{"product_id":"ken-danby-beyond-the-crease","title":"Ken Danby — Beyond the Crease","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKen Danby (1940-2007) was one of Canada's foremost practitioners of contemporary realism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRooted in the Canadian psyche, nourished by his Ontario rural roots, Danby's subject matter was broad and expansive, yet it was the images of Canadian landscapes and life that captured the public's attention. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAt the Crease\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a 1972 egg tempera painting depicting a nameless hockey goalie viewed from ice-level, was his best-known work, and for many, it defined him as an artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn accomplished painter, watercolourist, printmaker, and commercial artist, Danby's career began to unfold with a modernist narrative in the 1960s and 1970s. It intersected with the fervent nationalism expressed in the music of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, and Joni Mitchell. According to art historian Patrick Hutchings, Danby's paintings bring us \"face to face with a moment of our own time.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKen Danby: Beyond the Crease\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the first major book on Ken Danby's creative practise in two decades, examines the depth and breadth of Danby's work. Designed to accompany a major retrospective exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Hamilton, it features an essay by art historian Ihor Holubizky, a detailed chronology by Christine Braun, more than sixty reproductions of Danby\u0026amp;#s major paintings, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAt the Crease\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLacing Up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePancho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePulling Out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and dozens of archival photographs, as well as Danby's own words about his life and work drawn from an unpublished autobiographical essay that he completed shortly before his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDanby's work is highly collectable and can be found in numerous private and public collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery of Canada; the Musée des beaux arts, Montreal; the Art Gallery of Vancouver; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Brooklyn Museum. Ken Danby became a member of the Order of Canada in 2001.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e197 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sv Bell Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51559131054362,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/1818\/4474\/files\/8775083C-7457-42A3-9A88-86F4265EC0C3.jpg?v=1767979674","url":"https:\/\/svbell.myshopify.com\/products\/ken-danby-beyond-the-crease","provider":"Sv Bell Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}