A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ARTAuthor(s): Pierre ThébergeSource: ARLIS/NA Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 4/5 (SUMMER 1979), pp. 94-95Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of NorthAmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27946159 .

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94 ?RUS/NA Newsletten Summer 1979

revenue-generating educational services, making slide sets of its collection available to libraries, schools, universities, and the public at cost, producing slide sets of painting and sculpture for educational institutions, and frequently loaning works for use in exhibitions in Canada and elsewhere. More than half of the Art Bank collection is out on rental at any one time.

In view of the most recent figures from the keeper of our cultural statistics - the Culture Sub-Division of Statistics Canada - there is still more to be done in this country for our visual artists. Based on estimates for 3,500 artists, Statistics Canada found that the vast majority of these artists earn less than $5,000 annually from art sales, and almost three-quarters

must hold either full or part-time jobs to make ends meet. Such figures keep the Council aware that - budgets willing

- the vis ual arts need further encouragement from the public as well as

from the private sector. Charles Lussier

Director The Canada Council

*The Canada Council, an organization created by Parliament in 1957, promotes the arts in Canada. It functions through a

wide-ranging program of financial assistance and special serv

ices, offered to both individuals and organizations.

A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART

The following bibliography is an outgrowth of Pierre Th? berge's presentation in the conference session devoted to "Canadian Art: Writing and Publishing." Mr. Th?berge was

formerly the Curator of Contemporary Canadian Art at the Na tional Gallery of Canada and has recently been appointed Chief Curator of the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal. Asterisked (*) publications are exhibition catalogs.

GENERAL: 1970-1979 Halifax, N.S., Dalhousie University Art Gallery, 1977, In Vid eo. Texts by Peggy Gale. Works by 23 Canadians and Amer icans. Biog.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1977, Another Dimension. Introd. Mayo Graham. Texts on and by Ian Carr-Harris,

Murray Favro, Michael Snow, Norman White. Biog. Bibliog. Exhibits.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1973, Boucherville, Mon

treal, Toronto, London 1973. Texts by Brydon Smith and Pierre Th?berge. Texts on and by Henry Saxe, Jean-Marie

Delavalle, Robin Collyer, Murray Favro, Ron Martin, James B. Spencer. Biog. Bibliog. Exhibits.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1975, Some Canadian Wo men Artists. Introd. Mayo Graham Texts by: Gathie Falk, Sherry Grauer, Mary Pratt, Leslie Reid, Collette Whiten, An Whitlock, Shirley Wiitasalo

Saskatoon, Mendel Art Gallery, 1975, Major Saskatchewan Artists. About Doug Bentham, Don Chester, Harold Feist, Dorothy Knowles, Ernest Lindner, W. Mulcaster, Bill Perehu

doff, Otto Rogers, D. Thornsbury. Biog. Bibliog.

Shapiro, Barbara, Retrospective parall?logramme/ Retrospec tive. Montreal, 1977. Texts by Marian Lewis, Clive Robert son, Victor Coleman, Marcelle Bienvenue, Francine Couture and Esther Trepanier, Dennis Tourbin, Lome Falk, Tom Gore,

Martin Bartlett, Peter Anson, Michael Morris, Allan Mattes,

(on Parallel Galleries)

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1977, Independent View/ Three programs of Canadian short film. Notes on 21 film makers.

Vancouver, Art Gallery, 1977, From This Point of View. Introd. Alvin Balkind. Survey of 60 artists* works, all media.

Vancouver, Art Gallery, 1976, 17 Canadian Artists, A Pro tean View, Introd. Alvin Balkind. Texts on Max Dean, Pat

Ewen, Eric Fischi, Betty Goodwin, John Hall, Bill Jones, Lindal Osborne, Irene Whittome, Joyce Wieland. Texts by: John Heward, Ron Martin, N.E. Thing Co., Bruce Parsons, Reinhardt Reitzenstein, Michael Snow.

