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Man Ray. La photographie à l’envers – Christine Desrochers

Ciel variable 46 - THE SUBJECT, THE AUTOPORTRAIT | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christine Desrochers | Artists: Man Ray

[Spring 1999] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Sous la direction d’Emmanuelle de l’Écotais et Alain Sayag, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou/Seuil, avril 1998, 260 pages.

La Face, un moment photographique – Christine Desrochers

Ciel variable 46 - THE SUBJECT, THE AUTOPORTRAIT | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christine Desrochers

[Spring 1999] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Sous la direction de France Choinière et Yves O’Reilly, Oxford, Dazibao, les essais. 1998.

Graham Clarke, The Photograph – Christine Desrochers

Ciel variable 44 - THEATER OF REALITIES | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christine Desrochers

[Fall 1998] This text was originally published in French.You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Oxford, Éditions Oxford University Press, Collection History of Art, 1997, 247 pages.

Françoise Marquet, André Derain et la photographie – Christine Desrochers

Ciel variable 44 - THEATER OF REALITIES | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christine Desrochers

[Fall 1998] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Paris, Éditions Ides & Calendes, Collection Polychrome, 1997, 93 pages.

Édouard Pontremoli, L’excès du visible. Une approche phénoménologique de la photogénie – Christine Desrochers

Ciel variable 43 - TERRITORY AND LANDSCAPE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christine Desrochers

[Summer 1998] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Paris, Éditions Millon, Collection Krisis, 1996, 187 pages. 39.00$

La Photographie du 20ème siècle, Musée Ludwig de Cologne – Christine Desrochers

Ciel variable 43 - TERRITORY AND LANDSCAPE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christine Desrochers

[Summer 1998] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Éditions Taschen, Allemagne, 1996, Avant-propos de Mark Scheps, 760 pages. 39.95$

Pierre Barboza, Du photographique au numérique. La parenthèse indicielle dans l’histoire des images – Christine Desrochers

Ciel variable 42 - AUTHENTICITY 3 | Book Reviews, Readings

[Spring 1998] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Paris, l’Harmattan, coll. «Champs visuels», 1996, 269 pages.

Lectures – Manon Gosselin

Ciel Variable 40 - THE UPCOMING GENERATION | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Manon Gosselin

[Fall 1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Michael Ondaatje, Coming through Slaughter, Toronto, Anansi, 1976, 156 p. Peter Galassi & Sherry Turner DeCarava, Roy DeCarava : A retrospective, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1996, 280 p. Milt […]

Bill Vazan, Jumpgates, An Overview of Photoworks, 1981-1995 – Robert Legendre

Ciel variable 39 - AUTHENTICITY 1 | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Robert Legendre | Artists: Bill Vazan

[Summer 1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Bill Vazan et John K. Grande Peterborough, The Art Gallery of Peterborough, 1996

Dérision & raison – Marcel Blouin

Ciel variable 39 - AUTHENTICITY 1 | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Marcel Blouin | Artists: Adàl

[Summer 1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Charleroi, Musée de la Photographie, 1997, 255 pages.

Photographie française, Parcours contemporains – Marcel Blouin

Ciel variable 38 - DESIRE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Marcel Blouin

[Spring 1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. AFAA, Club d’investissement média, Interactive Fiction, Paris, 1996.

Illuminations: Women Writing on Photography from the 1850s to the Present – Manon Gosselin

Ciel variable 38 - DESIRE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Manon Gosselin

[Spring 1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Édité par Liz Heron et Val Williams, Durham, Duke University Press, 1996, 521p., 46 illus. n. et b.

Mireille Baril, Ces chambres que l’on croit obscures – François Dion

Ciel variable 37 - THE PLACE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: François Dion | Artists: Mireille Baril

[Winter 1996-1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Montréal, Éditions Nicole Gingras, 1996, 44 p. Disponible chez Artexte.

