Bibliography: Idiosyncrasies

A bibliography of histories of Artist-Run Centres

Curated List
Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte, Curator

The following bibliography gathers titles published by Canadian artist-run centres, which chronicle their history or important moments of their development. Far from being exhaustive, this bibliography begs to be completed and expanded by readers. Download interactive PDF with links to point of sale for each title, when available.

 

Atlantic/Atlantique

Cause célèbre: 25 ans à la Galerie Sans Nom 1977-2002. Galerie Sans Nom. Edited by/Sous la direction de Mario Doucette. 2003. ISBN 2980784400 // 19,95$ // FR

ConneXion : Galerie ConneXion co-op ltée, 5 ans déjà/ConneXion : Gallery ConneXion Co-op Ltd, 5 years after. Galerie d’art de l’Université de Moncton. Roslyn Margaret Rosenfeld & Nancy Bauer. 1989. ISBN 0919691404 // EN/FR

Intersections : 25 years of connecting at the Centre for Art Tapes. Pottersfield Press. Ed. James MacSwain. 2004. ISBN 1895900654 // $12.50 // EN

The 25th by 25 postcard project 2007. Struts Gallery. 2007. EN

 

Quebec/Québec

10 ans : agence topo : dix années de création pour le web = 10 years : agence topo : ten years of creation for the web. Agence TOPO. Eva Quintas, Michel Lefebvre & Sylvie Parent. 2008. ISBN 9782981058003 // EN/FR

Féminismes Électriques/Electric Feminisms. La Centrale. Edited by/Sous la direction de Leila Pourtavaf. 2012. ISBN 97802890913219 // $30 // EN/FR

Historique de Skol, 1984-1995 par Yves Théoret : Commentaires de Anne-Marie Proulx et Sabina Russo. Centre des arts actuels Skol. Yves Théoret, Anne-Marie Proulx & Sabrina Russo. 2011. ISBN 9782922009156 // $20 // EN/FR

L’ART COMME ALTERNATIVE : Réseaux et pratiques d’art parallèle au Québec, 1976-1996. Les éditions Intervention.  Guy Sioui Durand. 1997. ISBN 2920500147 // 29,95$ // FR

Le Lieu 30 ans d’art actuel: rétrospective en 100 installations. Les Éditions Intervention. 2013. ISBN 978-2-924298-37-4 // FR

PINK LINK ou la proposition rose. La Centrale. Edited by/ Sous la direction de Annie Gauthier. 2001. ISBN 2-89091-195-0 // 32.50 // EN/FR

 

Ontario

Decalog: YYZ, 1979-1989. YYZ Books. Ed. Barbara Fischer. Toronto. 1992. ISBN 0920397085 // $5 // EN

Forest City Gallery, 1973-1993 : 20th anniversary issue. Forest City Gallery. David Merritt et Bernice Vincent. London. 1993. EN

Hors des sentiers battus = Off the Beaten Track. Ace Art. Ron Frohwerk. 1989. EN/FR

See-SAW : twenty years at Galerie SAW Video. SAW Gallery. Caroline Langill, Garry Mainprize, Juan Geuer & Karen Korchinski. 1995. ISBN 0920359124 // EN

Shifting territory: artist-run centres and exhibition practice/Mouvance territoriale : centre d’artistes et pratiques d’exposition. Gallery 101. Donna Wawzonek
 et Andrew Hunter. 2000. ISBN 1896183093 // EN/FR

The 25th anniversary project. A Space Gallery. Derrick Eugene Chong & Tom Folland. 1996. EN

The Embassy Cultural House, 1983 to 1990. Museum London. Michael Baker, Robert McKaskell, Rebecca Diederichs, London (Ontario), 2012. ISBN 978-1-897215-37-1 // EN

Prairies

Dislocations. Winnipeg Film Group. Monika Gagnon & Gilles Hébert. 1994. ISBN 1-896003-01-X // $10 // EN

EXPANDED STANDARD TIMELINE: Artists and Electronic Media in Calgary EMMEDIA 1980 through 2005…. emPRESS. Edited by Grant Poier.  2009. ISBN 9780973796261 // $15 // EN

Haven’t We Been Here Before?: Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibitions. Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts. 2013. EN

RESONANT DIALOGUES: 25 YEARS OF THE SECOND STORY ART SOCIETY IN CALGARY. Truck. 2008. ISBN 1895684277 $25 // EN

 

Pacific/pacifique

Art & Correspondence From the Western Front. Western Front. 1979. ISBN 0920974082 // $11 // EN

Exhibition To Be Destroyed, Again: Selections from the Unit/Pitt archive, 1979-1984. UNIT/PITT Projects. Selected and edited by Rita O’Grady & Keith Higgins. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9782165-9-7 // 25 // EN

Food For Thought. Or Gallery. Edited by Sarah Edmonds. 2004 $10 // EN

Making Video “In”: The Contested Ground of Alternative Video on the West Coast. VIVO Media Arts Centre. Dir. Jennifer Abbott. 2000. ISBN 1551520222 // EN

The October Project. Open Space. Gail Tuttle. Open Space. 1992. ISBN 1895532035 // $3 // EN

Unsuitable as an Institution: The Tenacity of Access Gallery 1992-2014. Access Gallery. 2014. ISBN 978986668838 // $20 // EN

Western Front Video. Western front. Edited by René Blouin. 1984. ISBN 2552063876 // $10 // EN

Whispered Art History: Twenty Years at the Western Front. Western Front. Edited by Keith Wallace. 1993. ISBN 2088978261X  // $25 // EN