ARLIS/NA NEWSLETTER Volume 7, Number 4/5 Summer 1979

Editor: Pamela Jeffcott Parry

CONTENTS:

THE TORONTO CONFERENCE, cont. The Canada Council and The Visual Arts . 93 Bibliography on Contemporary Canadian Art. 94 Report on RILA .i,. 95 Public Library TOL Program . 96 CISSIG Programs . 98 Executive Board Rap Session .100 Conference Attendance Report .100

Reports of Conferences and Meetings .100 ARLIS/NA News Section .100 On Preservation .111 From The Museums and Galleries .113 Art Bibliography .116 News and Notes .119

ARLIS/NA Newsletter is published by ARLIS/NORTH AMER ICA (Art Libraries Society of North America), Suite 4444, 7735 Old Georgetown Rd., Washington, DC 20014 (302) 656 2160. Address changes and membership information requests should be directed to the Executive Secretary at the above ad dress.

Copyright? 1979 by ARLIS/NORTH AMERICA The Newsletter is offered to members only. Membership is open to all who are interested in visual librarianship. Classes of membership are: Personal - $25; Library Assistant or Stu dent (with Student Certification) - $10; Retired or Unemployed - $8.50; Family Membership

- $30; Institutional - $35; Sustain ing

- $150; Benefactor - $500. Back issues: Volumes 1-6: $3.00 single issue; $15.00 set for each volume. Add $5.00 postage outside North America. Index: Available for first three volumes: $2.00 for members; $3.00 for non-members. Microfiche: Available for Volumes 1-6, from University Microfilms. ARLIS/NA Newsletter is selectively indexed or abstracted in ADP (Art Design Photo); Art Bibliographies Modern; CALL (Current Awareness Library Literature); IREBI (Indices de Revistas de Bibliotecologia); Current Contents; LISA (Li brary and Information Science Abstracts); Library Security Newsletter; and RILA (International Repertory of the Litera ture of Art).

OFFICERS FOR 1979 Joyce Ludmer . Chairman

Wolfgang Freitag . Vice-Chairman Clive Phillpot. Secretary Sherman Clarke ... Treasurer Katharine Ratzenberger . Past Chairman

Regional Representatives East. Marcia Duncan

Midwest . Wanda Dole West . Carol Terry

Canada . Peter Anthony Executive Secretary . Charles M?ndt

ISSN 0090-315

Deadlines for next two issues: August 10 (October) and October 10 (December) Copy to: Pamela Jeffcott Parry

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Washington, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1977, 14 Canadians: Critics' Choice. Introd. Andrew Hudson.

Biog. Bibliog. Winnipeg, Art Gallery, 1977, Sculpture on the Prairie. Works

by Bentham, Bigger, Colhlmeyer, Dean, Dufour, Evans, Gallie, Hays, Gomez, Higgins, May, Nugent, Proch, Reynolds, True love. Introd. Bill Kirby. Biog.

INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS' WORKS Calgary, Alberta, Alberta College of Art Art Gallery, 1977,

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Clive Robertson Television: Adjusting the Hold. Text by the artist. Biog. Bibliog.

Lethbridge, Alta, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Ron Martin: Water on Paper. Text by Walter Klepac. Exhibits. Biog.

Lucerne, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum, Michael Snow. Texts by P. Theberge, Michael Snow, Regina Cornwell, Dominique Noguez. Biog. Bibliog. Exhibits. Filmog. Discog. Molinari, Guido, Ecrits sur l'Art, 1954-1975. Ottawa, N.G.C., 1976 (Ed. by Pierre Th?berge).

Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, Charles Gagnon. Text

by Philip Fry. Biog. Bibliog. Exhibits. Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, 1979, George Tralcas/ Mon

treal. Texts by Normand Th?riault, Jessica Bradley, George Trakas. Biog. Bibliog.

Oshawa, McLaughlin Art Gallery, 1978. Dennis Burton Retro

spective. Text by Dennis Burton.

Oshawa, McLaughlin Art Gallery, 1976-77, Graham Coughtry Retrospective. Text by Barry Hale.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Canada/ Greg Curnoe/ XXXVII Biennale di Venezia 1976. Text by Pierre Theberge. Bibliog. Exhibits.

Ottawa. National Gallery of Canada, Canada/Ron Martin, Henry Saxe/XXXVIII Biennale de Venezia 1978. Text by Pierre The berge, and the two artists. Bibliog. Exhibits.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1973-74, Claude Tousig nant. Introd. by Danielle Corbeil.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1976, Guido Molinari. Text by Pierre Theberge. Bibliog. Exhibits. (Retrospective).

