Peter Powning : a retrospective = une rétrospective /

"Peter Powning is simultaneously referred to as a sculptor and a ceramist, but his art does not fit easy categorization, incorporating and combining elements from one medium into another. His work challenges the viewer to reconsider the object, its form, and its function. This inventiveness has...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Powning, Peter, 1949-, Leroux, John, 1970- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English French
Language Notes:	Text in English and French.
Published:	Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions : Beaverbrook Art Gallery, [2020]
Subjects:	Powning, Peter, > 1949- > Exhibitions. Sculptors > Canada > Exhibitions. Powning, Peter, > 1949- > Expositions. Sculpture canadienne > 20e siècle > Expositions. Exhibition catalogs. Catalogues d'exposition.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / John Leroux
Peter Powning: Expanding Ceramic and Craft Practices in Canada / Rachel Gotlieb
Exploration, Experimentation, Self-Sufficiency, and Technical Mastery in the 1970s and 1980s / Peter Larocque
Peter Powning: Art into Time / John K. Grande
Encrypted Civilization: The Mythic Basis of Peter Powning's Art / Allen Bentley
Afterword / Beth Powning
Acknowledgements / Peter Powning.