzog draws upon documentary traditions while incorporating an outsider’s sensitivity to a new environment. His colour images of street life in the 1950s and ’60s prefigure the “New Color” of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston. The text includes essays by Grant Arnold and Michael Turner and a lengthy interview with the artist."

Featuring an introductory essay by exhibition curator Grant Arnold--who has worked with the Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive since the mid-1990s--and short commissioned texts from artists, scholars and curators who worked closely with Weiner over the course of his career, OF & ABOUT POSTERS: THE LAWRENCE WEINER POSTER ARCHIVE (1965-2021) AT THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY will be the definitive text on this central aspect of the artist's production. Lawrence Weiner is considered one of the foremost conceptual artists worldwide. Over the past half-century, his work has been conveyed in language. The posters, which are a fundamental part of his practice and are designed by the artist himself, have appeared as promotions for exhibitions as well as works in and of themselves. This publication will include a full presentation of the Lawrence Weiner Poster Archive, consisting of more than 250 posters from the collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery; together they convey the evolution of Weiner's work over a period spanning more than 50 years.

This collection focuses on classic works from the early 1900s and earlier, which are now rare and costly. The aim is to republish these significant texts in affordable, high-quality modern editions, preserving the original content and artwork for contemporary readers.