Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art

Discussing the crisis of meaning in postmodern discourses, Nemiroff argues for "the local", for an identity based on a shared place and history as the basis from which to address both the work of art and its context. In the form of a voyage across Canada, 25 artists' works are analyzed in relation to the problems of content, context and meaning. Biographical notes. Circa 450 bibl. ref.