The Garden of Art
Vic Cicansky, Sculptor
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2004
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552381229
- Publish Date
- Oct 2004
- List Price
- $29.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552383520
- Publish Date
- Oct 2004
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
Elegant, surreal, erotic, ecological, autobiographical, perpetual, populist, comic! These are the words that describe the work of noted Regina sculptor Victor Cicansky. The book celebrates the voice, life, and art of this prolific prairie-based artist. Nature, tamed or wild, informs everything he makes; worlds we recognize with pleasure, where cabbages are kings. This book is written in a style that is informed by, yet not overburdened with, critical analysis, allowing the art to speak for itself.
About the author
Don Kerr is the author of numerous poetry collections, plays, and short stories. He served on the Saskatoon Public Library Board for eleven years, and as chair for five of those years. He was the first chair of the Saskatoon Heritage Society and the first chair of the Saskatoon Municipal Heritage Committee. He was also the Saskatchewan governor for the Heritage Canada Foundation. He lives in Saskatoon.
Awards
- Winner, Alberta Book Awards, Best Cover Design (Book Publishers Association of Alberta)
- Short-listed, Alberta Book Awards, Book Design (Book Publishers Association of Alberta)
- Winner, Saskatoon Book Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards
Editorial Reviews
This generously illustrated publication serves as an introduction to Cicansky's humorous and offbeat works of art.
—CHOICE Reviews
Kerr's writing is descriptive and light . . . The book is consequently accessible and enjoyable to a reader with any level of visual art background.
—Ruth Chambers, Great Plains Quarterly