Elizabeth A. Brown, Brancusi photographe / Anne-Françoise Penders, Brancusi, la photographie ou l’atelier comme «groupe mobile» – Manon Gosselin

Ciel variable 37 - THE PLACE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Manon Gosselin

[Winter 1996-1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Elizabeth A. Brown, Paris, Assouline, coll. «La mémoire de l’art», 1995, 79 p., 56 illustrations noir et blanc Anne-Françoise Penders, La Lettre Volée, 1995, 58 p., 12 illustrations noir et blanc

Pierre Fátúmbi Verger, Dieux d’Afrique – François Dion

Ciel variable 36 -"POETIC" PHOTOGRAPHY | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: François Dion

[Fall 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Paris, Éditions Revue Noire, 1995, 416 p. Disponible chez Olivieri-Musée ou chez DPLU.

La Photographie en France, textes et controverses : une anthologie 1818 -1871 – Manon Gosselin

Ciel variable 36 -"POETIC" PHOTOGRAPHY | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Manon Gosselin

[Fall 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Sous la direction d’André Rouillé, Paris, Macula, 1989, 543 p., illus., 80,00$.

Réal Lussier & Olivier Asselin, L’Effet cinéma – Marc J. Léger

Ciel variable 35 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Marc J. Léger | Artists: Olivier Asselin, Réal Lussier

[Summer 1996] Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, 1995, 58 pp. Reproductions in black and white and colour. The catalogue L’Effet cinéma, addendum to the recent exhibition of Canadian, American, and European artists, outlines some of the theoretical issues that emerge from a consideration of the presence of cinematographic elements in contemporary art. As the doubly […]

Sylvain Campeau, Chambres obscures : photographie et installation – Manon Gosselin

Ciel variable 35 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Manon Gosselin, Sylvain Campeau

[Summer 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Sylvain Campeau, Chambres obscures : photographie et installation, Laval, Éditions Trois, 1995, 288 pages.

Discovering the Secrets of Monsieur Pippin, F.R.A.C. Limousin – John Zeppetelli

Ciel variable 34 - UNTITLED | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: John Zeppetelli

[Spring 1996] Discovering the Secrets of Monsieur Pippin ISBBN 2 908257 17 3. Published on the occasion of Steven Pippin’s exhibition Les Coopérateurs at F.R.A.C. Limousin 1995 Ascribing mythic points of origin to an artist’s body of work has a dubious history. It follows that Steven Pippin’s childhood initiation into the elaborate rituals of processing […]

WODICZKO (Krzysztof). Art public, art critique. Textes, propos et documents – Marc J. Léger

Ciel variable 34 - UNTITLED | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Marc J. Léger | Artists: Krzysztof Wodiczko

[Spring 1996] Compiled by Marie-Anne Sichère, translated from English by Michelle Herpe-Voslinsky and from Polish by Wojciech Kolecki. École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1995, 342 pp., 140 ill. This newly edited publication in the “Écrits d’artistes” series makes available a number of translated articles and statements written by the artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. The opening […]

Martin Jay, Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth Century French Thought – Manon Gosselin

Ciel variable 34 - UNTITLED | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Manon Gosselin

[Spring 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Berkeley (Californie), University of California Press,1993, 632 p.

Bertrand Carrière, Témoin de l’ombre – Robert Legendre

Ciel variable 34 - UNTITLED | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Robert Legendre | Artists: Bertrand Carrière

[Spring 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Montréal, Éditions Les 400 coups, coll. «Images», 1995.

Tim Rollins, Art Works – Karen Wong

Ciel variable 33 - 001100110110001111001011 | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Karen Wong | Artists: Timothé Rolin

[Winter 1995-1996] New York, Art Works/The Education Project, 1993 19 x 17 cm, 60 pp., 35 ill. (19 col.), $21.00. English. The Education Project (TEP) has as its mandate to educate inner-city youths in the fields of film, video, and photography, with an emphasis on self-expression and technical training. Format: 20 x 24 inches. Colour. […]

Lectures – Manon Gosselin

Ciel variable 33 - 001100110110001111001011 | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Manon Gosselin

[Winter 1995-1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Mark Lewis : Public Art, Photographs and Projects, Johanne Lamoureux, Andrew Payne, Mark Lewis et al., Vancouver, The University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, 1994 135 p., 109 ill., 25×20 […]

