Edited by Jen Budney with essays by Jen Budney, Keith Wallace and Ammiel Alcalay, and contributions from Dana Claxton, Rawi Hage, Jamelie Hassan, Ali Lohan & Irene Loughlin & Bernadette Phan, Meeka Noelle Morgan, Walid Raad & Farid Sarroukh, Haema Sivanesan, and Urban Subjects.The work displayed in the exhibition Jayce Salloum: history of the present (selected works 1985-2009) spans over twenty years of Salloum's significant career, drawing out connections between the artist's early explorations of photographic representations and experiments with sound and collage techniques, and his later photographs, archival installations, and videos. The comprehensive publication accompanying the exhibition documenting both works in the exhibition and others not included, and it reflects the way the exhibition brings together diverse and sometimes competing voices. Full-colour, 112 pages, $29.95Mendel Art Gallery, Kamloops Art Gallery, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, 2009

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