This book begins with an introduction charting the history of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia from its beginnings as a dispersed collection held under the name of the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts to the present Gallery housed in a historic building. The main section presents photographs of 134 key works in the Gallery's collection along with essays about the art & artists. The works are arranged under the following categories: Canadian historical painting, contemporary art, First Nations & Inuit art, folk art, ceramics, historical prints & drawings, and international painting & sculpture. Includes index of artists.

Editor Ann Davis joins three respected and renowned art scholars--Peggy Gale, Diana Nemiroff and Thierry de Duve--to critically assess Eric Cameron's work in all its glory and considerable enigma. This includes his early work, his perceptive writings, his videos, and his Thick Paintings--in which the artist coats objects with thousands of layers of gesso, transforming them into something else entirely.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, June 9-July 17; Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ont., July 30-Aug. 28; and The Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ont., Nov. 3-26, 1983.

The Writing on the Wall tells the story of the art and life of Siksika (Blackfeet) artist, curator, writer and activist Dr. Joane Cardinal-Schubert, RCA.