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Art Art & Politics

Precarious Joys

edited by Dominique Fontaine & Miguel A. López

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
Sep 2024
Category
Art & Politics, Public Art, Group Shows
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781773104386
    Publish Date
    Sep 2024
    List Price
    $45.00

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Description

Precarious Joys accompanies the 2024 edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art — a city-wide exhibition that this year focuses on artists’ responses to the impact of colonialism on everyday life. Featuring over 120 full-colour images of artwork — including works by Ahmed Umar, Charles Campbell, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Maria Hupfield, Sonia Boyce, Tessa Mars, and Winsom Winsom — as well as a series of conversations between artists, curators, activists, educators, and cultural organizers, Precarious Joys highlights the connections and common practices that appear across the art featured in the Biennial.

The works and conversations included in this celebration of the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art address the wide-ranging effects of colonialism, tackling issues as diverse as environmental degradation, self-representation and belonging, queer futurity, and migrant diasporas. The result is a volume that emphasizes the importance of entering a collective dialogue at the intersection of art practices, social knowledge, and public action and serves as a meeting place of multiple vocabularies, geographies, and political communities.

About the authors

Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López are co-curators of the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art.

Dominique Fontaine's profile page

Miguel A. López's profile page