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Title Voices of fire : art, rage, power, and the state / edited by Bruce Barber, Serge Guilbaut, and John O'Brian ; introduction by John O'Brian
Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Series Theory/culture
Theory/culture series.
Contents Bruising the public eye / John O'Brian -- Vox ignis vox populi / Thierry de Duve -- Thalia meets the melpomene : the higher meaning of the Voice of fire and Flesh dress controversies / Bruce Barber -- Who's afraid of Barnett Newman? / John O'Brian -- Voicing the fire of the fierce father / Serge Guilbaut -- Tightrope metaphysics / Nicole Dubreuil-Blodin -- Sculpture of Barnett Newman / Robert Murray -- Specific thoughts about the making and meaning of Voice of fire / Brydon Smith
Summary Item contains cartoons, letters, articles, essays, etc resulting from the debate (or outcry) following the purchase of Barnett Newman's "Voice of fire" by National Gallery of Canada. Also includes papers from a symposium organised by the National Gallery of Canada
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970. Voice of fire.
National Gallery of Canada -- Appropriations and expenditures
SUBJECT National Gallery of Canada fast
Voice of fire (Newman, Barnett) fast
Subject Painting, American -- Political aspects -- Canada
Painting, Abstract -- Political aspects -- Canada
Art and state -- Canada -- Case studies
Painting, Abstract -- Public opinion
Public opinion -- Canada
ART -- History -- General.
ART -- Criticism & Theory.
Art and state
Expenditures, Public
Public opinion
Kunstcollecties.
Controversen.
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Barber, Bruce, editor.
Guilbaut, Serge, editor.
O'Brian, John, 1944- editor.
LC no. 97103838
ISBN 9781442683167
1442683163
1281997331
9781281997333