Barbara McGill Balfour : Soft Spots

Scott, Kitty; Balfour, Barbara McGill. Barbara McGill Balfour : Soft Spots. Lethbridge, Alta: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 2001.

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Abstract (English)

Catalogue to accompany Balfour’s solo exhibition comprised of seven works produced between 1992 and 1998. Scott’s interpretive text focuses on the “Melancholia & Melanomata” (1994-96) installation. Emphasis is placed on how this piece – incorporating approximately 90 lithographic images of moles and freckles found on the artist’s skin – engages the discourses of printmaking, sculpture, portraiture, feminist aesthetics and minimalism. Issues of abstraction, representation and the figurative are considered in relation to concepts of the body, melanoma and melancholia. Includes excerpts from statements by Balfour and a glossary of lithographic terms. List of works. Biographical notes. 26 bibl. ref.

Types: Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors: Scott, Kitty (Author); Balfour, Barbara McGill (Artist); Balfour, Barbara McGill (Author); Stebbins, Joan (Curator); Stebbins, Joan (Prefacer)
Dossier: 410 - BALFOUR, BARBARA McGILL
Collation: 71 p. : 25 ill. col. ; 13 x 11 cm
ISBN: 1894699033
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Lethbridge, Alta: Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Artists: BALFOUR, BARBARA Mcgill
Critics / Curators / Historians: Stebbins, Joan
Event Statement: Exhibition dates: 17 Oct. - 25 Nov. 1998, Southern Alberta Art Gallery (Lethbridge).
Keywords: SKIN; MELANOMA; PRINTMAKING; BODY (The); MELANCHOLY
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Date Deposited: 11 Apr 2002
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2012 17:18
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/14401
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