Tim Rollins, Art Works

Ciel variable 33 - 001100110110001111001011 | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Karen Wong

[Winter 1995-1996] New York, Art Works/The Education Project, 1993 19 x 17 cm, 60 pp., 35 ill. (19 col.), $21.00. English. The Education Project (TEP) has as its mandate to educate inner-city youths in the fields of film, video, and photography, with an emphasis on self-expression and technical training. Format: 20 x 24 inches. Colour. […]

Terry Atkinson, Jeff Wall Dead Troops Talk – John Zeppetelli

Ciel variable 32 - UNTITLED + SUPPLEMENT | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: John Zeppetelli

[Fall 1995] Wiese Verlag, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1993 50 pp., 21 ill. (5 col.), $ 28.00 Hijacking large-format transparencies in backlit display cases from advertising, and stealing the meticulous orchestration of detail, lighting, and rehearsal from film production, while also subscribing to the nineteenth-century imperative that the artist should be a peintre de la vie moderne, […]

Nicole Gingras, Les absences de la photographie = The Absence of Photography – Karen Wong

Ciel variable 32 - UNTITLED + SUPPLEMENT | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Karen Wong

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Cinéma Libre, Montréal, 1994, 23 x 16 cm, 64 p., 53 ill. (I en coul.), 10,00 $.

Philippe Cyroulnik, Michèle Waquant & Michel Enrici, Michèle Waquant – François Dion

Ciel variable 32 - UNTITLED + SUPPLEMENT | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: François Dion | Artists: Michèle Waquant

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1994, 35 x 26 cm, 28 p., 21 ill. (6 en coul.), 25,00 $.

Serge Allaire, Martin Breault, Lise Gagnon et Jean Lauzon, Montréal au XXe siècle. Regards de photographes – Robert Legendre

Ciel variable 31 - UNTITLED | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Robert Legendre

[Summer 1995] Edited by Michel Lessard, Les Éditions de l’homme, Montréal, 1995 336 pages, 59,95 $. As part of a remarkable series on photography in Quebec, Montréal au XX’ siècle. Regards de photographes is a truly magnificent book. Its foremost quality is that it unites and makes accessible a large number of outstanding photographs presenting […]

Readings – Christian Liboiron

Ciel variable 29 - UNTITLED | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christian Liboiron

[Winter 1994-1995] William A. Ewing, The body: Photographs of the human form, San Fransisco, Chronicle Books, 1994, reproductions in black-and-white and colour, $ 39.95 Comprising photographs of diverging nature and purpose, this florilegium of photography of the 19th and 20th centuries shows the representation of the body as a dominating motif. Ewing proposes an archeology […]

Readings – Christian Liboiron

Ciel variable 28 - PHOTO, SPECIFICITY, ECLECTISM | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christian Liboiron

[Fall 1994] Serge Clément, Cité fragile, Montréal, Vox Populi, 1992, 60 pp., ill. b. & w., stapled, $30. Over the past two decades, documentary photography has come to be looked upon with a certain amount of uneasiness and mistrust. Time and again it has been disgraced, notably by Martha Rossler and Alan Sekula, who rebuked […]

Readings – Christian Liboiron

Ciel variable 27 - PERSONAL DIARIES | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christian Liboiron

[Summer 1994] Bill Brandt Photographs 1928-1983, London, Thames & Hudson, 1993, 192 p., ill. n.et b.,45$ Brandt a été photojournaliste, travaillant principalement, de 1934 à 1951, pour Weekly Illustrated, Lilliput, Picture Post et Harper’s Bazaar, avant d’orienter son travail sur les relations de l’espace et du corps. Son œuvre s’articule donc en projet photographique issu […]

Readings – Christian Liboiron

Ciel variable 26 - DOCUMENTARY | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Christian Liboiron

[Spring 1994] Susan Sontag, Sur la photographie Paris, Éd. U.G.E., 1993, collection 10-18, 240 pp., $13.75. Translation of On Photography, New-York, Anchor Books, 1977 For a long while, the Francophone reader has had only a very bad translation of the essays presented in On Photography. Today, Philippe Blanchard offers us a translation that is both […]

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