Publisher's Synopsis
This detailed examination of postmodernism in the Canadian visual arts focuses on memory as an essential and recurring issue in the work of some 40 Canadian artists, individual and collective. In her "afterward", Linda Hutcheon presents a broad overview situating Cheetham's detailed discussions within the ongoing debates about postmodernism in Canada and other countries. The artists discussed include General Idea, Andy Fabo, Claude Tousignant, Joe Fafard, Joanne Tod, Allyson Clay, Janice Gurney and Robert Wiens.
