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Exhibition Catalogues of InterestREFLEX: A VIK MUNIZ PRIMER. Born in Sao Paul, Brazil and currently residing inNew York City, artist, philosopher and writer Vik Muniz recreates well-known reproductionsfrom memory using household materials like sugar, chocolate and thread,then photographs them. In this elaborate and extensive treatise on art in the 20thCentury, Muiz examines contemporary art and its place and meaning in modernsociety and culture. The book contains 75 colour plates and 75 colour illustrations.Hardcover, 204 pages, $39.95 USD. Available from the Seattle Asian Art Museum,206-654-3160FRANK BOYDEN: PRINTS & BOOKS. Oregon artist Frank Boyden is well knownthroughout the United States as a ceramic artist and sculptor. This catalogueexplores his expansive, idiosyncratic work as a printmaker and book artist. 150plates depict Boyden’s detailed images of crows, fish, surreal coastal landscapes,trees, tidal markings, and suites of portraits. It was published to coincide with aretrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum.Softcover, 152 pages, $35 USD. Available from the University of Washington Press,Toll-free (USA only): 1-800-441-4115 (8am-4pm PST, Mon-Fri), Fax (USA only): 1-800-669-7993, 206-543-8870, Fax: 206-685-3460, Email: uwpord@u.washington.eduSOREL ETROG: PAINTED CONSTRUCTIONS 1952-60, features large colourplates of the Romania-born sculptor’s painted wood constructions. Originallycreated in three countries, these off-the-wall relief constructions combine organicand geometric forms to address what Sorel Etrog described as the “tyranny ofthe rectangle”.Softcover, 36 pages, $50 CDN. Available from the Buschlen Mowatt Gallery,604-682-1234 or Email: bmg@buschlenmowatt.comARTHUR ERICKSON: CRITICAL WORKS by Nicholas Olsberg and Ricardo L.Castro, with essays by Edward Dimendberg, Laurent Stalder and Georges Teyssot.This dense art book presents and analyzes the distinctive work of Canadian architectArthur Erickson during the last 40 years. More than 170 images include photographs,models, drawings and plans by the 20th Century mastermind who unitesthe landscape with architecture and society.Hardcover, 192 pages, $75 CDN. Available from the Vancouver Art Gallery store,604-662-4706.FACES: CHARACTER AND WISDOM IN SHIWAN CERAMIC SCULPTURE byBarry Till, is a bright and colourful study of China’s Shiwan art pottery. Bursting withcolour plates, this small picture book presents immaculate photographs of piecescollected by California expert Carol Potter Peckham of what was once art forthe common man. It includes an excellent introduction to its history, techniques,materials and best-known potters.Softcover, 96 pages, colour. Available from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,250-384-7012 or Email: shop@aggv.bc.ca.PLEASE NOTE: Prices may be subject to additional charges for postage, handling and taxes.www.preview-art.com PREVIEW 67