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1977, Joyce Wieland: Drawings For The Far Shore. Texts by Allison Reid, Pierre Th?berge.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1970, Michael Snow/ Cana

da/ XXXV Biennale di Venezia. Texts by Brydon Smith, Joyce Wieland, Michael Snow. Biog. Bibliog. Exhibits.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; New York, Center for Inter American Relation, 1972, About 30 Works by Michael Snow. Texts by Jonas Mekas, Pierre Th?berge, Michael Snow.

Rabinowitch, David, Thoughts on the Long Rational Mass of 4 Scales (in Impulse, vol. 4, no. 3, Fall 1975, n.p.).

Snow, Michael, Cover to Cover, Toronto, 1976. Book designed by the artist.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976, Jack Bush: a Retro

spective. Introd. Terry Fenton. Texts by J. Bush. Biog. Bibliog.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1970, Michael Snow: a Sur vey. Texts by Dennis Young, Richard Foreman, Robert Ful

ford, P. Adams Sitney. Book designed by the artist.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976, Ron Martin: World Paintings. Text by Roald Nasgaard. Interview with the artist.

Biog. Exhibits.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1979, Yves Gaucher: A Retro

spective. Text by Roald Nasgaard. Biog. Bibliog. Exhibits.

Vancouver, Art Gallery, 1977, David Craven: Recent Works. Text by Georges Bogardi.

Vancouver, Art Gallery, 1978, Eric Cameron/Noel Harding/ Two Audio Visual Installations

Vancouver, Art Gallery, 1970, Jack Chambers: A Retrospec tive. Text by the artist. Biog. Bibliog.

Wieland, Joyce, True Patriot Love/ Veritable Amour Patriot

ique, 1921. Books designed by the artist. Texts by Regina Cornwell, P. Th?berge; interview with Wieland. Biog. Bibliog.

Pierre Theberge Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal

REPORT ON RILA Two of the scheduled speakers in the conference session on

"Computers in the Art Library" (Friday, March 23) were Michael Rinehart and Toni Petersen, who were to give a Re

port/Update on recent activities at RILA. Neither of them, un

fortunately, wound up being able to attend the conference, al

though they did send along a brief written report, which indi cated that RILA was soon to join the Lockheed DIALOG sys tem and was preparing an index to volumes 1-5. In view of the traditional close ties between ARLIS and RILA and its over all importance as an art reference tool we thought it ap propriate to ask for a fuller summary of developments now taking place in Williamstown that will affect us all as RILA users.

With four volumes now complete and the fifth edited and in production, it seems appropriate to begin the task of cumulat ing the separate indexes and reviewing indexing policies. It is especially pertinent to do this since a contract is being drawn up for RILA to enter the Lockheed DIALOG system by the end of 1979. Whether different characteristics are required for on-line and manual searching is only one of the questions to be considered as we contemplate possible revision of the RILA indexing format.

The cumulation is being assembled now at the Computer Cen ter of the City University of New York. In its crude form, which is simply the merging of the computer files of each volume's index, it will require some editing before it can be made avail able. Once the editing is completed, it should be a simple mat ter to arrange for a printed version which can be offered to RILA subscribers.

The editing process will undoubtedly generate a number of problems and questions bearing on the eventual format of the RILA index. It will also be an opportunity for a first look at the accumulated subject terms used in the last four years. It is hoped that this process will dovetail with the beginning of

work on the RILA thesaurus of art historical terms. Both users of on-line search services and conventional

printed indexes have long benefited from published thesauri in conducting search strategies in various subject fields. In addi tion, such thesauri carry in-house benefits for indexing staff and for free-lance editors. Once a thesaurus is constructed it

may be put on-line and automatic matching of on-going index

POSITION AVAILABLE

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Rotch

Librarian?Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.

Responsible for bibliographic research and collection de velopment and management in Islamic architecture and

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ian; subject background in architecture and urbanism, preferably of the Islamic countries, and familiarity with visual and printed materials essential for their documen tation. Applicants should have an understanding of col lection development methods and be prepared to work in dependently and creatively on acquiring fugitive materials. Position is available immediately. Interested individuals should send resumes including the names of 3 current references to: Search Committee/Aga Khan Program, The Libraries, Room 14S-216, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139. MIT is an equal opportunity employer with an af firmative action plan and welcomes applications from qualified women and minority candidates.

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