Navigating without a Compass
by Douglas Ord.
Ottawa, Oberon Press, 2ooo.
18o pp/175 printed, offset. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, perfectbound wrappers.
a booklength essay on, from chapter 1, "Artists provide a different sort of voice. An Alternative. But who needs–the retort may come from the taxpayer–an alternative that consists of piles of felt, obsessively repeated stripes, or chunks of beefsteak sewn into the shape of a dress? Among a great many other very strange looking things. The question merits being addressed...", with specific focus on Tadashi Kawamata & Chaim Soutine. cover graphic by David Milne.
25.oo
Navigating without a Compass
by Douglas Ord.
Ottawa, Oberon Press, 2ooo.
18o pp/175 printed, offset. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, perfectbound wrappers.
a booklength essay on, from chapter 1, "Artists provide a different sort of voice. An Alternative. But who needs–the retort may come from the taxpayer–an alternative that consists of piles of felt, obsessively repeated stripes, or chunks of beefsteak sewn into the shape of a dress? Among a great many other very strange looking things. The question merits being addressed...", with specific focus on Tadashi Kawamata & Chaim Soutine. cover graphic by David Milne.
25.oo